Water Modeling Jobs in Massachusetts (NOW HIRING)

Position Summary:

Our Storm Water Modeler / Hydrologist serves as a contributing member of the Coastal Engineering & Modeling Team with work focused on urban stormwater, fluvial, and compound flooding projects. Serve as modeler for technical analyses of urban stormwater systems as well as coastal and estuarine environments, numerical modeling for project applications, and development of engineering design alternatives. Support other project managers through task management and manage projects / clients depending on experience. Prepare reports for completed work and contribute to business development efforts. Ability to work independently and provide technical leadership including mentoring junior staff and planning/scoping technical tasks.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assessment of stormwater infrastructure data (piped infrastructure) including evaluating historic engineering plans and field data
• Numerical model applications
  1. Fluvial Modeling (Such as hec-ras)
  2. Hydrologic/Watershed Modeling (Such as hec-hms)
  3. Rain-on-grid pluvial modeling
  4. Stormwater models (Such as ICM-Infoworks, TUFLOW, PC-SWMM, Mike+, SWMM)

• Data analysis using python or matlab or similar language

• Project/Task management
• Support field data collection and analyses
• Report writing
• Support proposal preparation, business development, and external marketing
• Work collaboratively with other teams & project partners to achieve project goals
• Assure proper archiving and documentation of program data
• Report status of projects to project managers and complete project assignments within budget and schedule constraints
• Participate in the planning of technical work involving modeling and data analysis

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Depends on experience potentially including supervising technical tasks at project level and mentoring staff.

Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities Required:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, absent undue hardship.

• Master’s degree in Water Resources Engineering, Civil Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Physics, and/or closely related field or equivalent experience is required.
• 3+ years of related experience preferred.
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of GIS (ArcGIS or QGIS) tools to support engineering studies
• Experience in leading technical tasks and/or projects with preference to those involving modeling
• Demonstrated project work / capabilities in numerical modeling, data analysis with background in quantitative hydraulic/hydrologic processes.
• A high level of proficiency in computing, including numerical model source codes, HPC Linux environment, Python, Matlab, as well as business software including MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team in addition to working independently on key tasks.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time

GENERAL INFORMATION

Woods Hole Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Individuals who succeed at Woods Hole Group are pleasant, hard-working self-starters who share our passion for innovation and commitment to high quality work.

• The position is a full-time, salaried position, commensurate with experience.
• This position will be filled at our Bourne, MA, Corporate Headquarters. (Monday- Friday) Hybrid Schedule available with successful completion of probationary period.
  
• Disclaimer: This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at anytime at the sole discretion of the Employer.
• Benefits:
  • Medical, Dental, Vision coverages with 80% employer contribution
  • 401 (k) with up to 6% employer match
  • STD, LTD, Life Insurance employer provided
  • HSA, LPFSA, FSA, DCA
  • Generous time off polices
  • Flexible and hybrid work schedules available