Civil Engineer at Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa

What Will You Do

• Engineering design of hydraulic infrastructure including bulk pipeline and pipe network design, sewer and stormwater network design, water and wastewater treatment plant hydraulic design with guidance and inputs from senior engineer
• Representing the civil design team and leading the coordination efforts on multi-disciplinary projects
• 3D modelling and coordination of infrastructure
• Preparing design deliverables including design reports, models, BOQs, drawings etc.
• Work closely with multiple disciplines ensuring integration of systems and spatial coordination is achieved
• Using company standard collaboration and coordination tools such as BIM360, Revizto, and Asite
• Working on international projects and getting to know and applying the relevant country and project specific standards
• Provide guidance to graduate engineers and technicians on engineering design and software usage
• Automation of daily workflows are welcomed and encouraged.

What You Bring

Qualifications and Experience:

• Eng/B.Sc. Civil Engineering with 4 to 7 years in the relevant field
• Professional registration with ECSA (PrEng).
• Proof of training and implementation of ISO19650 standards preferred.
• Computational design thinking
• Experience with pipeline and pipe network modelling, analysis, and design for pressure and gravity networks
• Experience with open channel hydraulics design for water and wastewater treatment plant design
• Basic understanding of Process Flow Diagrams and Process and Instrumentation Diagrams
• Strong multi-disciplinary coordination skills
• Basic knowledge of pump station design will advantageous.
• BIM implementation – Creating/using BEPs and TIDPs with applying CDE principals

Experience in the following software and applications:

• Intermediate to advanced experience with Civil 3D with focus on pipe network modelling and design essential
• Experience with hydraulic analysis software packages essential
• Working knowledge of EPANET and EPASWMM as the backbone of analysis software packages
• Intermediate experience with Revit to model basic civil layouts for planning and coordination purposes
• Experience in using Devotech iDAS will be advantageous
• Knowledge of Bentley OpenFlows WaterGEMS and HAMMER will be advantageous
• Using BIM360, ACC or similar as a collaboration platform
• Workflow automation experience with software such as Dynamo or/and scripting using C#,Python or other programing language.
• Competence in using MS Office packages including Word and Excel essential.
• Competence in using PowerBI or similar packages is advantageous.
• Knowledge of GIS packages and integration is advantageous

Behavioural Competencies:

• Analytic thinker with flexible approach with strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to see the bigger picture and understand how various components of a project fit together to form a functional ecosystem
• Strong collaboration and coordination skills
• Willingness to learn from and integrate with all disciplines on designs
• Strong leadership skills, motivated and disciplined (track record of leading teams in own discipline)
• Enthusiastic to learn new skills and teaching others these skills to apply it in their daily work
• Taking initiative to research and suggest alternatives to design and execution methods
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – verbal and written
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Results orientated and target driven.
• Active learning & learning strategies
• Creative, pro-active and complex problem solver
• Digitally inclined, innovative, and future ready thinking