Water Resources Engineer

Overview

RES is currently accepting applications for a Mid-Level Water Resources Engineer with 2 years of experience, based out of either our Brentwood, TN, Athens, GA or Macon, GA offices.

The mission: Join a growing, multi-disciplinary, and innovative team of restoration designers and water resource engineers currently working on some of the nation’s largest stream and wetland restoration projects, hydraulic and hydrology investigations, and sustainable stormwater management.

You will have the opportunity to work on projects and contribute to their design throughout the entire project’s life cycle. Our designers/engineers are involved from the initial concept/site identification through assessment, design, construction, and long-term monitoring allowing our team to understand the full process of stream and wetland restoration projects and apply innovative techniques to future restoration projects. 

This is a team with a flexible working style, that works collaboratively with teams of ecological restoration specialists to meet client and project needs.

What your day-to-day might look like?

60% of your time, you will be designing.  You will be participating in the development of natural resource plans, stream and/or wetland restoration plans, sustainable stormwater design plans, erosion and sediment control plans, and as-built plans under the support of senior staff. As you progress in your career, you will have the opportunity to model the entire project with the due supervision of our senior staff.

You will develop design metrics and parameters into a 3-dimensional design with the Autodesk Civil 3D environment, provide engineering evaluations and calculations, develop design reports, and develop and deliver floodplain analyses. You will be juggling several projects at the same time so superior attention to detail and ability to prioritize are paramount.

Around 20% of your time will consist of Fieldwork. You will be collaborating with scientists, land acquisition specialists, regulatory experts, and senior design/engineering staff with:

• Carrying out the geomorphic and ecological site assessments, fulfilling mitigation crediting field protocols, and applying fluvial geomorphic/hydraulic surveys. 
• Carrying out the collection and analysis of field data to establish existing conditions, identify potential design constraints, and help determine design parameters.
• Providing construction oversight as needed during project implementation.
• Restoration success monitoring. 

Fieldwork involves travel to job sites and occasional overnight stays.

20% of the time, you will produce technical documentation associated with the restoration design process, including writing proposals, design summaries, mitigation plans, regulatory permit applications, cost/quantity estimates, bid documents, construction specifications, construction oversight reports, and post-construction monitoring reports. We might ask you to produce a writing piece to showcase your communication skills.

Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of your job duties.

Qualifications

We would love to talk to you if you have many of the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with a water resources / environmental/ecological focus.
• 2 to 5 years’ experience in a natural resources design field (civil engineering, environmental engineering, biological systems engineering, agricultural engineering, or water resources engineering)
• AutoCAD Civil 3D, GIS, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS or other hydrologic and hydraulic software
• Knowledge of field survey and data collection techniques
• Knowledge of fluvial geomorphology

 What will make you stand out?

• Understanding of the use of regional regressions, regional curves, and reference data in stream restoration design.
• Ability to evaluate design discharge, channel cross-section, profile, and planform using a variety of methods.
• Familiarity with the Stream Quantification Tool (SQT).
• Ability to read and interpret ecological restoration construction plans.
• Ability to interpret results from H&H models.
• Familiarity with the Clean Water Act, local, state, and federal environmental regulations and permitting processes.

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RES is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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