What are the responsibilities and job description for the Surface Water Engineer position at Kimley-Horn?
Overview
Kimley-Horn's West Palm Beach, Florida (FL) office is seeking a Civil Engineer with 4 years of experience to join their Surface Water team! This is not a remote position.
Responsibilities
- Support our growing water resources practice and will require working with multi-disciplinary teams for a variety of existing and new public and private clients
- Work in a dynamic team environment on a range of projects including surface water management studies, site development design for surface water infrastructure, gravity water control structures, pump station design.
- Prepare design documents, and design plans and specifications for water resources projects as well as Hydraulic/Hydrology studies, drainage reports
- Technical writing in the form of design memorandums and reports, feasibility studies, regulatory submittals (including CLOMR/LOMR submittals to FEMA), and master plans
- Assist with developing scopes of work and associated budgets
- Experience with South Florida surface water infrastructure
- Report or planning level documents CIP development
- This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team of engineers and designers on a variety of projects
- You will flourish on both building meaningful internal and external professional relationships
- You will work closely and collaboratively with other industry leading professionals, various jurisdictions, and contractors
Qualifications
- 4 years of relevant engineering design experience
- Professional Engineering (P.E.) License (or ability to obtain within 12 months)
- Experience with AutoCAD, ArcGIS, HydroCAD, SWMM, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, StormCAD, and other related hydrologic/hydraulic analysis and design software
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Positive attitude, self-motivated; sense of urgency to produce high quality work
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Entrepreneurial spirit with the potential/desire to lead a practice and manage clients and a team
Why Kimley-Horn?
At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients and employees, are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it— that’s why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn’s placement on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work” list for 17 years!
Key Benefits at Kimley-Horn
- Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to1- company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (you put in 4% -- we put in 8%) and additional profit-sharing contribution.
- Aggregate company contribution since 2015 has been 18%.
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
- Generous personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
- Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.
- Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
- Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.
