About the Company

WMS Engineering is a specialist consultancy providing high-quality solutions to civil, water and environment problems nationwide, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Cairns.

Our mission is to provide reliable, fit-for-purpose engineering solutions that meet our clients’ needs through open communication, and a commitment to delivering every project on time. As a small company with less than 20 employees, you would be a valued member of a close-knit team and have a real influence on how both the business and projects are run at WMS.

About the Role

We are looking for a full time Software Engineer for our office in Brisbane to work with and complement our technical engineering staff. You will be utilising a wide range of hydrologic and hydraulic modelling tools within a software context.

Tasks include:

- Consulting with technical and administrative staff to evaluate current workflows and identify current limitations and deficiencies in existing systems;

- Recommend potential software purchases and/or upgrades and providing advice, guidance and expertise researching available alternatives and preferred options.

- Develop innovative software, applications, tools and scripts to improve workflow efficiency for projects relating to flooding, drainage and water quality.

- Preparing written end-user documentation and operational procedures for new and existing tools to support sustainable usage, including documentation of limitations, applications and maintenance requirements.

- Proactively improve how flood information is processed, integrated with GIS platforms (QGIS) visualised and analysed to assist a broad range of end users.

- Assisting with installing and testing new software and software updates.

- Using your programming and coding skills to improve operational procedures – both by developing new tools and improving existing scripts currently or previously used by the company.

- Communicate effectively with both technical and administrative staff