Senior Modeller (Ireland)

The Role

JBA are looking to recruit the right people to work at one of the leading suppliers of specialist hydraulic and hydrologic modelling in Ireland. JBA's existing modelling teams support a range of clients including local authorities, the OPW, TII, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and international organisations such as the World Bank through strategic framework appointments, as well as insurance companies, utility companies, and developers to deliver a range of flood risk, hydromorphology / fluvial geomorphology, nature based solutions, climate change adaptation and environmental management studies. The role can be based at one of JBA's locations in Belfast, Cork, Dublin or Limerick.

JBA is an established environmental and engineering consultancy that puts sustainability and resilience to climate change at the heart of its company strategy. With offices in nine countries around the world and across Ireland and the UK, JBA is independent and employee-owned, allowing freedom to focus on innovation and commitment to exceptional client service.

Your Role

With a background in hydraulic modelling, this role will principally involve working on a range of flood risk projects ranging from detailed flood mapping studies to flood mitigation strategies and appraisal, hydromorphology/fluvial geomorphology, nature based solutions, and climate change adaptation to manage flooding, as well as helping solve complex engineering challenges. The successful applicant will work alongside JBA's engineering and design teams collaborating on projects in Ireland and internationally, serving a range of public and private sector clients including regulators, local authorities and water utilities.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Taking a technical leadership role in ensuring flood management project deliverables meet clients' needs, including taking ownership and responsibility for the quality of project work to meet the highest standards.
• Working with other senior staff across JBA to develop medium and long term strategies for the development of existing workstreams, and identifying areas for expansion for the modelling teams.
• Championing technical innovation to improve efficiency and quality of delivery, playing a central role in demonstrating and disseminating the latest methodologies and tools.
• Liaising with clients, hydraulic modellers, project managers, and other design and management team members.
• Mentoring and supporting the technical development of less experienced colleagues in the team.
• Providing modelling-related technical input to business development activities across the JBA Group.
• Working alongside colleagues in the Data Science and JBAi teams to identify opportunities for applying next generation techniques, such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, across the modelling discipline.

The Team Member We're Looking For

• Robust experience in hydraulic modelling.
• Experience in collaborative working, with effective interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with clients, stakeholders, and colleagues.
• Highly self-motivated to improve personal and team performance and support the development of less experienced team members.
• A flexible team player, able to work with different project teams both locally and across remote offices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in civil engineering or environmental/earth sciences.
• Chartered status (e.g. CIWEM) is important to JBA and valued by its clients. Applicants should be Chartered or be able to demonstrate their commitment towards becoming Chartered with an appropriate professional body.

Essential Attributes

• Experience of one or more of the key hydraulic modelling software packages including TUFLOW, HEC-RAS, Flood Modeller, Infoworks-ICM, MIKE+, and the application of these across urban and rural environments, using 1D, 2D or 1D-2D techniques, for fluvial and surface water systems.
• Ability to deliver innovative solutions to difficult challenges including complex hydraulic problems.
• Understanding and experience of fluvial and surface water flood risk policy and management approaches.
• Experience of flood risk management techniques and methods, including options appraisal.
• Project management including providing guidance to project teams with oversight of hydrological, hydraulic, and environmental inputs, on a variety of flood risk management projects.
• Proficiency in using GIS software such as ArcGIS, QGIS, and MapInfo.
• Proficiency in working with terrain models, including the interpretation and manipulation of topographic survey data.

Desirable Attributes

• Ability to prepare topographic survey briefs and liaise with sub-contracted surveyors.
• The ability to produce high quality technical writing for bid and project work.
• Working knowledge of a broad range of modelling techniques, such as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and how it can be applied across the industry.
• Coding with R or Python for processing of data sets.
• Knowledge of Irish hydrological methodologies; understanding of Flood Studies Update (FSU) is an advantage.
• Experience of liaising with clients and managing projects to develop new opportunities.
• Experience of working closely with design teams to develop engineering solutions is desirable.
• Commercial awareness and evidence of ability to deliver projects and bids to time and budget.

Location and Contact

The role is available at various different offices. JBA supports hybrid working which provides for greater flexibility with the way people work.

For further information or an informal discussion about this position, please contact Ross Bryant on ross.bryant@jbaconsulting.ie.

The JBA Family

The JBA Group is a family of environmental, engineering and risk management companies committed to exceptional service and helping clients and communities build resilience to flood and environmental risk in a changing climate, integrating science and technology to provide a forward-thinking view of climate resilience.

JBA offers a competitive salary, flexible working conditions and a great benefits package. Its continued independence is assured by its unique 'guardianship' model, meaning all shares are held by JBA employees and Staff Trust. JBA offers a generous training budget, a professional development programme, and support for professional qualifications including chartered membership.

JBA invests in staff's mental health and wellbeing, encouraging a healthy work-life balance, and invests in the wider community through the JBA Trust charitable foundation, sustainability initiatives such as tree planting, and outreach visits by a team of STEM ambassadors.

JBA is committed to creating and sustaining a working environment in which everyone has an equal opportunity to fulfil their potential, and welcomes applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community. JBA is a Disability Confident Employer, supports veterans of the defence forces back into work, and promotes a menopause-friendly workplace, having signed the Menopause Workplace Pledge.

All roles will be considered for part-time or flexible working, and JBA encourages applications from candidates who may be returning to work after a career break, or who are looking to change industry.

No unsolicited CVs from agencies.

How to Apply

More information: https://jbaconsulting.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/3683844?cid=3213&t=Senior-Modeller--Ireland-