Coastal Modeller

Coastal Engineer/Modeller-Marine
Chennai 
Permanent

 
Are you interested in joining one of the leading consulting companies, creating value for customers, people, and societies worldwide? Do you have experience working for Coastal Modelling? Are you skilled working on coastal structure design preferably software skills like preferably software skills like MIKE 21 – DHI, LITPACK etc.? Then, this could be the next adventure in your career.

Join COWI India’s Marine Department – Shape the Future of Coastal & Marine Engineering
COWI India’s Marine Department is home to 53 skilled professionals (geotechnical engineers, structural engineers, coastal structure designers, coastal modellers and BIM specialists). As part of our team, you will collaborate across borders with experts from the UK, North America, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, working on advanced projects in India, Singapore, and Indonesia. We specialize in ports, harbours, coastal and marine structures and coastal modelling work providing end-to-end consulting services to clients worldwide. Our skills in design of coastal and marine structures have led to innovative solutions for challenging marine environments.
In this position, you will join our global team of experts and work closely with technical experts and project managers. Your primary task in our team will be to carry out design of multi-disciplinary marine, port and harbour projects and would work along with other Engineers and BIM/CAD staff to deliver design packages.
On a day-to-day basis you will:

• You will be required to independently manage hydraulic modelling tasks for various design/EIA related projects and produce high quality reports.  On an on-going basis you’ll be supporting the project manager and technical director with inputs related to hydraulic modelling.
• Coordinate team of engineers and designers for delivering projects as necessary.
• Perform and co-ordinate project engineering and design activities in collaboration with teams in India and in other COWI locations
• Perform engineering activities and deliverables for tender, basic and detailed design of coastal structures.
• Support the proposal manager(s) in preparing technical proposals and time-inputs.

Your Skills. Our Team. Together we design the future. 

The first step to effective collaboration in this role is that you are motivated to work with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.
Furthermore, you'll have:

• Master’s degree in Coastal Engineering / Coastal and Ocean Modelling from a reputed institute, with 8–9 years of relevant experience, preferably involving international projects and clients.
• Proven experience in met-ocean studies, including statistical analysis of wind, waves and water levels, cyclone hindcast studies, flood modelling and risk assessments.
• Strong experience in hydrodynamic and wave modelling using MIKE21 (2D) and MIKE3 (3D), including HD, SW and BW modules, preferably for the design of ports, harbours and coastal structures.
• Experience with MIKE environmental modules, including sediment and mud transport, particle tracking, LITPACK and 2D/3D dispersion modelling for EIA, sedimentation, dredge spill, brine and plume dispersion studies
• Proficiency in Python, MATLAB or similar tools for automation, data processing and engineering workflows. Strong report-writing skills and ability to independently deliver technical reports, technical proposals and financial proposals.
• Ability to lead technical assignments, work independently and collaboratively, plan and schedule deliverables, perform self-checks and QA of reports/modelling work, mentor and train team members, and demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills.

A place to work and so much more 

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and livable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility, and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.

We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.
With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their skills in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer:

• Well-being program
• Technical Networks and knowledge sharing group
• Green, Tech, and Tool Communitie
• COWI Academy
• New ways of working

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to accomplish, and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer
COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
 
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