Senior Civil Eng: Water Bulk conveyance at Royal HaskoningDHV South Africa

What you do as a Senior Civil Eng: Water Bulk conveyance

• Detail design of pressurised pipelines and pumpstations for conveyance and distribution of raw, potable, and wastewater
• Firefighting water network and pumpstation design for critical infrastructure such as datacenters, airports, warehouses etc.
• Water hammer and surge analysis and mitigation measure design using software such as KYPipe and OpenFlow HAMMER
• Preparation of detailed design reports, concept design and proposal preparation
• Leading and coordinating multi-disciplinary design teams on complex projects ensuring tasks are distributed to team members and ensuring quality of deliverables by apply Information management principals.
• Detailed design review and approval of project deliverables using digital workflows and processes this includes 3D models drawings, reports, BOQs, specifications, etc.
• Using company standard collaboration and coordination tools in line with our Digital Ways of Working.
• Proactively liaising with project manager and client's representative managing expectations and communicating alternatives, deviations and issues encountered during design
• Provide guidance to junior engineers and technicians on engineering design and software usage.

Where you will work

• Royal HaskoningDHV is an independent, international engineering and project management consultancy with 140 years of experience. Backed by the expertise and experience of 6,000 colleagues all over the world, our professionals combine global expertise with local knowledge to deliver a multidisciplinary range of consultancy services for the entire society in some 150 countries. By showing leadership in sustainable development and innovation, together with our clients, we are working to become part of the solution to a more sustainable society now and into the future.You will join our team in South Africa, but you will be in contact with different kinds of Advisory Groups in the Company. You will be located in our office in Johannesburg , Gauteng ,South Africa.

What you bring

Qualifications and Experience

• B.Eng/B.Sc. Civil Engineering with 12+ years in the relevant field
• Professional registration with ECSA (Pr.Eng) Essential.
• M.Sc – Would be advantageous.
• Proof of training and implementation of ISO19650 standards
• Minimum experience, knowledge & skills
• Computational design thinking
• Good understanding outputs from hydraulic and surge analyses and design and optimise networks based on outputs.
• Ability to work with and apply a wide variety of codes and standards and compile and review project specifications.
• Experience with Large diameter pressure pipelines design will be advantageous.
• Leading multi-disciplinary teams on water projects and briefing team members on scope of work and overseeing coordination of design using ISO19650 standards.
• Pumpstation design for water distribution as well as treatment and processing plant internal pumpstations.
• BIM implementation – Creating/using BEPs, MIDP and TIDPs with applying CDE principals.

Experience in the following software and applications:

• Advanced experience with hydraulic analysis software doing extended period analysis
• Working knowledge of EPANET and EPASWMM as the backbone of analysis software packages
• Advanced experience with using surge analysis software such as KYPipe an OpenFlows, HAMMER
• Working knowledge of Revit and Civil 3D.
• Experience in using Devotech iDAS will be advantageous
• Using tools such as BIM360, Revizto, and Asite for design coordination and review
• Competence in using PowerBI or similar packages is advantageous.
• Scripting, workflow automation and programming is advantageous.

Behavioural competencies

• Knowledge of GIS packages and integration is advantageous
• Analytic thinker with flexible approach and strong problem-solving skills
• Strong leadership skills, motivated and disciplined with a track record of leading multidisciplinary design teams
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – verbal and written
• Ability to pre-empt potential issues that may arise and clear and on-time communication of problems and possible solutions to concerned parties
• An energetic and enthusiastic team player who is prepared to work across Advisory Groups in the Company
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Active learning & learning strategies
• Creative, pro-active and complex problem solver
• Results orientated and target driven.
• Digitally inclined, innovative and future ready thinking