Senior Hydraulic Structures Engineer – Partial Remote

CDM Smith; Jonesboro (AR); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Hydraulic Structures Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team working on flood protection, water supply, and treatment plant projects in the U.S. and beyond.

You will lead engineers, manage scopes and budgets, prepare design documentation, and mentor junior staff while collaborating across disciplines. Partial remote work is available; travel 20–40% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Architectural or Structural Engineering or related discipline.
• Professional engineering (PE) license.
• 10 years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and design hydraulic structures related to flood control, hydroelectric, and other water resource projects such as dams, spillways, gates, outlet works, diversion structures, cofferdams, floodwalls, and canals.
• Lead project teams of structural engineers and coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Prepare project proposals consisting of scopes of work, budgets, and schedules.
• Forecast workload and schedules.
• Prepare contract documents including drawings, specifications, design documentation and criteria, cost estimates, and bid documents by directing the work of others and as an individual contributor.
• Perform engineering services during construction, including review of shop drawing submittals and response to contractor questions.
• Conduct inspections and structural assessments of existing structures and prepare reports.
• Prepare and present technical presentations to project team, clients, and technical review boards.
• Conduct potential failure mode analyses and risk analyses for hydraulic structures, including identifying and developing potential failure modes, serving as recorder, subject matter expert, and/or facilitator in risk analysis workshops, estimating risk, and report documentation.
• Manage tasks on large projects or manage several medium sized projects.
• Review the work of others to ensure the quality of deliverables by checking assumptions, calculations, criteria, loading, and applicable codes and standards.
• Monitor projects and tasks to control budgets and schedules.
• Participate in business development, marketing, and recruiting activities through conference attendance, committee involvement, and related events.
• Act as a mentor for junior staff.

Skills

Hydraulic design

USACE/USBR/FEMA

STAAD

RISA

EnerCalc

MathCad

SAP2000

LS-DYNA/ANSYS

CAD 2D/3D

Excel

Verbal/written

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil/Structural/Architectural Eng

PE license

10 years of related experience

Tools

STAAD

RISA

EnerCalc

MathCad

SAP2000

LS-DYNA/ANSYS

CAD 2D/3D

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Hydraulic Structures Engineer to join a multidisciplinary team working on flood protection, water supply, and treatment plant projects in the U.S. and beyond.

You will lead engineers, manage scopes and budgets, prepare design documentation, and mentor junior staff while collaborating across disciplines. Partial remote work is available; travel 20–40% is expected.