Senior Stormwater & Water Resources Engineer

The Foth Companies; Louisville (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Foth is seeking a Lead Stormwater & Water Resources Engineer to provide technical leadership across stormwater, drainage, flood mitigation, and water resources projects nationwide.

This senior role focuses on mentoring engineers, improving standards, and applying advanced modeling tools, with a preference for candidates located near Foth’s office network. Remote consideration is possible based on fit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, or ability to obtain licensure in applicable project jurisdictions.
• Experience in stormwater, drainage, and water resources engineering, including complex technical delivery.
• Experience providing technical leadership, quality reviews, and guidance on water resources projects.
• Experience with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software, such as HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, XPSWMM, PCSWMM, HydroCAD, ArcGIS Pro, and AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Experience preparing or reviewing engineering reports, studies, design plans, specifications, bid documents, or construction documents.
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly with project teams, clients, and agencies.
• Ability to travel as needed (10-20% of the time) for project, client, conference, or technical collaboration needs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical leader for stormwater, drainage, flood risk, and water resources projects across markets and geographies.
• Provide technical oversight for engineering reports, modeling, calculations, design drawings, specifications, and construction documents.
• Mentor engineers through technical coaching, design reviews, model reviews, and practical training.
• Support the development of discipline standards, design guides, QA/QC expectations, modeling workflows, and technical training resources.
• Lead design and delivery of stormwater management systems, drainage infrastructure, watershed studies, flood mitigation projects, green infrastructure, and water quality improvements.
• Conduct hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for urban and rural watersheds.
• Design storm sewer, culvert, detention, retention, conveyance, open channel, and drainage systems.
• Develop drainage master plans, watershed management plans, flood studies, and stormwater planning documents.
• Lead hydrologic and hydraulic modeling using industry-standard software.
• Perform watershed analyses, floodplain mapping, flood risk assessments, drainage capacity evaluations, and infrastructure resiliency studies.
• Apply modeling results to support planning, permitting, alternatives analysis, design decisions, and stakeholder communication.
• Prepare and review technical reports, feasibility studies, alternatives analyses, permit applications, and agency submittals.
• Coordinate with local, state, and federal agencies on stormwater, drainage, floodplain, watershed, and water quality projects.
• Support permitting and regulatory coordination for stormwater, drainage, and water resources projects.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Client communication

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

HEC-RAS

HEC-HMS

XPSWMM

PCSWMM

HydroCAD

ArcGIS Pro

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Job description

Foth is seeking a Lead Stormwater & Water Resources Engineer to provide technical leadership across stormwater, drainage, flood mitigation, and water resources projects nationwide.

This senior role focuses on mentoring engineers, improving standards, and applying advanced modeling tools, with a preference for candidates located near Foth’s office network. Remote consideration is possible based on fit.