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
SENIOR OPTIMISATION ENGINEER
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:
Non-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)
- 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 ENGINEERS (US)
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 optimize planning decisions within water infrastructure networks. Candidates should have strong backgrounds in hydraulic modeling and an ability 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
Collection system H&H modeling experience (e.g. EPASWMM, InfoWorks ICM, MIKE 1D)
- Distribution / transmission system modeling experience (e.g. EPANET, WaterGEMS, InfoWorks WS Pro)
- Proficient in GIS software (ESRI ArcGIS and/or QGIS)
Excellent communication skills
- Project management experience
- Ability to manage customer experience and relationships
- Strong presentation and teaching abilities
Business skills preparing and presenting business cases, communicating value to customers, and dealing with business process change
Master’s degree, or higher, in Civil/Environmental Engineering
>5 years practical experience
Professional engineering licensure: P.E, CEng, CPeng or equivalent is preferred
Knowledge of and experience with optimization techniques and their application to water systems
Experience with Python, JavaScript, Ruby, or other languages
Understanding of and practical experience working on public utility asset management challenges & projects
Data science experience, including data interpretation & visualization tools (ex PowerBI)
Support and guide utility and consultant engineers’ and planners’ applications of the OptimizerTM 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
- Represent the needs of each department that supports the overall product strategy and development
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 OptimizerTM
- Assist with software and project documentation
- Attend and contribute to industry conferences and professional organizations
- Travel to current and potential users (once appropriate)
Partially-Funded Health and Dental Benefits
Paid Time Off
401(k) Plan Available
Career Plan Development
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER (US, AUS, or Middle East)
This role is for an experienced business development/sales professional in the water and wastewater industry, accountable for the development and expansion of sales activities and client relationships in the Australian market. The Business Development Manager is critical in the achievement of revenue, gross margin, and sales targets as mutually agreed and established by the business. Candidates are required to develop and maintain favorable relationships with new customers to increase revenue and year-over-year growth. This includes the achievement of strategic sales objectives for a specific region or territory as defined by the business. Ideal candidates would require very little supervision, using sound judgement based on sales and business acumen and experience.
- Requires minimum 5+ years of experience in software field sales or related business development activities.
- Field selling experience in the water industry andor public sector software market.
- Significant experience with large volume sales, preferably selling a software application/solution or comparable advanced technology product/service.
- Customer Service or support experience a plus.
- Field sales experience with new business expertise. Must have a hunter mentality.
Experience (years and type):
Competencies:
- Proven attention to detail and thorough documentation.
- Polished presentation and communication skills.
- Proven sales track record that demonstrates consistent success in meeting or exceeding sales goals.
Personal Attributes: Maintaining culture and entrepreneurial spirit is of utmost importance at Optimatics. Personality traits and behaviors that are expected include the following soft skills:
- Persuasion – Must demonstrate the ability to influence potential opportunities by changing attitudes, intentions, motivations, or behaviors of buyers.
- Collaboration – Must thrive in a team setting, recognizing that access to greater resources, recognition, and rewards requires a cooperative approach.
- Adaptability – Demonstrate the ability to adjust to different conditions or circumstances while possessing emotional intelligence and situational awareness.
Travel:
- Position will require travel.
- Prospects, develops, and closes contracts within a specified geographic territory.[/fusion_li_item]
- Builds and maintains a high-performance sales pipeline; creates and nurtures a positive and professional image in the industry.
- Develop and maintain relationships with the client throughout the sales process and beyond. Position the client for software renewals and upselling new solutions by being passionate about their needs.
- Utilizes Solutions Selling strategies to determine client needs; communicates effectively and professionally.
- Travels to client sites, attends conferences/trade shows, performs discovery sessions, and coordinates demonstrations for potential clients.
- Documents sales activity with prospective clients using the company’s Client Relationship Management (CRM), Salesforce, manages sales opportunities, activities, and sales pipeline.
- Works with Managers and Sales Directors to produce contracts and develop quotes with potential clients.
- Provides leadership, strategy, and input in activities to respond to formal Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Requests for Information (RFIs) from prospective clients.
- Conducts appropriate amount of competitive research and maintains knowledge of competitive products.
- Supports ongoing organizational improvement efforts and maintains good inter-departmental relationships.
- Maintains a thorough understanding of the industry, including trends, business practices, financial measurements and performance indicators, and key competitors.
- Lends expertise and assists with special projects as needed.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field preferred.
- Knowledge of project management, team building, budgeting, and solutions selling and its applicability.
- Proficient in MS Office suite. Knowledge of CRM software. Knowledge of Salesforce a plus.
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER | C#.NET, C++, WPF
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Optimatics is looking for an experienced engineer who will work with a very modern desktop and distributed computing application employing the very latest .NET, C++, and WPF technologies.
This role suits an engineer with 5 or more years of experience. Someone who is prepared to experiment, to discover, and to teach what practices do and do not result in excellent software. An engineer who loves what they do and is genuinely good at it.
You’ll be working on our flagship product. This is a fat desktop client built on the very latest C#.NET, C++, and WPF technologies. It integrates ESRI GIS components, DevExpress WPF components, and interacts with our own cloud infrastructure that is hosted on AWS. You’ll be working as part of a small team of equally talented and driven engineers who take pride in the quality of their product and the experience of their users. You will have a remarkable degree of autonomy in how your team approaches its work, and your role comes with the opportunity to work across a broad spectrum of unfamiliar technologies and product areas.
The software team at Optimatics is a group of smart, passionate, and motivated engineers. We love building products that make users happy. We are creative and talented. We appreciate that our environment is rich with challenges to face and problems to solve, and we thrive in that environment. We celebrate agile values. We make decisions for ourselves, we manage our own workloads, and we make our own product decisions. We are positive, we are proactive, and we enjoy collaboration and communication. Above all, we are a team, and we deliver greater value working together as a team than we ever could working individually.
We believe that diversity of background, thought, and experience strengthens relationships and delivers meaningful benefits to our team and our clients. Our inclusive culture promotes the development of our team members, irrespective of gender, generation, flexible work requirements, sexual orientation, ethnicity, cultural background, or disability. We believe in pursuing best practices that industry experience has demonstrated help to achieve high quality. We believe passionately in the benefits of continuous professional learning, DevSecOps, cooperative development, TDD, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and agile philosophies.
If you feel like our collaborative and agile culture will help you to grow and thrive and bring out the best in your professional character, please submit your application on this site. We would love to hear from you. We do appreciate the inclusion of a cover letter with your application.
