Water Resources Engineer

Dewberry; Gainesville (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 122,000; Full time

Job summary

Dewberry is seeking a motivated Water Resources Engineer for our Gainesville, VA office, focusing on stormwater management, stream restoration, dam safety, and drainage design. The role involves using AutoCAD and ArcGIS to deliver comprehensive water resources projects for municipal, state, and private clients.

The candidate should have a Civil Engineering degree, 4+ years of water resources experience, and must be proficient with HEC-RAS/HEC-HMS and ArcGIS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering required.
• Professional Engineer license preferred.
• Minimum 4 years water resources engineering experience.
• Experience in watershed and stormwater management, BMP design, hydraulics, and watershed modeling.
• Knowledge of Virginia stormwater regulations (VRRM) preferred.
• Proficiency with HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HY-8, TR-55, SWMM, PondPack.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and ArcGIS.

Responsibilities

• Prepare deliverables using AutoCAD and ArcGIS platforms.
• Conduct surface water analyses using hydrologic and hydraulic tools.
• Perform watershed and stormwater management planning and design.
• Develop stormwater management plans and BMP facility designs.
• Perform stream restoration and natural channel design.
• Support drainage design and culvert hydraulic analysis.

Skills

Water resources engineering

Hydrologic & hydraulic modeling

AutoCAD & ArcGIS experience

Stormwater management design

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer license preferred

Tools

HEC-RAS

HEC-HMS

HY-8

TR-55

SWMM

PondPack

AutoCAD

ArcGIS

Job description

Job Description

Dewberry is seeking a motivated Water Resources Engineer for the Water Resources group within our Gainesville, VA office. This position offers great potential for professional growth in an outstanding working environment and the opportunity to apply innovative design methods to water resource projects. Typical projects involve stormwater management design, stream restoration / natural channel design, dam safety engineering, storm drainage design, floodplain management and analysis, watershed flood hazard analysis, and other watershed planning projects. Our Gainesville Water Resources group serves a wide range of municipal, state, and private sector clients. Our engineers are on the cutting edge of innovation, providing unique and challenging solutions while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to develop a balanced design.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

• Prepare deliverables using AutoCAD and ArcGIS platforms
• Prepare surface water analyses using HEC and Bentley platforms
• Conduct watershed and stormwater management planning and design
• Prepare stormwater management plans and BMP facility design plans
• Perform stream restoration / natural channel design
• Perform roadway and site drainage design and culvert hydraulic analysis
• Perform floodplain studies and prepare FEMA LOMC applications
• Perform dam safety engineering/analysis including dam inspections, dam break inundation zone studies/mapping, dam hazard assessments, development of emergency action plans, spillway design flood development and spillway design, new dam design and dam rehabilitation design
• Perform watershed flood hazard analyses and prepare flood hazard remediation designs
• Act as a technical mentor to entry-level engineers
• Perform other duties as required

Required Skills & Required Experience

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering
• Professional Engineer license preferred
• A minimum of 4 years water resources engineering experience
• Experience in watershed and stormwater management, design of stormwater quantity and quality control measures (BMPs), surface water hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, drainage design, erosion and sediment control design, and watershed/waterway modeling
• Understanding of Virginia stormwater management regulations preferred, especially the Virginia Runoff Reduction Methodology (VRRM)
• Understanding of hydrologic & hydraulic modeling software such as HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HY-8, TR-55, SWMM, and PondPack
• AutoCAD and ArcGIS experience

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

* Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

* At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Onlyrecipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Salary Range

The projected range for this position is $95,000-$122,000 annually in our Gainesville, VA office. Depending upon other factors, i.e., skills, experience, location, market conditions, the range may vary slightly.