Lead Drainage Engineer

Engineering company is looking for a Lead Drainage Engineer to join their growing team. These are Direct Hire opportunities with a starting salary range between $130k-$150k.

Responsibilities

• Serving as Engineer-of-Record (EOR) for drainage design on transportation projects.
• Responsible charge of task and/or project including coordination with discipline leaders, consultant/sub-consultants and coordination with the client for the full length of the design and construction (post-design) cycle. Establishing work plan, aiding in assigning resources, tracking progress and schedule.
• Provide technical guidance to group and junior engineers. Perform Quality Control reviews.
• Training, mentoring and coaching the team on drainage design.
• Identify skills and knowledge gaps within the department, seek opportunities to provide internal trainings, and identify worthwhile external training content.
• Facilitate career development of junior engineers and designers through active mentorship, providing formal and informal feedback and seizing opportunities to develop and teach new skills.
• Marketing - Participate and/or lead marketing efforts for drainage tasks, prepare marketing materials, perform research, prepare and attend presentations, prepare fee proposals and negotiate with client. General marketing.

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• BS in Civil Engineering or related field required; PE required or ability to obtain within 6 Months.
• 10 years of drainage design experience (FDOT or other state DOT design experience is not mandatory, but very much preferred)
• Demonstrated technical writing and communication skills
• Ability to lead drainage design for complex transportation projects and manage a team of drainage engineers.

Preferences

• Experience with MicroStation (preferred) or AutoCAD
• Demonstrated work experience with hydraulic modeling software such as GEOPAK Drainage, HEC-RAS, StormCAD, ASAD, ICPR, HY-8, FHWA Hydraulic Toolbox, SMS, etc.
• Experience as a lead technical professional for common transportation drainage tasks such as the design of stormwater management systems, pipe hydraulics.
• Familiar with FDOT Plans Preparation Manual, FDOT Design Standards and FDOT Drainage Manual
• Experience and/or willingness to learn preparation of proposals and presentations
• Ability to build client relationships
• General marketing