About us

At HR Wallingford, we design smart, resilient solutions across the natural and built environments to help everyone live and work more sustainably with water. By harnessing research, data insights and the power of our collective expertise, we help the world to better understand the changing influence and impact of water.

Are you an enthusiastic and highly motivated engineer/scientist seeking the right opportunity to progress your career? We are currently recruiting to fill a role which offers an opportunity for structured career progression. Support and problem sharing is an important part of our culture and we will provide you with an opportunity to develop an outstanding career in a world leading organisation.

Hydrodynamics and Metocean is the area in which you will work. You will have an opportunity to learn fast and your development will be supported by regular career conversations underpinned by individual development plan.

About the role

In our Coasts and Oceans Division, we have projects involving modelling of hydrodynamics, maritime and coastal processes. We predict waves, water levels and currents for design of coastal structures and investigate the impact of developments such as offshore wind farms, harbours or coastal developments.

Key responsibilities:

• Analysis and interpretation of measured and hindcast metocean data
• Contribute to metocean and computational wave and flow modelling studies
• Support the preparation of bids for metocean and coastal wave modelling studies
• Contribute to the development of in-house tools and models
• Participate in internal forums, working groups, conferences to stay current with industry best practises and be at the forefront of the research and technology.

About you

For the role you will need to demonstrate:

• MSc/MEng or PhD in a relevant field (e.g. oceanography, meteorology, applied mathematics, physics, civil engineering).
• Experience in estimating metocean extreme values for design criteria, including the quantification of uncertainties.
• Experience in the application of numerical wave/wind/flow models (e.g. SWAN, SWASH, WRF, WASP, TELEMAC)
• Experience in programming using one or more languages: Python, Matlab, R
• That you are highly numerate with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Strong, effective communication skills, both verbally and in writing
• Collaborative team work
• Good attention to detail, record keeping, presentation and report writing skills
• Adaptability and self-motivation

Desirable Skills and experience

Further skills, of interest but not essential, include:

• Code management (GIT, branch management, unit testing)
• Knowledge of machine learning techniques and their limitations
• Knowledge of relevant industry standards
• Fortran programming language
• GIS
• Flexible Working

Helping our people achieve a healthy work-life balance is important to us, and we would be happy to explore flexible working and job share arrangements. Please talk to us about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

If you are excited about this role but are unsure about whether you’re the right fit, we encourage you to apply.

HR Wallingford are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our workplace. We do not discriminate, and work to create an inclusive culture across our business.

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