Water Distribution System Hydraulic Engineer

About the role

Black & Veatch is seeking a Water System Hydraulic Engineer to support our water distribution hydraulic modeling and system planning projects across the United States.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and execution assistance to support water distribution hydraulic modeling and system planning projects
• Evaluate water systems for capacity, condition, water quality, resilience, and operating efficiency; summarize findings and recommendations
• Perform analysis and projections of water demands
• Use hydraulic modeling software to build, calibrate, and evaluate water systems for system planning and design support
• Perform risk-based assessments to develop and prioritize capital improvement programs
• Integrate condition assessment and asset management data to support replacement & renewal planning
• Use cutting-edge hydraulic modeling, GIS, asset management, and data visualization software to address client challenges
• Support client marketing and business development activities
• Own assigned technical tasks and deliverables including performing quality checks of calculations, models, and figures before submittals

Requirements

• 5+ years of water infrastructure assessment experience including hydraulic modeling, master planning, asset management, and data analysis
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) License or P. Eng
• Experience working on water system modeling and planning projects, leading technical tasks, and executing water distribution system studies and assessments that involve system operations modeling, optimization techniques, risk & resiliency evaluations, capital and life-cycle cost analyses, CIP prioritization
• Experience with preparing project presentations and communications with clients
• Familiarity with wastewater infrastructure systems
• Proficient with report writing and PowerPoint presentations
• Experience and/or familiarity with Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and software (i.e. ArcGIS Pro)
• Capable in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.)
• Proficient with data analyses and analytics and comfortable working with large datasets
• Familiarity of dynamic data visualization software such as PowerBI
• Experience and/or familiarity with hydraulic modeling software such as:
  • InfoWater Pro
  • OpenFlows Water (WaterGEMS) and Wastewater
  • AquaTwin Water and Wastewater
  • EPANET
  • PC SWMM
  • InfoWorks ICM

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing
• Minimum of 5 years related work experience