JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORLD CHANGERS
OPTIMATICS CAREERS
The success of Optimatics depends upon the strength of our team. We work closely with our employees to provide a challenging and rewarding work environment.
OUR TEAM MEMBERS ENJOY
- Diversity-friendly workplace
- Flexible working arrangements
- Funding for your home workspace
- Funding and support for your professional development
- A truly agile development work style – ask us about it!
- No overtime
- No on-call roster
- Vibrant and wholesome social office environment
- Not a big, faceless consultancy
- Work with unique artificial intelligence algorithms
- Making a genuine positive difference in the world
“At Optimatics, I am entrusted with challenging tasks that lead me to improve my skills in many areas, and it is a supportive and empowering work environment.”
Ashley L., Senior Software Engineer
“At Optimatics, I get to learn from a brilliantly innovative team from across the globe who shares a genuine passion for addressing challenges in the water industry. There is an unparalleled respect for work-life balance and no shortage of interesting projects to engage on! I couldn’t ask for a better place to work.”
Ari F., Optimization Engineer
“’Innovation’ is a buzz word thrown around a lot in our industry, but at Optimatics it is something very real that we strive towards. This, alongside a strong culture for pursuing excellence in everything that we do, makes me proud to be a part of the Optimatics team.”
Stephen W., Senior Software Engineer
“A great place to work but, more importantly, a great opportunity to make a positive change for the benefit of society.”
Tom W., VP Global Sales
OPTIMATICS
HR MANAGER (SUEZ NA + OPTIMATICS GLOBAL) | CHICAGO, IL PREFERRED
As a global leader in the water and waste management sectors, we have been operating for over 160 years all over the world. We provide essential services to protect the resource and improve quality of life wherever we operate.
Our Mission
Faced with growing environmental challenges, each day, for more than 160 years, we have been acting in support of our clients and partners to deliver essential services that protect and improve the quality of life wherever we operate.
United by a passion for our work as well as our inclusive culture and team spirit, we innovate to conserve water and create value from waste, in the form of energy and recycled materials. We promote and implement responsible behaviors, more efficient technologies and circular solutions to recycle and make the best possible use of the finite resources of the Earth.
Deeply rooted in our community, we are committed to providing people and the planet with the resources for a common future.
What We Do
Faced with the growing challenges relating to the environment, we develop efficient, circular and innovative solutions to ensure that water resources are managed responsibly. When it comes to preserving resources, we have solutions to serve a variety of applications across reuse, desalination, non-revenue water, sludge management, and many more. We’re continually innovating in order to meet our firm collective commitment to handling resources more efficiently, improving the way we smartly manage water and waste, and increasing operational, economic, and environmental performance.
Our Priorities & Goals
Our primary focus is to introduce and scale cutting-edge water and wastewater treatment technologies across the North American market. With growing pressure on utilities and industries to enhance water quality, reduce environmental impact, and optimise operational efficiency, we are committed to delivering next-generation solutions that address these critical challenges.
Leveraging our core suite of technologies, across water & wastewater, we aim to transform how water is treated, monitored, and managed.
By bringing these proven solutions to the North American market, we are supporting utilities and industrial operators in their transition toward more resilient, sustainable, and high-performance water infrastructure.
- Full time, 40 hours per week
- Flexible hours as required in order to meet company and employee needs
- Optimatics, Digital, and Tech Solutions North America businesses covering the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, and Europe, relying on HR Suez network whenever necessary
- Achieve and maintain target Suez health and safety metrics
- Ensure full compliance with all health and safety legislative requirements
- Maintain compliance with all applicable employment laws and regulations
- Monitor and ensure that at least 80% of staff leave is taken each quarter
- Lead and manage annual benefits renewal processes
- Develop and oversee Employee Growth Plans to support career development and retention
- Health and safety reporting to leadership team and Suez Digital Solutions
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion reporting to leadership team and the employees
Reports to: Head of Business Support
Reporting to this position: None
- Manage full-cycle recruiting, including sourcing, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding
- Write and update job descriptions
- Prepare and maintain compliant employment contracts
- Coordinate pre-hire checks and testing
- Foster positive working relationships across all levels of the organization
- Write, update, and share company policies and procedures
- Oversee the annual Employee Growth Plan process
- Maintain and regularly update the organization chart
- Oversee payroll and benefits administration, including health and retirement plans
- Ensure accurate payroll setup for new employees.
