Civil Engineer - Water Resources

Kimley-Horn; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Health coverage

Time off

Student loan matching

Tuition reimbursement

Family benefits

Job summary

Kimley-Horn's Savannah, GA office seeks a Civil Engineer with 4+ years of experience to join the Surface Water team. You will work on water resources projects, modeling, and design in collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities include preparing hydrology studies, design documents, and regulatory submittals, and developing scopes of work with budgets. This role emphasizes collaboration with jurisdictions and contractors and building professional relationships.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant engineering design experience.
• PE license or ability to obtain within 12 months.
• Experience with hydrologic/hydraulic analysis software.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support water resources projects with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Develop surface water studies, hydrologic/hydraulic modeling, and design documents.
• Prepare reports, memos, and regulatory submittals (e.g., CLOMR/LOMR).
• Assist with scopes of work and project budgets.
• Collaborate with jurisdictions and contractors.

Skills

Written and verbal communication

Time management

Entrepreneurial spirit

Education

Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain within 12 months

Tools

AutoCAD

ArcGIS

HydroCAD

SWMM

HEC-RAS

HEC-HMS

StormCAD

Job description

Overview

Kimley-Horn's Savannah, Georgia (GA) office is seeking a Civil Engineer with 4+ years of experience to join their Surface Water team!

Responsibilities

• Support our growing water resources practice and will require working with multi-disciplinary teams for a variety of existing and new public and private clients
• Work in a dynamic team environment on a range of projects including surface water management studies, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, analysis and design, flood studies, bridge hydraulics, green infrastructure planning and design
• Prepare Hydraulic/Hydrology studies, drainage reports, design documents, and design plans and specifications for water resources projects
• Technical writing in the form of memorandums, feasibility studies, regulatory submittals (including CLOMR/LOMR submittals to FEMA), and master plans
• Assist with developing scopes of work and associated budgets
• Watershed master planning, stormwater master planning
• Report or planning level documents CIP development
• This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team of engineers and designers on a variety of projects
• You will flourish on both building meaningful internal and external professional relationships
• You will work closely and collaboratively with other industry leading professionals, various jurisdictions, and contractors

Qualifications

• 4+ years of relevant engineering design experience
• Professional Engineering (P.E.) License (or ability to obtain within 12 months)
• Experience with AutoCAD, ArcGIS, HydroCAD, SWMM, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, StormCAD, and other related hydrologic/hydraulic analysis and design software
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Positive attitude, self-motivated; sense of urgency to produce high quality work
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Entrepreneurial spirit with the potential/desire to lead a practice and manage clients and a team
• This is not a remote position

Why Kimley-Horn?

At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients, and employees are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it - that's why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn's placement on the Fortune "100 Best Companies to Work" list for 19 years!

Key Benefits at Kimley-Horn

• Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to1- company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
• Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.
• Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
• Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.