Working Student Geoinformatics – GIS Data for Sewer Systems (m/w/d)

HAMBURG WASSER closes the water cycle from drinking-water supply to wastewater disposal under the same roof. With around 2,400 employees and more than 20 locations, the organization helps keep Hamburg running. Together with its subsidiaries, it works on forward-looking water and environmental protection projects and is committed to conserving resources for future generations. Openness, appreciation, trust, respectful and peaceful cooperation, and a diverse community are part of its culture.

The team: The urban hydrology team focuses on measuring, modelling and shaping the future. It pursues future-oriented, holistic urban hydrology that considers rainfall, water bodies, sewer systems, surfaces, evaporation and groundwater as a hydrological unit, while balancing the interests of residents, business and nature. The team created Hamburg's heavy-rain hazard map and continuously improves the underlying coupled 1D/2D models to support reliable heavy-rain preparedness.

Your responsibilities:

• Review and correct coupled 1D/2D flood models and GIS data.
• Analyze digital terrain data and heavy-rainfall events.
• Support GIS departments in Tanzania through an operator partnership.
• Support the analysis and processing of flooding problems.
• Create training videos for the simulation platform.

Your profile:

• Be enrolled in geoinformatics/geoinformation, hydroinformatics, civil engineering, environmental engineering or a comparable programme.
• Good GIS knowledge is required.
• Knowledge of hydrodynamic modelling is desirable; surveying knowledge may also be useful.
• Independent, structured working style and willingness to collaborate in a team.

What is offered:

• Support: A demanding role with individual support from specialist departments, varied learning and training opportunities, and company-wide development opportunities after graduation.
• Networking: Varied information and exchange formats, after-work events and modern tools support contact-building and smooth collaboration.
• Flexibility: Variable working hours, monetary overtime compensation and the possibility of mobile work depending on the task.
• Wellbeing: Health and sports offers, such as Urban Sports Club.
• Mobility: Benefits such as a subsidy for the hvv Jobticket and bicycle-mobility offers.

Further benefits are available on the career page or in conversation with the recruiting team. Salary and an application route are not provided in the listing.