Senior Water Resources Engineer - Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Kiewit; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Water Resources Engineer to join their innovative Transportation Engineering group. This role involves executing complex water resource designs for diverse projects across North America, including design-build and public-private partnerships. You will leverage your technical expertise to mentor junior staff while ensuring high-quality deliverables in hydrologic and hydraulic design. This collaborative environment emphasizes safety and efficiency, providing an opportunity to make a significant impact in the field. If you are passionate about engineering and eager to take on a leadership role, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Top-tier medical, dental and vision plans

Voluntary wellness programs

Employee assistance programs

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plans with matching

Generous paid time off

Qualifications

• 12+ years of design experience in drainage, water resources, hydraulics or hydrology.
• PE license required and experience with US transportation projects.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for drainage design, hydrologic and hydraulic analysis.
• Mentor and lead junior engineers in advanced design topics.

Skills

Hydrologic Analysis

Hydraulic Design

Drainage Design

Communication Skills

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Tools

HEC-HMS

SWMM

AutoCAD

MicroStation

Arc-GIS

Civil3D

HydroCAD

Job description

Location:

Lone Tree, CO, US Denver, CO, US

Requisition ID:173623

Job Level:Senior Level

Home District/Group:Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Market:Transportation

Employment Type:Full Time

Position Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers has an immediate opening for a Senior Water Resources Engineer in our growing Transportation Engineering group. This role is located in Lone Tree, CO. In this role, you will execute complex Water Resource designs for projects across North America including design-build, public-private partnerships (P3), and construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC). We seek a technical expert - one who has in-depth technical expertise that can be drawn upon to inform various projects across North America, while also providing mentorship to junior and mid-level staff in advanced hydrologic and hydraulic design topics. Your team will support design pursuits, and execute projects through final construction in Texas and other states.

District Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering seamlessly transitions solutions from design to construction through the collaborative efforts of Design Engineering, Design Management, Proposals, Estimating, and Integrated Project Controls. Our construction-focused engineering approach involves a multidisciplinary team working together to maximize value for clients by improving schedules, controlling costs, and minimizing risk on infrastructure projects. This integrated strategy emphasizes collaboration and constructability throughout the project lifecycle, enabling us to identify and implement quality solutions with a strong safety focus.

Location

This position will be based out of our Lone Tree, CO office. This is not a remote work opportunity, but we offer excellent relocation assistance if you need it.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for drainage design, hydrologic and hydraulic analysis (using various models and methods), and preparation of design plans, reports and technical documentation, as well as mentoring and leading others in the delivery of drainage and H&H functions. Tasks may include (based on expertise):

1. Hydrology:
   • Single-event and continuous rainfall modeling
   • Watershed analysis, hydrograph and peak discharge development and routing
   • Software experience includes: HEC-HMS, SWMM, TR-55, SBUH and HSPF method programs
2. Hydraulics:
   • Pavement drainage, culverts, storm systems, pump stations, bridge sizing and scour
   • Understanding of FHWA hydraulic engineering circulars and design series
   • Flood analysis and knowledge of the NFIP including CLOMR and LOMRs
   • Stormwater quantity / quality calculations, LID, NPDES compliance and erosion control
   • Channel hydraulics and design to include restoration techniques, erosion and scour protection, and alternative lining concepts.
   • Software experience includes: HEC-RAS, HEC-GEORAS, HY-8, SWMM, Culvert Master, Storm CAD, Civil Storm, Pond Pack, Flow Master, 2D experience helpful such as SRH-2D, FLO-2D
3. Drainage Design:
   • Development of drainage plans, profiles, specifications and estimates for transportation and water resources projects. This includes developing terrain, grading and other design components via models such as Inroads, Arc-GIS and other pre and post processing software packages
   • Software experience includes: MicroStation, AutoCAD, Arc-GIS, GEOPAK, Inroads, Civil3D, OpenRoads Designer, HydroCAD.
   • 3D modeling and/or programming experience a plus.

As a Technical Expert:

1. Provide technical guidance and oversight on non-traditional water resources projects.
2. Mentor/lead other more junior engineers/designers.
3. Provide Engineer of Record stamp of approval
4. Compilation of permits and reports for approval by regulating agencies
5. Establish and track project scopes, schedules, and budgets

Support our "get work" proposal activities and participate in interdisciplinary design coordination to ensure that project elements are compatible. Support project communications and technical meetings, provide coordination to resolve design issues. Support plan production, specifications, estimate and drainage design development and will be responsible / in charge of engineering work and may be the Engineer of Record for final design projects.

Qualifications

1. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or related field, with a minimum of 12+ years of design experience in drainage, water resources, hydraulics or hydrology in either transportation or land development projects.
2. PE license required
3. Must have experience with US transportation projects.
4. Design-Build project experience preferred.
5. Must have excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to work with individuals
6. Must have excellent organizational skills and data integrity/file management/version control experience.
7. Must have experience mentoring others - (training on advanced topics, development of workflows and “how-tos”, etc.).
8. Ideal H&H software experience includes any or all of the following: HEC-HMS, SWMM, TR-55, HEC-RAS, HEC-GEORAS, HY-8, CulvertMaster, StormCAD, CivilStorm, PondPack, FlowMaster; SWMM, 2D experience helpful such as SRH-2D, FLO-2D
9. Familiarity with design-build/alternative delivery is preferred
10. Experience developing construction plans for transportation projects is preferred
11. Working knowledge of hydrologic analysis methods including single-event and continuous rainfall modeling, watershed analysis, hydrograph and peak discharge development and routing (from a national perspective).
12. Understanding of FHWA hydraulic engineering circulars and design series
13. Familiarity with flood risk analysis and knowledge of the NFIP including CLOMR and LOMRs is preferred
14. Must have working knowledge of storm water quantity / quality calculations, NPDES compliance and erosion control
15. This position includes occasional travel to project offices and work sites up to 25%.

Base Compensation:$150,000/yr-$165,000/yr (Actual compensation is subject to variation due to such factors as education, experience, skillset, and/or location)

We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.