Project Water Resources Engineer

Geosyntec Consultants; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and consulting firm is seeking a Mid/Senior Level Water Resources Engineer to support hydraulic engineering projects in Philadelphia, PA. Applicants should possess a Bachelor's degree in water resources or environmental engineering, a P.E. license, and at least 7 years of experience focused on dams and levees. Responsibilities include project management, performing hydrologic studies, and leading engineering teams. This role offers competitive pay, benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of engineering consulting experience on water resource projects.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead hydraulic engineering projects for dams and levees.
• Conduct flood hazard studies and dam safety inspections.
• Manage project budgets and schedules.

Skills

Hydrologic studies

Modeling tools (HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS)

Project management

Leadership

Communication skills

Fieldwork ability

Education

Bachelor's degree in water resources or environmental engineering

Professional registration (P.E.)

Tools

HEC-HMS

HEC-RAS

Job description

Overview

Do you want to build an impactful career to change the world for the better? Geosyntec has an exciting opportunity for a Mid/Senior Level Water Resources Engineer based in Philadelphia, PA, Pittsburgh, PA, Blue Bell, PA or any of our other U.S. based offices. The position will directly support and lead the expansion of our hydraulic engineering capabilities in the dams and levees market, leveraging existing staff resources, and collaborating with other senior dam and levee practitioners across the firm. Projects span hydraulic modeling of various complexities; hydraulic structure evaluation and design (e.g., spillways); supporting probabilistic risk analysis; hydraulic and hydrologic modeling for large riverine systems; flood modeling; and dam breach consequence assessment studies.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public‑sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits and well‑being programs to support you and your family.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and guidance to expand the hydraulic engineering practice within Geosyntec’s Dams and Levees business line.
• Work on rehabilitation and design of existing and new spillways, outlet works, and other appurtenant dam and levee hydraulic structures.
• Downstream hazard assessment and dam breach modeling for inundation mapping and support of direct and indirect economic consequence estimation.
• Inspections of existing hydraulic structures and dam safety review of previous analyses and studies against the current state of the practice and design criteria.
• Flood hazard studies, reservoir routing and stage‑discharge frequency analyses in support of semi‑quantitative and fully quantitative risk assessments.
• Interacting with client representatives.
• Task and project‑level responsibility for scoping, performing, managing, and delivering multiple concurrent project assignments.
• Consistent with our sell‑manage‑do business model, play a role in lead generation, business development, staff development, and mentoring.
• Help broaden our reputation and visibility via publishing and presenting at prominent industry conferences such as US Society on Dams, Association of State Dam Safety.
• Task and project management, including planning and directing staff, budgeting and budget management, adherence to schedule, quality, client satisfaction, and profitability.
• Recruiting, supervising, and mentoring junior staff.
• Preparing technical reports, letters, memoranda, plans, specifications, presentations, and proposals.

Education and Licensure

• Bachelor's degree in water resources or environmental engineering or a closely related field with emphasis on water resources or a closely related discipline. (required)
• Advanced degrees of the same. (preferred)
• Professional registration (i.e., P.E.) (required)

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• At least 7 years (8+ preferred) of direct engineering consulting experience working on water resource projects with a focus on dams and levees; or an equivalent combination of education and experience working on the types of projects described above. (required)
• Experience with multi‑disciplinary project teams. (required)
• Experience with project management and business development. (preferred)
• Excellent leadership and detail oriented. (required)
• Experience performing hydrologic studies for dams and specific experience performing probabilistic flood hazard analyses. (preferred)
• Experience with modeling tools such as platforms like HEC‑HMS, HEC‑RAS (1‑D and 2‑D), or similar (required). CFD or other 3‑D models (preferred). HEC‑LifeSim, HEC‑FIA, DAMRAE or similar. (preferred)
• Team player who enjoys networking, exceptional oral and written communication skills. (required)
• Ability and willingness to perform fieldwork and travel for site visits, inspections, and other business‑related meetings or conferences. (required)
• Regular field work and overnight travel. (required)
• Current OSHA 40‑hr HAZWOPER training and refreshers. (preferred)
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client‑driven drug and background testing may be required.
• Valid U.S. driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel. (required)