Senior Water Resources Engineer

About the role

Stantec has an immediate need for a Senior Water Resources Engineer to provide technical leadership for our clients and staff on a variety of water resource projects. This position will be part of Stantec’s Environmental Services team.

Responsibilities

• Work under minimal supervision with broad guidelines, to assign, review, and evaluate the performance of new project orders; directing interdisciplinary project teams as needed to ensure project needs are met.
• Strong project leadership to help ensure conformance with Stantec’s Project Management Framework (PMF).
• Develop stormwater management, drainage, and erosion & sediment control designs tasks for civil, transportation, and environmental projects, including closed/open drainage systems, environmental site design, ponds, stream restoration, flood studies, and E&SC controls.
• Prepare complete submission packages, supporting calculations, cost estimates, project schedules, and other duties; effectively facilitate the agency review/approval process.
• Process construction permits through local permitting agencies.
• Oversee and direct flood studies and lead supporting tasks, including hydrologic and hydraulic studies, and floodplain mapping.
• Perform hydrologic and hydraulic surface water modeling with 1D and 2D HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HEC-SSP, USGS tools, and others in support of flood risk studies and other water resources projects.
• Support Stantec’s Flood Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) projects or similar flood study projects.
• Develop Conditional Letters of Map Revisions (CLOMRs), Letters of Map Revision (LOMRs), and No-Rise Analyses.
• Work on multiple projects and be responsible for projects of average complexity/size. May serve as Engineer-of-Record (EOR) on project tasks.
• Lead project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors.
• Participate in client project requirement meetings and value analysis and cost estimating.
• Collaborate with other team members while working on projects; complete tasks and delegate specific project tasks to other team members as appropriate.
• Collaborate with project managers, and senior engineers to develop and manage the project scope, budget, staffing and schedule.
• Ensure strict compliance with contractual requirements.
• Coordinate with Stantec leadership and client contacts routinely to explore future opportunities, budget planning, and staff resourcing needs.
• Develop fee proposals for a variety of sizes and complexities, working with other task managers as needed to address all technical disciplines.
• Conduct quality reviews of other engineer’s work.
• Conduct peer and quality reviews on applicable projects.
• Mentor/supervise junior staff and promote career development.
• Other duties or responsibilities as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• A high attention to detail, strength in time management and organizational skills, and good written and oral communication.
• Proven experience successfully executing technical design tasks and driving project delivery.
• Proven capabilities in hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software (HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, PCSWMM/XPSWMM (or other modeling software)). 2D modeling experience preferred.
• Experience with plan approval and permitting in Montgomery County, Prince Georges County, and/or the District of Columbia.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D and/or Bentley CAD programs including MicroStation, Open Roads Designer, and ProjectWise.
• Education and Experience: Bachelor of Science (minimum) in Civil, Water Resources, Environmental Engineering, or other closely related degree required. Masters preferred. Minimum of 3 years prior experience in a similar role required. Minimum of 7 years of experience in water resources design and analysis for a professional engineering firm. Professional Licensure (PE) required.

Benefits

Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law). Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.