Water Resources Engineer – Hydrology & Flood Risk (Remote)

RTI International; North Carolina; On-site; USD 92,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

RTI International is seeking a Water Resources Engineer to support hydrology, flood risk, and integrated water resources planning. The role involves data analysis, model development, calibration, and tool development to help clients assess hazards and evaluate options.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in water resources engineering, programming, and data analysis, with experience in GIS and modeling tools. Remote work in the United States is permitted.

Qualifications

• Knowledge in water resources engineering, hydrology, hydraulics, or related fields.
• Experience applying quantitative methods to water resources problems.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to implement, test, document, and enhance hydrologic, flood risk, and water resources planning tools.
• Collect, quality-check, analyze, and summarize hydrologic and meteorological data.
• Develop, calibrate, and apply hydrologic, hydraulic, reservoir, and river-system models for risk assessment.
• Design reproducible spreadsheets, scripts, databases, and visualization workflows.
• Evaluate mitigation alternatives under historical and future hydrologic conditions.
• Prepare technical documentation and communicate results to technical and nontechnical audiences.

Skills

Water resources engineering

Hydrology

Hydraulics

River-basin planning

Programming

Data analysis

Modeling

GIS

SQL

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

Python

R

ArcGIS

HEC-HMS

HEC-RAS

MODSIM

SQL

Job description

RTI International is seeking a Water Resources Engineer to support hydrology, flood risk, and integrated water resources planning. The role involves data analysis, model development, calibration, and tool development to help clients assess hazards and evaluate options.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in water resources engineering, programming, and data analysis, with experience in GIS and modeling tools. Remote work in the United States is permitted.