- Support salary reviews, performance reviews, and incentive programs
- Monitor attendance and PTO approvals
- Design and manage Employee Growth Plans aligned with organizational goals and career development
- Help to resolve workplace conflict and liaising between parties
- Implement corrective action in line with policy
- Ensure departing employees comply with contractual obligations
- Conduct exit interviews and document findings
- Provide training to employees on health and safety matters
- Ensure company and employee compliance with all applicable legislation, including health and safety, employment, termination, and compensation laws
- Identify and disseminate DEI initiatives
- Oversee of office management and administration
- Develop, implement, and maintain HR policies
- Competitive annual salary
- Health benefits
- 401k matching contribution up to 3%
- Physical activity subsidy US$410 per annum
- Annual salary review
- Bonus scheme
- PTO accrual 15 days per annum
- Public holidays 10 days per annum
- Trust is a Must – Proven honesty, integrity, and accountability
- Agile – Demonstrate the ability to adjust to different conditions or circumstances while possessing emotional intelligence and situational awareness
- Quest for Excellence – Demonstrate continual striving to improve, a passion for the role, and attention to detail
- Delight and Serve – Ability to deliver the support and guidance that employees need to solve the problems that confront them
- Deliver Innovation – Ability to identify and offer alternative approaches as needed
- Bachelor’s degree in HR/management/business or equivalent experience in a similar role
- Experience with MS Office suite
- Experience with HR information systems, payroll, and benefits systems
- Legal knowledge or experience is an advantage
- Ability to self-manage, prioritize tasks, and work independently
- Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience working across multiple geographies (Australia, USA, Canada, UK) or willingness to do so
SENIOR OPTIMISATION ENGINEER – UK
Optimatics is looking for a highly motivated water/wastewater engineer to join our Strategic Support Team. As part of the Strategic Support Team, you will support existing and new clients’ use of the Optimizer™ software to help optimise planning decisions within water infrastructure networks. Candidates should have strong backgrounds in hydraulic modelling and an ability to work closely with clients to help train and deliver successful hydraulic optimisation analyses.
Understanding of and experience working with water utility networks, both collection and distribution
Distribution/transmission system modelling experience (e.g., EPANET, WaterGEMS, InfoWorks WS Pro)
Collection system H&H modelling experience (e.g., EPASWMM, InfoWorks ICM, MIKE 1D)
Proficient in GIS software (ESRI ArcGIS and/or QGIS)
Technical:
- Excellent communication skills
- Project management experience
- Ability to manage customer experience and relationships
- Strong presentation and teaching abilities
- Business skills in preparing and presenting business cases, communicating value to customers, and dealing with business process change
Support and guide utility and consultant engineers’ and planners’ applications of the Optimizer™ software
- Deliver and guide user trainings and ongoing education
- Explore opportunities for new applications with users
- Provide strategic direction and insights for customers’ planning efforts
- Assist with hydraulic model and input data review & preparation
- Manage support and delivery projects
- Use customer feedback to inform roadmap for software development
- Provide technical business development support and assist with development of marketing strategies and materials
- Test new functionality and identify upgrades to Optimizer™
- Assist with software and project documentation
- Attend and contribute to industry conferences and professional organisations
- Travel to current and potential customers (as appropriate)
- Understanding of and practical experience working on public utility asset management challenges & projects
- Knowledge of and experience with optimisation techniques and their application to water systems
- Experience with Python, JavaScript, Ruby, or other languages
- Data science experience, including data interpretation & visualization tools (e.g., PowerBI)
- Be Agile: We are agile within our software development, how we support our customers around the world, how we sell our solutions, and how we operate within our company. We will adapt to any situation to ensure we’re providing the highest-quality outcome.
- Delight & Serve: We pride ourselves on delighting and serving our customers. Our customers are our core, and we’ve heard from them time and again with proof that we’re hitting this value on target!
- Deliver Innovation: Since our beginning as a university research project, this has been a core value: to deliver something that is different, valuable, and ahead of the curve.
- Quest for Excellence: We have a passion for the software we deliver, how we deliver it, and how we can continue to make our customers successful going forward. We are always striving to improve and do better.
