SUMMARY

Our Civil Engineering client is seeking an experienced Water Resources Project Engineer to work in Austin, TX. An ideal candidate would be someone who believes in adding meaning and value to the world, inspires positive change, and believes that collaboration is the best way forward. If you are inspired to work with a team that focuses on hydrology and hydraulic modeling and design for flood and erosion risk reduction, stream restoration, dams and reservoirs, water quality, transportation drainage, and other civil works projects with opportunities to work on all project phases including program management, master planning, modeling, analysis, design, and construction…let’s talk!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide project engineering and task level management.
• Lead and develop hydrology and hydraulic models including 1D/2D to support planning and design of flood, erosion, and water quality projects including large and small storm drain systems, stream rehabilitation and restoration, open channel design, complex culverts and bridges, dam spillways and other hydraulic structures, detention, and storm water control measures (SCMs).
• Lead and develop civil design of drainage and civil works infrastructure including site plans, utility plans, grading, alignments and profiles, typical sections, and details.
• Develop plans, specifications, cost estimates, and contract documents.
• Perform water resources master planning studies including multi-objective watershed-wide flood, erosion, and/or water quality master plans.
• Perform dam safety/dam remediation studies and design including dam assessments, breach analyses, potential failure mode analyses and risk assessments, hydraulic capacity analyses and improvements design, and emergency action plans and tabletop exercises.
• Develop preparation of technical reports and presentations including visualization of data.
• Perform other duties as needed.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• MS degree in Civil Engineering preferred
• Highly prefer experience in the Austin area
• 4+ years of experience in water resources/storm water engineering
• PE in the state of Texas
• Proficient in 1D/2D hydrologic and hydraulic modeling including HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software suite, ArcGIS and AutoCAD
• Experience with AutoCAD Civil3D, InfoWorks software suite, XP-SWMM, StormCAD, and/or Microstation
• Certified Floodplain Manager highly preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must