Water Resources Engineer

Overview

VHB’s Water Resources group is growing across New England, and we're looking for a Project Manager/Water Resources Engineer to join its dynamic team. In this hybrid position, you will assist our clients with developing strategic, cost-effective, and forward-thinking solutions to their water resources, ecological restoration, transportation, and environmental challenges. You will have an opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects, ranging from site to watershed scale. Projects may include stormwater designs, bridge hydraulics and scour, stream restorations, flood mitigation and management, and coastal resiliency.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary teams to provide innovative hydrologic, hydraulic, and water quality solutions.
• Conduct and/or lead staff in conducting comprehensive hydrologic and hydraulic studies, detailed reports, design plans, construction documents, and specifications that address water resources needs for a wide array of projects.
• Partner with VHB’s integrated team to evaluate permit requirements and prepare applications for approvals.
• Mentor and support team members, expanding their technical expertise and fostering collaborative learning.
• Identify both short-term deadlines, deliverables, and tasks as well as long-term client goals.
• Track budgets, schedules, staff availability, and ensure internal and external intermediate and final deadlines are met.
• Assist with identifying and pursuing new clients and leverage existing relationships to continue to provide valuable services to VHB's existing clients.
• Lead business development including proposal, scope and fee development.

Skills and Abilities

• Superior project management skills on water resource projects.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Detail-oriented and highly organized.
• Superior ability to collaboratively problem-solve with stakeholders, clients, and teammates.
• Experience in hydrologic and hydraulic modeling (e.g. HydroCAD, HEC-RAS, etc.) and design (e.g. stormwater control measures, culverts, flood control and resiliency solutions, etc.).
• Experience preparing design plans & specifications, and preparing technical reports.
• An understanding of local, state, and federal technical requirements related to water resources projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil/environmental/water resource engineering or related discipline (master’s degree may be substituted for 2 years of experience).
• 8-11 years of stormwater, water quality, and/or regulatory experience, including project management.
• PE licensure.
• AutoCAD and GIS experience strongly desired.

The Ideal Location

The ideal location for this role would be in the Providence, RI; but for a well-qualified candidate, other office locations in New England could be possible.