- Trust is a Must: We practice “trust is a must” throughout our organization. From internal accountability to one another, to what our customers expect from us, we hold ourselves to a high standard in this area. We do what we say, and we say what we do.
Core Values: Defining and living by this set of vital, timeless, guiding principles has been key to our success. The right candidate will share Optimatics’ core values:
- BSc/BEng or higher in Civil/Environmental Engineering
- >5 years of professional experience in the water sector
- Chartered Member of a recognised engineering institution
SENIOR OPTIMIZATION ENGINEER – NORTH AMERICA
Optimatics is looking for a highly motivated water/wastewater engineer to join our Strategic Support Team (SST). You will be joining a team of innovative thinkers and engineers working at the forefront of applying optimization and machine learning to water systems. As part of the SST, you will work directly with utilities from around the world on applications of optimization and machine learning to optimize planning decisions within water infrastructure networks.
The SST is responsible for assisting, educating, and guiding users of Optimatics software as well as delivering pilot applications. The level of support that Optimatics provides customers goes far beyond that of traditional tech companies – support engineers act more like project partners for our utility and consulting clients. Candidates should have strong backgrounds in hydraulic modelling or data science and be able to work closely with clients to help train and deliver successful hydraulic optimization analyses.
Understanding of and experience working with water utility networks, both collection and distribution
Distribution/transmission system modelling experience (e.g., EPANET, WaterGEMS, InfoWorks WS Pro)
Collection system H&H modelling experience with InfoWorks ICM (other software will be an advantage, e.g. EPASWMM, MIKE 1D)
Proficient in GIS software (ESRI ArcGIS and/or QGIS)
Technical:
- Excellent communication skills Project management experience
- Project management experience
- Ability to manage customer experience and relationships
- Strong presentation and teaching abilities
- Business skills in preparing and presenting business cases, communicating value to customers, and dealing with business process change
- Deliver user trainings and ongoing education
Provide strategic direction and insights for customers’ planning efforts
- Assist with hydraulic model and input data review & preparation Manage client relationships and projects, including:
Deliver applications of the Optimizer™ or AssetAdvanced™ software in connection with a range of hydraulic modelling software
Manage support projects and advise on the application of machine learning or optimization algorithms to utility analyses
- Explore opportunities for new applications with usersSupport and inform product development, including:
- Identify and scope new functionality
- Use customer feedback to inform roadmap for software development
- Test new functionality and identify upgrades to Optimizer™
- Assist with software and project documentationSupport business development, including:
- Provide technical business development support and assist with development of marketing strategies and materials
- Represent Optimatics at industry conferences as appropriate
Travel to current and potential customers (as appropriate)
Support and guide utility and consultant engineers’ and planners’ applications of the Optimatics software(s), including:
- Understanding of and practical experience working on public utility asset management challenges & projects
- Knowledge of and experience with optimization techniques and their application to water systems
- Experience with Python, JavaScript, Ruby, or other languages
- Data science experience, including data interpretation & visualization tools (e.g. PowerBI)
- Agility: We are agile within our software development, how we support our customers around the world, how we sell our solutions, and how we operate within our company. We will adapt to any situation to ensure we’re providing the highest-quality outcome.
- Delight & Serve: We pride ourselves on delighting and serving our customers. Our customers are our core, and we’ve heard from them time and again with proof that we’re hitting this value on target!
- Deliver Innovation: Since our beginning as a university research project, this has been a core value: to deliver something that is different, valuable, and ahead of the curve.
- Quest for Excellence: We have a passion for the software we deliver, how we deliver it, and how we can continue to make our customers successful going forward. We are always striving to improve and do better.
- Trust is a Must: We practice “trust is a must” throughout our organization. From internal accountability to one another, to what our customers expect from us, we hold ourselves to a high standard in this area. We do what we say, and we say what we do.
Core Values: Defining and living by this set of vital, timeless, guiding principles has been key to our success. The right candidate will share Optimatics’ core values:
- BSc/BEng or higher in Civil/Environmental Engineering
- >5 years of professional experience in the water sector
MAKING HEADLINES BY MAKING HEADWAY
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If you meet the qualifications listed above, have an unmatched drive to succeed, and possess the willingness to work hard to reach your goals, please submit your resume.
