Do you want to apply your knowledge regarding probabilistics and failure probabilities in the world of flood safety? If so, read on to find out how your job can help make the world safer from floodings.
What can you expect as probabilistic engineer?
As a junior probabilistic engineer you are mainly working on flood safety issues in the Netherlands. You will be responsible for quantifying failure probabilities of flood defenses, prioritizing knowledge and innovations and quantifying their impact.
Clients include: Rijkswaterstaat, Water Boards and the High Water Protection Program (HWBP). They ask you what knowledge and innovations can be used and how they help with their challanges around improving coastal and river works such as dikes, dunes, storm surge barriers and breakwaters.
Main tasks are:
- Quantifying the impact of innovations on the failure probability of flood defenses. Examples include innovations concerning grass or stone revetment of a dike, the modeling of (wave) loading or the effect of uncertainties;
- Interpreting the failure probabilities and communicating this in reports and presentations to partners, customers and stakeholders;
- Performing calculations with the Probabilistic Toolkit software made by Deltares;
- In addition to your probabilistic activities, you will also perform other substantive work, particularly on subjects within the fields of ‘dike revetments’, ‘nearshore waves’ and ‘coastal structures’. This can take many forms such as physical model research, desk study and with numerical model calculations;
- Contributing to tenders and research proposals.
Within the position there is a lot of space to shape your own work. Your job makes a significant contribution to flood safety!
What we ask of a probabilistic engineer:
You are curious about flood safety and the bigger picture in the Dutch water system. Plus you are willing to develop yourself further in this field. In addition, we ask:
- A MSc degree in Hydraulic Engineering or similar, with experience in probability theory and probabilistics;
- Basic skills in scripting languages, preferably Python and/or Matlab;
- You enjoy getting to the bottom of complex systems;
- You speak and write English fluently and preferably also Dutch.
What we offer
- A motivated team with many specialists you can learn from. Together you work in an informal working environment;
- One-year contract with prospect of permanent employment;
- Hybrid working is among the possibilities.Thus, well-facilitated, you can also work part-time from home if neccery;
- Our starting salary is €3434 per month based on 40 hours per week. If you already have several years of work experience, we will discuss a suitable salary together.
- Excellent training opportunities for personal and professional growth;
- ABP average pay pension, 34 vacation days, a vitality budget and a mobility budget;
- Beautiful office location in Delft with special facilities on our campus such as the Delta Flume, Geo-centrifuge, Hydrohal and laboratory;
- A diverse and inclusive working environment*;
- Here you can find more information about our attractive terms of employment.
Interested?
Has this vacancy aroused your interest and do your qualities match the job profile? Then apply directly via the apply button and upload your CV and motivation letter. Please contact HR Recruitment Officer; sollicitatie@deltares.nl if you have any questions). Interviews will be held April 4 and 5.
*Deltares is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
