Monday 23 July 2012

Geotechnical Engineer / Hydrologist

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Job Description:
Our client has a requirement for a Geotechnical Engineer / Hydrologist for a 3 to 6 month contract opportunity.  The positions are located in Maryland, US.

What makes this Special:
Our client has a prestigious reputation and excellent work environment. This position offers an opportunity for personal learning and to contribute to important initiatives that make a difference. Our client is actively screening resumes and scheduling interviews to fill this position, so let one our professional resource managers represent you to the client, promote your skills, and help you prepare.

Position Duties/Responsibilities
  • Provide computational, technical writing, and licensing/permitting support in the area of hydraulics and hydrology for a wide range of large scale industrial projects and facilities.
  • Emphasis is on surface water hydrology, drainage and river flooding analysis, open channel hydraulics, pipeline/pumping system hydraulics, sedimentation, coastal hydrodynamics and transport, thermal outfall design and plume analysis.
  • Responsibilities include: conduct and check analytical calculations and numerical modeling, coordinate work activities with other technical specialists and engineers, prepare calculation packages and reports in accordance with department and project procedures and applicable codes and standards.

Required Skills:  
Working knowledge of steady-state and hydraulic transient analysis, rainfall runoff methods and models including rational formula, SCS runoff curve method, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, XPSWMM, CORMIX, Delft3D or equivalent. Require knowledge of US and international design standards, codes and practices.

Other Remarks/Qualifications
  • M.S. degree and 6 years of industry experience, or Ph.D. with 3 years of industry experience, in Civil Engineering with emphasis on hydraulics, hydrology or fluid mechanics, or equivalent, and graduate coursework in fluid dynamics, engineering hydrology, open channel and pipeline hydraulics, sediment transport, coastal engineering, environmental hydraulics and numerical methods.
  • For a senior role, an additional 4 years of working experiences will be required.
  • All education degrees must be accredited.
  • Must demonstrate excellent verbal and written skills to communicate with team in preparation of reports, memos, calculations and other documentation.
  • Has written and present technical papers at professional meetings.
  • Must be able to work independently and exercise engineering judgment on problem definition, scoping, selection of design criteria, adoption and adaption of appropriate engineering techniques.
  • Must be proficient with word processing and spreadsheet, GIS and CADD software.
  • Should be able to work effectively on teams whose members reside in several distributed offices and whose interaction is most frequently by phone or email.
  • Should have programming experience in Matlab, Fortran, Visual Basic and/or C++.
  • Willingness and ability to travel to and remain at jobsites in the U.S. and overseas on generally short-term assignments.

Keywords:   hydraulics, hydrology, fluid mechanics, stormwater

How to Apply:
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Email:
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Company Overview:
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