Hydrologist

Dewberry; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Dewberry is seeking an experienced and innovative Hydrologist to join our Resilience Solutions Group. This role focuses on advancing inland hydrology and hydrometeorology to improve water resources engineering, planning, and design.

The ideal candidate will apply deep technical expertise in hydrology, statistics, and risk analysis to design and develop advanced scientific workflows and cloud-based systems, collaborating with engineers, planners, scientists, and software developers to deliver

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in civil engineering focused on water resources or atmospheric science.
• 5+ years of industry experience in hydrology.
• Experience building and validating hydrologic models (HEC-HMS, etc.).
• Experience retrieving and validating meteorological data.
• Familiarity with Bulletin 17C flood frequency guidance and HEC-SSP.
• GIS experience for geospatial data visualization and QA.
• Python coding for data analysis and workflows.
• Strong technical writing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support technical needs of diverse projects across municipal, state, and federal markets.
• Develop analytical approaches to meet project requirements.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for integrated project delivery.
• Participate in client and public engagement meetings.
• Develop reports and deliver presentations to clients.
• Demonstrate leadership and professional development through publications and professional organizations.

Skills

Hydrologic modeling

Python

GIS

Statistics

Technical writing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering

Master's degree in civil engineering

PhD in civil engineering

Tools

HEC-HMS

WRF-Hydro

SWAT

VIC

PRMS

HSPF

Job description

Job Description

Dewberry is seeking an experienced and innovative Hydrologist to join our Resilience Solutions Group. This role focuses on advancing the state of the science in inland hydrology and hydrometeorology to improve water resources engineering, planning, and design. The ideal candidate will apply deep technical expertise in hydrology, statistics, and risk analysis to design and develop advanced scientific workflows and cloud-based systems. They will also collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of engineers, scientists, planners, and software developers to deliver impactful, data-driven resilience solutions for federal, state, and local clients.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

• Leverage expertise in hydrologic analysis to lead or support technical needs of diverse projects across the municipal, state, and federal markets.


• Lead or contribute to the development of analytical approaches to meet project requirements.


• Productively collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams of engineers, planners, and scientists for integrated project delivery.


• Participate in client and public engagement meetings.


• Develop reports, provide formal and informal presentations to clients.


• Demonstrate subject matter leadership and professional development through external publications and professional organizations.

Required Skills & Required Experience

• BS, MS, or PhD in civil engineering with a concentration in water resources, hydrologic science, or atmospheric science.


• Expertise in hydrologic modeling with 5+ years of experience working in the industry.


• Expertise in development, calibration, and validation of event and continuous hydrologic models such as HEC-HMS, WRF-Hydro, SWAT, VIC, PRMS, HSPF, etc. with 5+ years of HEC-HMS model development experience strongly preferred.


• Experience in obtaining, manipulating, and verifying meteorological data from a variety of observational and modeled data sources.


• Familiarity with federal flood frequency guidance (Bulletin 17C) and experience in applying it using tools such as HEC-SSP.


• Knowledge of statistical modeling and simulation techniques and their application to hydrologic and atmospheric data.


• Experience in GIS for visualization, manipulation, and quality control of geospatial and meteorological data.


• Coding capabilities with Python.


• Strong technical writing and communication skills.

Preferences

• Professional Engineer (PE) or Professional Hydrologist (PH)


• Experience with numerical weather models and/or climate models and outputs


• Experience with reservoir operations modeling and reservoir systems analysis


• Experience with stochastic storm transposition


• Experience with cloud-based systems

• At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.


• Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.


• Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Salary Range

The projected range for this position is $85,000- $109,000 annually. Depending upon other factors, i.e., skills, experience, location, market conditions, the range may vary slightly.