Entry Level Water Resources Designer

About the role

VHB’s Water Resources practice is growing in New York City and across the Northeast, and we are looking for an early-career Water Resources / Civil Engineer to join our NYC team. This position will support water resources, civil, stormwater, coastal, and resiliency assignments for public and private clients. The role will be based in New York, with opportunities to support project teams across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and the broader Northeast.

Responsibilities

• Support the preparation of civil, drainage, stormwater, and water resources engineering plans, calculations, reports, specifications, and permit applications.
• Aid with hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for stormwater systems, drainage networks, floodplains, bridges, culverts, and tidally influenced sites.
• Support the planning, analysis, and design of stormwater management systems, green infrastructure, conveyance systems, outfalls, and flood mitigation / resilience improvements.
• Aid with bridge and culvert hydraulic studies, scour evaluations, and related transportation water resources assignments.
• Support stormwater permitting, MS4 program support, water quality planning, and compliance-related assignments for municipal, transportation, institutional, and private clients.
• Conduct field investigations, data collection, site reconnaissance, infrastructure inspections, and construction-phase observation, as needed.
• Prepare technical documentation, figures, exhibits, GIS-based mapping, and engineering summaries to support studies, design packages, and regulatory submissions.
• Cook up with multidisciplinary project teams across VHB’s New York office and broader Northeast region.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related engineering field.
• 0–1 years of professional experience in water resources, civil engineering, stormwater, environmental engineering, or a related field.
• EIT certification, or ability to obtain EIT certification, preferred.
• Coursework, internship, research, or project experience related to stormwater management, hydrology, hydraulics, water quality, environmental engineering, civil/site design, coastal resilience, or watershed management preferred.
• Experience or exposure to hydrologic / hydraulic modeling, GIS, CAD, or data analysis tools preferred.

Pay

Our best estimate of the salary range for this position is $85,000-88,000. The final compensation will be based on a variety of factors including internal comparators, skills, education, training, credentials, experience, scope and complexity of role responsibilities and geographic location.