Senior Water Resources Engineer

Job Description

Essential Functions Responsibilities

• Be on the forefront of an evolving design market
• Interact with other operational groups within the overall company structure
• Communicate with plan reviewers and project stakeholders
• Creative problem solving
• Work with senior engineering and landscape architecture staff to design innovative stormwater and resiliency measures which reduce flooding
• Working on stormwater designs, retrofits, construction drawings, and watershed planning studies.
• Collaborate with Land Development, Planners, and Landscape Architects to enhance stormwater designs and integrate stormwater into site architecture
• Work with a variety of client types including residential and commercial development, campuses, multimodal transportation, greenways, and parks
• Field work and site visits from study or design through construction
• Design and/or analysis of riverine and open stormwater conveyances, including swales, constructed, and natural channels. Design and/or analysis of other stormwater conveyances such as curb cuts, flumes, and pipe culvert systems to direct runoff to management strategies may also be required
• Design and analysis of stormwater management facilities (peak flow rate detention)
• Development and analysis of proposed design solutions
• Creation of FEMA Flood Studies, CLOMR/LOMR letters, and No-Rise certifications

Qualifications

• Four-year bachelor’s degree from an accredited program in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology, or related field
• 5 - 10 years of experience in water resources and design experience
• Experience with AutoCAD
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Self-starter with strong drive to better oneself, project team, and community
• Ability and desire to be licensed in Texas within 4 months

Preferences

• Experience with stormwater, floodplain, and watershed modeling
• Experience with FEMA processes and submittals
• Understanding of common stormwater regulations and permitting requirements
• Civil 3D
• Exposure to ArcGIS Pro or other GIS Software
• Experience with HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS
• Licensed as a Professional Engineer in Texas