Transportation Drainage Engineer

About the role

Join our growing team in Lexington, KY as a Transportation Drainage Engineer and help shape the future of transportation infrastructure across the region. Your opportunity to work on multiple exciting projects—ranging from mid-size assignments to key components of major transportation initiatives—while advancing your career in an environment that values creativity, technical excellence, and professional growth.

Responsibilities

• Build strong relationships with clients, partners, and project teams to keep communication open and projects moving.
• Lead and coordinate tasks with fellow engineers and technicians, working together to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Gather and analyze the data that drives smarter, more sustainable drainage design for transportation projects.
• Perform and review drainage calculations, studies, and reports that shape key project decisions.
• Take part in project meetings and share your insights to help guide technical discussions.
• Contribute to proposals and technical documentation that win and deliver great projects.
• Follow established design and documentation standards while helping improve team workflows.
• Support client and stakeholder communication with professionalism and attention to detail.
• Play an active role in business development, deliver top-quality results, provide excellent service, and help strengthen client relationships.
• Collaborate with project managers to coordinate efforts between clients, subconsultants, and internal teams.
• Stay ahead of the curve by keeping your engineering knowledge and technical skills sharp.
• Mentor and motivate teammates, turning every challenge into an opportunity to learn and grow.

Requirements

• Proficiency with MicroStation and OpenRoads Designer required.
• Experience with ORD Drainage, HEC-RAS (including scour analysis), STORMCAD, HY-8, and other drainage software used by the KYTC Highway Design Drainage Branch highly preferred.
• Strong teamwork skills with the flexibility to adapt and collaborate across multiple projects.
• Excellent communication, multitasking, and attention to detail.
• Eagerness to learn new technologies and collaborate with multiple project managers in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Completion of a four (4) year college level academic program in Civil Engineering with a Bachelor of Science degree is mandatory.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience.
• EIT registration required, PE license is preferred.

Skills

• Proficiency with MicroStation and OpenRoads Designer.
• Experience with ORD Drainage, HEC-RAS (including scour analysis), STORMCAD, HY-8, and other drainage software used by the KYTC Highway Design Drainage Branch.
• Strong teamwork skills.
• Excellent communication, multitasking, and attention to detail.
• Eagerness to learn new technologies and collaborate with multiple project managers in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

• Exposure to cutting-edge infrastructure projects nationwide.
• A team environment that values innovation, learning, and growth.
• Opportunities to collaborate with our other teams across all the United States and in Canada.
• Ability to work alongside others who share your passion to support communities through exciting and unique projects.
• Ability to join Stantec committees, employee resource groups, participate in community volunteering, and join various company or local groups/initiatives.

Pay

Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This position is full-time.

Stantec

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