Regional Hydrotechnical Engineer

Location: Hybrid in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines

Company

hirify.global operates with a regional APAC engineering competence framework covering complex problem analysis, solution development, local professional obligations, ethics, and management of engineering activities.

What you will do

• Lead or review catchment delineation, rainfall analysis, design-storm development, rainfall-runoff modelling, floodplain assessment, and flood-risk evaluation for greenfield and operating assets.
• Develop and review drainage, stormwater, erosion-control, culvert, channel, detention, retention, outfall, and safe overland-flow solutions.
• Coordinate hydrotechnical inputs to grading, earthworks, roads, foundations, cable routes, substations, battery-energy-storage compounds, and operations areas.
• Establish country- and project-specific design bases, manage external hydrology and drainage consultants, and perform model, calculation, and design assurance.
• Coordinate with development, survey, GIS, geotechnical, civil, electrical, environmental, permitting, procurement, construction, and operations teams.
• Support authority submissions, independent-engineer and lender reviews, contractor queries, site walkdowns, incident investigations, defect remediation, and construction close-out.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a closely related discipline from a recognised or accredited institution.
• Registered, licensed, or eligible for appropriate engineering registration in the employing jurisdiction; work must be performed under or coordinated with a locally authorised professional where legally required.
• Typically 3–6 years of postgraduate experience in hydrology, hydraulic engineering, drainage, flood risk, or water resources, including responsibility for technical deliverables and consultant coordination.
• Project experience in at least one APAC jurisdiction and the ability to transfer engineering principles across different climates, datasets, standards, and regulatory environments.
• Strong understanding of rainfall-runoff processes, open-channel and pipe hydraulics, floodplain behaviour, stormwater detention, erosion control, uncertainty, sensitivity testing, and climate resilience.
• Ability to produce design-basis documents, model reports, drawings, calculations, specifications, review comments, and concise technical recommendations in business English.
• Willingness to travel within APAC and an existing right to work in the primary employing location.
• Core capability with HEC-HMS or an equivalent rainfall-runoff platform; HEC-RAS 1D/2D, TUFLOW, MIKE+, Flood Modeller, or equivalent; EPA SWMM, InfoWorks ICM, Autodesk InfoDrainage, MIKE+, or equivalent; QGIS or ArcGIS Pro; AutoCAD and/or Civil 3D; and advanced Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to provide a project example demonstrating model building, checking, reviewing, or application; explain data, assumptions, boundary conditions, calibration or reasonableness checks, sensitivity tests, limitations, and independent verification; and convert outputs into design requirements, drawings, risk controls, submissions, or construction actions.
• Ability to apply jurisdiction-specific standards, recognise when local specialist advice or a locally registered signatory is required, communicate clearly, act ethically, and manage continuing professional development.

Nice to have

• Experience with utility-scale solar PV, battery energy storage, transmission, transport, mining, land development, or other large-footprint infrastructure.
• Postgraduate study in hydrology, hydraulic engineering, water resources, flood-risk management, coastal engineering, or climate resilience.
• Professional membership or progress toward chartered, professional, or APEC Engineer recognition.
• Experience reviewing work prepared in another country, managing distributed consultants, and communicating with non-specialist stakeholders.
• Working capability in Python, R, or VBA for automation and reproducible analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement in Taguig, Philippines, with regional APAC collaboration and travel.
• Equal-opportunity, diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace.
• Accessible recruitment process with reasonable accommodations available on request.
• Local legal, cultural, professional, environmental, and safety obligations are treated as integral to engineering delivery.