Civil (Environmental) Design Engineer – Water Resources & Hydraulic

Overview

As an international company, we are looking for a Civil (Environmental) Design Engineer – Water Resources & Hydraulic based in Makati City, Manila Philippines.

The Civil Design Engineer – Water Resources & Hydraulic is responsible for delivering high-quality, accurate, and compliant hydraulic, hydrological, and water resources design packages for Solar Farm, BESS, and Substation projects in Australia and New Zealand, often in coastal and environmentally sensitive areas.

• Minimum 8 years proven experience in civil and water resources design, within EPC or consultancy, with a track record of delivering large-scale infrastructure or renewable energy projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil /Environmental Engineering (Master’s degree in Water resources and Hydraulics is preferred)
• Competent in structural building codes/legislation in Australia and New Zealand
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead and deliver complex EPC projects from concept through detailed design and IFC stage.
• Proficient in TUFLOW (1D/2D), OptiSurface, Civil 3D, AutoCAD, ArcGIS, Navisworks, Revit or equivalent.
• Confident in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook etc.)
• Ability to prepare quantity take-offs, material estimation, and preparation of bill of material list from drawings
• Experience building and maintaining strong customer relationships
• Able and willing to travel internationally (mainly between Australia & NZ)
• Collaborate with preconstruction and project controls teams to ensure technical design inputs are reflected accurately in schedules and risk plans.
• Familiar with project delivery frameworks (e.g., PMBOK, PRINCE2) as applied in design and preconstruction phases.

• Prepare Preliminary Hydrological and Flooding Reports and conduct detailed hydrological and flooding analyses.
• Develop and deliver Flooding Impact Assessments and Reports in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Perform 1D/2D hydraulic modelling using TUFLOW for site-specific flood risk assessments and mitigation planning.
• Develop Drainage Design Calculations and models for pre- and post-development conditions.
• Deliver Post-Operation Drainage Models to ensure long-term performance of site drainage systems.
• Design culverts, channels, stormwater detention/retention systems, and outlet structures.
• Perform Earth Movement Calculations, including cut/fill balance and grading assessments to optimize landform for drainage and constructability.
• Apply OptiSurface or equivalent tools to design efficient landform layouts for stormwater and surface runoff management.
• Develop Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plans for the construction period to mitigate environmental impact.
• Prepare Environmental Water Design Reports to address coastal and site-specific hydrological conditions.
• Ensure compliance with environmental permitting, coastal zone management requirements, and best-practice water management standards.
• Provide hydraulic and water design inputs to broader civil design works, including site grading, access roads, cable trenches, and substation platforms.
• Integrate hydraulic, hydrological, and environmental design with structural, geotechnical, and geomatics teams.
• Prepare comprehensive hydrological, hydraulic, drainage, and environmental reports, including models, calculations, and drawings.
• Ensure all designs are safe, cost-effective, environmentally sustainable, and compliant with Australian and New Zealand standards.

• Responsible for ensuring that decisions are made within approved business unit budget and financial delegated authority.
• Provide regular reporting to Engineering Manager AU/NZ on status of all design work.
• Contribute to feasibility and option analysis in the early stages to support business case development and tender responses.
• Continuously review and optimize foundation and structural design methodologies to improve cost efficiency, constructability, and alignment with project execution strategies.
• Contribute to the development of standardized design procedures, calculation templates, and reporting formats to enhance consistency and efficiency across EPC projects.
• Strong focus on identifying and suggesting ways to improve practices and processes that are hampering the smooth operation of the day to day running of the project.
• Support the development of innovative strategies to ensure operational efficiencies, processes and practices.
• Proactively seek opportunities to save unnecessary costs to the project (without compromising quality).
• Contribute to the project review process, ensuring problems identified and possible solutions developed and feedback to operations team.
• Identify gaps or inefficiencies in the handover process between design, procurement, and construction teams, and suggest improvements.
• Provide technical insights to improve constructability and reduce rework during construction.

• Demonstrate collaborative and inclusive personal leadership, empowering others to perform by providing advice, support and assistance as needed.
• Role model expected behaviours and lead by example, proactively championing our values, mission and company/business unit initiatives
• Be seen as a positive role model at INTEC, acting with professionalism and integrity.
• Always act for the good of INTEC and in full support of our goals.
• Foster and develop effective relationships with team members and all other internal and external customers.
• Collaborate with preconstruction and project controls teams to ensure technical design inputs are reflected accurately in schedules and risk plans.
• Foster and support a learning environment within the team by:
• sharing technical knowledge and expertise.
• providing training to other team members as required.
• sharing relevant customer knowledge to enhance customer service.