Senior Hydraulic & Flood Risk Engineer - Modeling & Cloud

Dewberry

Denver (CO)

On-site

USD 99,000 - 142,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Dewberry is seeking an experienced Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineer to join our Resilience Solutions Group in Denver. You will advance hydraulic modeling, flood risk analysis, and riverine system design, mentoring staff and driving innovative analytical workflows.

We value collaboration with engineers, scientists, planners, and programmers to deliver data-driven resilience solutions for federal, state, and local clients, with opportunities for professional growth and leadership.

Qualifications

BS, MS, or PhD in Civil Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, or related discipline.
Expertise in hydraulic engineering and river modeling with 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
Proficiency with industry-standard hydraulic modeling software and analytical tools such as HEC-RAS and SWMM.
Experience with floodplain mapping, FEMA studies, and regulatory flood risk assessments.
Experience with GIS platforms, including ArcGIS Pro and spatial analysis workflows.
Excellent technical writing, communication, and client engagement skills.
Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Responsibilities

Leverage expertise in hydraulic engineering and river modeling to lead or support technical needs of diverse projects across municipal, state, and federal markets.
Lead or contribute to the development of innovative hydraulic and flood risk analysis approaches to meet project requirements.
Conduct and oversee one-dimensional and two-dimensional hydraulic modeling of riverine systems, floodplains, bridges, culverts, and hydraulic structures.
Evaluate river hydraulics, sediment transport, channel stability, and floodplain dynamics under existing and future conditions.
Productively collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of engineers, hydrologists, planners, scientists, and software developers for integrated project delivery.
Participate in client and public engagement meetings.
Develop technical reports and provide formal and informal presentations to clients and stakeholders.
Demonstrate subject matter leadership and professional development through external publications, conference presentations, and professional organizations.
Serve as a technical mentor and subject matter expert, providing coaching, training, and quality assurance for junior engineers while promoting best practices in river hydraulics, flood risk assessment, and numerical modeling.
Lead research, development, testing, and validation of next-generation hydraulic analysis methodologies to address evolving client and industry needs.
Develop and implement a strategic roadmap for advancing hydraulic modeling capabilities, including the integration of probabilistic and risk-informed approaches, technical standards, quality management procedures, and operational best practices.
Serve as a technical leader and change agent by mentoring staff and promoting adoption of emerging methods for uncertainty analysis, probabilistic flood hazard characterization, and risk-based decision support.
Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies, computational methods, and analytical frameworks to enhance hydraulic modeling practice.
Design computational workflows that leverage cloud computing, automation, parallel processing, and large-scale model execution.
Partner with scientific programmers, data scientists, and engineers to operationalize advanced hydraulic modeling solutions.