Senior Water Resources Engineer
EG4 Senior Water Resources Engineer
Regular/full-time
Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation
Hydrologic Forecasting, Water Management and Structures Division
Winnipeg MB
Advertisement Number: 30920
Salary(s): EG4 $74,720.00 - $94,922.00 per year
Closing Date: November 27, 2015
The Manitoba government recognizes the importance of building an exemplary public service reflective of the citizens it serves, where diverse abilities, backgrounds, cultures, identities, languages and perspectives drives a high standard of service and innovation. The Manitoba government supports equitable employment practices and promotes representation of designated groups (women, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, visible minorities).
Employment Equity is a factor in selection for this competition. Consideration will be given to .
Candidates who do not meet all essential criteria may be considered on an underfill basis at a commensurate rate of pay.
Conditions of Employment:
- Must be legally entitled to work in Canada
Qualifications:
- Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Civil preferred) or closely related discipline accepted by Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba.
- Must be registered (or be eligible for registration) as a Professional Engineer with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba.
- Requires working for extended hours and shift work when required.
- Must have a valid class 5.0 driver’s licence.
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Occassional travel to worksites.
- Extensive experience in hydraulic modelling with emphasis on developing, calibrating, and verifying 1-D and 2-D hydraulic models through the use of established hydraulic modelling computer software programs.
- Extensive experience in hydrologic analysis with emphasis on developing, calibrating, and verifying lumped, semi-distributed or distributed, physically based and conceptually based hydrologic models through the use of established hydrologic computer software programs.
- Experience in geographic information systems (GIS) and associated computer programs for the use of hydrologic modelling, watershed delineation, and mapping.
- Knowledge of basic principles of hydrology, hydrologic processes, statistical hydrology and water balance analysis, watershed modelling.
- Knowledge of hydraulic analysis, computational hydraulics, river hydraulics, flood routing, backwater analysis and floodplain mapping.
- Strong verbal communication skills with the ability to deliver formal and technical presentations to a variety of audiences.
- Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills with ability to create and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong leadership skills.
- Ability to analyze, problem solve and make decisions or recommend alternative solutions.
- Excellent written communication skills with the ability to prepare letters, memos and high level technical reports.
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Strong organizational and time management skills to effectively manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
- Experience is hydrometrological data analysis including extensive experience on data base systems management, data extraction, downloading and compiling.
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We thank all who apply and advise that only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.
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