Senior Engineer- Flooding

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Permanent Full-Time Flood Modeller positions are now available within our Victorian Civil Infrastructure team to support growing project demands. You will join a highly skilled team committed to delivering excellence in drainage and flood management design.

These roles offer the chance to work on major civil infrastructure projects across Victoria and Australia, as well as opportunities to contribute to international projects, helping you develop your career on a global scale. Whether you bring 5 years or 20+ years of experience, you will have the opportunity to apply your expertise, mentor others, and shape innovative solutions.

 We foster a culture of flexible working, empowering you to balance work and life while delivering outstanding results.

Benefits of Joining us:

• Work on landmark infrastructure projects that shape communities locally and internationally.
• Access global career development opportunities, including mentorship and structured training programs.
• Be part of a flexible working culture that values work-life balance and empowers you to thrive.
• Collaborate with industry-leading experts across the globe and a supportive national network.

• Develop hydrological and hydraulic models (flood modelling) and prepare high-quality reports and documentation.
• Collaborate with junior team members while receiving guidance from senior Flooding and Hydrology specialists.
• Contribute to projects with flooding components, taking ownership of defined responsibilities—this may include specific elements of a design package.
• Review and ensure the accuracy and quality of your own work and that of others.
• Access ongoing guidance, training, and feedback through our National Flood Risk Community.
• Deliver flood modelling tasks that meet or exceed client expectations in terms of budget, schedule, and quality.

Above all, you share our passion for improving quality of life and take pride in shaping the world around you. You value collaboration and bring technical expertise in flood modelling for major civil infrastructure projects, along with:

• Recognised tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline.
• 5- 20+ years of post-graduate experience, ideally in consulting engineering or a similar local/state government role, with exposure to medium-to-large multidisciplinary infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience with TUFLOW (1D, 2D, combined 1D/2D) – essential.
• Familiarity with other hydraulic modelling packages such as HEC-RAS – desirable.
• Hydrologic analysis experience (e.g., RORB, RAFTS, etc.) – desirable.
• Proficiency in GIS software such as MapInfo, QGIS, and/or ArcGIS.
• Awareness of ARR2019 guidelines.
• Ability and enthusiasm to work on multidisciplinary projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Sound knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and guidelines (Melbourne Water and VicRoads/Austroads standards).
• Membership of relevant professional institutions or significant progress toward eligibility will be highly regarded.
• Drainage design experience will also be highly regarded.