HYDRAULIC MODEL DEVELOPER

Location: Commutable distance to Bristol office, this is a hybrid role working from the Bristol office and home.
Salary range: £Competitive + Generous benefits package

SKILLS REQUIRED

• At least two years’ experience working with hydraulic models (experience can be either through work in industry or academia)
• Strong coding skills, including Python (essential) & Matlab (desirable)
• Experience with GIS (QGIS - desirable)
• A sound knowledge of hydraulic modelling principles
• Practical experience with hydraulic solver packages (Fathom’s model is based on the principles of LISFLOOD-FP but experience with other packages is also welcomed)
• Experience building and simulating hydraulic models, as well as analysing their outputs

THE ROLE

We are looking for an experienced hydraulic modeller to join our growing team and help us to build flood models across the globe. There will be opportunities to work on various parts of the model build process, including helping to incorporate new datasets into our modelling framework, debugging any issues that arise when building models and helping to validate model outputs. There will also be plenty of opportunity to undertake CPD and contribute to academic papers, as well as contributing to work across other teams throughout the business.
We are looking for applicants who are able to use their initiative and creativity to
tackle the many challenges of building models at scale. Most of our processes are
programmatic, and familiarity with Python will be necessary to enable you to
understand our model framework and implement improvements. You should have
excellent coding skills and be able to write scripts to automate various aspects of
data processing. Most importantly you must be enthusiastic about hydraulic
modelling and be willing to learn as we continue to break new scientific ground in the understanding of flood risk across the globe under a changing climate.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build, simulate and process hydraulic model simulations from local to global scales
• Undertake QA/QC and model validation
• Continue to develop and improve core codebase within the modelling framework
• Contribute to client-based projects as required
• Explore how newly released scientific datasets can be incorporated into our hydraulic models
• Contribute to modelling academic journal articles