26-98: Senior Water Resources Engineer/Project Manager (Engineer V-VI or Project Manager IVS-V)

About the role

The Texas Water Development Board’s Mission is leading the state’s efforts in ensuring a secure water future for Texas. The TWDB offers competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), flexible spending, and flexible work alternatives.

Responsibilities

Performs advanced (senior-level) to highly advanced and/or managerial (senior-level) modeling, project management and/or engineering work. Work involves providing a senior leadership role in a successful floodplain modeling program and coordinating flood mapping tasks with existing agency efforts to support regional and state flood planning.

• Provides a senior leadership role in the Flood Modeling Department.
• Provides senior technical leadership to the statewide floodplain modeling program designed to inform stakeholders of flood risk.
• Supports regional and state flood planning, including the development of relevant technical standards and procedures.
• Manages certain project activities within the department, including coordinating external activities and training, leading, and assigning or prioritizing the work of the team.
• Develops and applies floodplain models according to agency-approved technical standards and procedures.
• Supports efforts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program.
• Coordinates with federal, state, and local entities to collect NFIP and RiskMAP engineering data in support of floodplain mapping needs.
• Develops, reviews, and implements policies, procedures, and the results of special investigations, audits, and research studies, to improve program operations.
• Writes, reviews, and evaluates scope of work, memos, reports, work processes, and policy documents.
• Serves as a liaison for the TWDB at meetings with federal, state, and local entities or the public throughout Texas to support floodplain modeling and mapping.
• Provides presentations to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Manages contracts related to floodplain modeling and mapping and assists in training and overseeing staff contract managers.
• Ensures the provision of quality customer service from the department to all stakeholders.
• Maintains confidential and sensitive information.
• Maintains required certifications and licenses and meets the continuing education needs and requirements of the position.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physical/Natural/Environmental Sciences with an emphasis in Hydrologic/Hydraulic/Hydrodynamic Modeling, Surface Water Resources, or a related field.

• Candidates with Texas Professional Engineer (P.E.) License:
  • Engineer V - Four years of relevant work experience as a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.).
  • Engineer VI - Five years of relevant work experience as a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.).
• Candidates with Professional Engineer (P.E.) License in another U.S. State:
  • Project Manager IVS - Four years of relevant work experience as a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.).
  • Project Manager V - Five years of relevant work experience as a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.).
• License/Certification:
  • Engineer Classification Series: Licensed as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Texas.
  • Project Manager Classification Series: Licensed as a Professional Engineer (P.E.) in another U.S. State with the willingness AND ability to obtain a Texas P.E. license within 6 months of hire.
• Previous relevant experience developing, applying, or running hydrologic/hydraulic models using HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, or similar models.
• Three years progressively responsible professional work experience managing projects and/or staff (including multi-disciplinary teams).

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Engineering, Physical/Natural/Environmental Sciences with an emphasis in Hydrologic/Hydraulic/Hydrodynamic Modeling, Surface Water Resources, or a related field.
• Experience with a wide range of hydrologic methods and models for a variety of watershed sizes.
• Experience developing unsteady, two-dimensional, or other complex hydraulic models.
• Experience in developing automation techniques for hydraulic models.
• Experience with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood hazard mapping and Base Level Engineering techniques.
• Experience developing flood modeling policies and guidelines for communities or regional/state/federal agencies.
• Experience conducting flood risk assessments including flood damage estimations and benefit cost analysis.
• Experience in flood analytics including data analysis, data visualization and communication.
• Experience with developing flood mitigation planning, modeling, and design solutions.
• Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM).
• Experience in Project Management, mentoring, and/or training.

Skills

• Knowledge of local, state, and federal laws and regulations relevant to floodplain management and the Flood Modeling Department.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of public administration.
• Knowledge of ArcGIS 10 (or later) software product suite with familiarity of Spatial and 3D Analyst extensions and exposure to geodatabase use and design.
• Skills in using Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and Access.
• Skills in use of internet, email, word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database software.
• Skills in reading and interpreting engineering documents, surveys, topographic information, and aerial photography.
• Skills in manipulation of data sets for hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, including topographic (e.g. LiDAR, DEM), soils, landcover, and other data sets.
• Skill in working with very large data sets.
• Skills in scientific data management, analysis, and interpretation, particularly of hydrologic data.
• Skills in using numerical/visualization tools, e.g., Matlab, Surfer, Octave, Scipy/Numpy, Matplotlib, Tecplot, Gnuplot, HEC-DSS, etc.
• Skills in using programming language such as Fortran, C, etc. and/or scripting languages such as Perl, Python, bash, etc.
• Skills in writing technical memos, reports, work process, and policy documents.
• Skills in project management and grant/contract administration, including developing scopes-of-work.
• Skills in communicating with elected, local, state, and federal officials, stakeholders, and the media.

Benefits

The TWDB offers competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), flexible spending, and flexible work alternatives.

Pay

Salary Ranges:

• Candidates with Texas Professional Engineer (P.E.) License or Professional Engineer (P.E.) in another U.S. State:
  • Engineer V or Project Manager IVS: $6,377.50/month - $9,214.00/month
  • Engineer VI or Project Manager V: $9,215.00/month - $9,385.96/month

Licensed Engineering candidates external to TWDB will be eligible to receive a $5,000 recruitment bonus if selected.