Senior Water Resources Engineer - Lead & Impact

Bennett Engineering Design Solutions Ltd; Roseville (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedules

Telework capabilities

Health and wellness benefits

Retirement contributions

Paid time off and holidays

Professional development support

Job summary

BENEN seeks a Senior Engineer for Water Resources in Roseville, California to lead planning, design, and delivery of water supply, wastewater, and related infrastructure for public agencies and utilities.

You will oversee analyses, models, reports, plans, specifications, and cost estimates, while mentoring staff and guiding project economics and client continuity, ensuring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering from an accredited institution.
• Active California Professional Engineer (P.E.) license.
• 14+ years of engineering design experience with at least 3 years in leadership.
• Substantive experience in municipal water, wastewater, and related water infrastructure planning, design, permitting, and project delivery.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams and serving in responsible charge.
• Proven responsibility for project financials, technical quality, client communication, resource coordination, and multiple concurrent assignments.
• Familiarity with HEC-RAS, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and water or sewer modeling software.
• Strong communication, leadership, organization, judgment, and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership, planning direction, and rigorous QA/QC oversight for complex water and wastewater projects.
• Serve in responsible charge and guide the preparation and review of technical analyses, models, reports, plans, specifications, and cost estimates.
• Ensure project work complies with applicable federal, state, local, and client standards, codes, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with the Water Resources Vice President to strengthen technical standards, delivery practices, resource priorities, and practice continuity.
• Lead multiple complex projects and guide project managers and delivery teams through scope, schedule, budget, risk, documentation, quality, and client commitments.
• Oversee an annual portfolio of multiple projects, balancing complexity, risk, concurrent assignments, financial performance, and leadership scope.
• Assign and coordinate staff and subconsultants, balance workload, monitor project financial performance, and intervene early when delivery is at risk.
• Manage and develop staff, including retention, career goals, timely performance feedback, and succession readiness.
• Encourage responsible learning from mistakes, reinforce clear team norms, and celebrate milestones.
• Prepare and contribute to proposals, including technical approach, scope definition, staffing, schedules, and fee development.
• Represent BENEN at client meetings, industry events, conferences, and professional organizations to support strategic growth.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team coordination

Problem solving

Client management

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil or environmental engineering

Tools

HEC-RAS

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Water/wastewater modeling software

Job description

BENEN seeks a Senior Engineer for Water Resources in Roseville, California to lead planning, design, and delivery of water supply, wastewater, and related infrastructure for public agencies and utilities.

You will oversee analyses, models, reports, plans, specifications, and cost estimates, while mentoring staff and guiding project economics and client continuity, ensuring regulatory compliance.