Water Resources Engineer - Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Kiewit; Lone Tree (CO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Water Resources Engineer to join their innovative Design Engineering Services Group. This role involves tackling complex drainage design challenges on landmark projects across North America. Collaborate with a diverse team of experts to deliver safe and compliant designs, while mentoring junior staff and enhancing your expertise in hydrology and hydraulics. With a commitment to professional growth, this position offers the chance to work on interdisciplinary teams, ensuring project success from design to construction. Join a company that values community, innovation, and career development, and be part of a team that builds more than just structures.

Benefits

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

• Minimum 8 years of design experience in drainage or water resources.
• PE license required with strong knowledge of hydrologic methods.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for drainage design and hydrologic analysis.
• Mentor junior staff and prepare design plans and reports.

Skills

Hydrologic Analysis

Hydraulic Engineering

Drainage Design

Project Coordination

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Tools

HEC-HMS

SWMM

HEC-RAS

AutoCAD

MicroStation

Arc-GIS

Civil3D

Inroads

Job description

Requisition ID:173622

Job Level:Mid Level

Home District/Group:Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Department:Design Engineering

Market:Transportation

Employment Type:Full Time

Position Overview

With large transportation design/build projects come big storm-water drainage, hydraulic, and water resources needs! Are you ready to take on new challenges and work on landmark design/build projects? We have immediate openings for Drainage Engineers to work in our Design Engineering Services Group in our Lone Tree, CO office. Our Drainage Team strives to engineer safe, compliant designs that minimize risks and quantities while remaining on schedule. We facilitate a sense of community that provides learning and growth opportunities, leading to resourcefulness, collaboration, and innovation. We offer opportunities to grow your knowledge in construction means and methods and estimating, which leads to increased expertise in temporary and permanent drainage design. Our construction-focused engineering approach successfully delivers complex projects that are built on time and within budget, providing a sense of fulfillment and reward.

As a Water Resources Engineer, you will be part of our rapidly growing Infrastructure Design Department—a multi-faceted and leading-edge division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on the Design-Build/Alternative delivery of infrastructure projects. You will be working on teams with all levels of drainage engineers on a variety of projects across North America, including design-build and progressive design-build projects and pursuits. Our engineers work on interdisciplinary teams including geotechnical engineers, structural engineers, roadway engineers, estimators, schedulers, and construction experts to perform engineering analysis and design in support of pursuits and ongoing projects.

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.

Clients benefit from Kiewit’s proven processes and tools, which minimize project risk. As an in-house resource, we support projects across the company, in all major markets, sharing experiences, innovative concepts, and best practices. Kiewit’s management and implementation of this process result in safe, cost-effective, and innovative designs that exceed client expectations and uphold Kiewit’s legacy of excellence.

At Kiewit, we believe in building more than just structures – we build relationships, strengthen communities, and expand workforce capacity. We don't just build projects; we build careers. With top-notch health benefits, a wealth-building 401k plan (RRSP), and unbeatable growth opportunities, we are deeply invested in the future of our employees. Join us at Kiewit, where we go beyond construction to develop the ultimate road to success.

Location

This position is 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 junior staff and interns in the delivery of drainage and H&H functions.

You can expect to prepare design plans, reports, and technical memoranda. Other general responsibilities 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, PCSWMM, 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.
4. Coordination and Leadership
   • 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

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or related field, with a minimum of 8+ years of design experience in drainage, water resources, hydraulics, or hydrology in either transportation or land development projects.*
• Must have PE license
• 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).
• 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
• Prefer experience with pavement drainage, culverts, storm systems, bridge sizing and scour, revetment design, temporary drainage design, and coastal considerations for highway and transit drainage
• Understanding of FHWA hydraulic engineering circulars and design series
• Familiarity with flood risk analysis and knowledge of the NFIP including CLOMR and LOMRs is preferred
• Must have working knowledge of storm water quantity/quality calculations, NPDES compliance, and erosion control
• Must have excellent organizational skills and data integrity/file management/version control experience.
• Familiarity with design-build/alternative delivery is preferred
• Experience developing construction plans for transportation projects is preferred
• Able to travel as needed to other Kiewit offices and project sites, up to 25%

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Other Requirements

• Regular, reliable attendance
• Work productively and meet deadlines timely
• Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
• Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
• Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.

Base Compensation:$130,000/yr-$145,000/yr
(Actual compensation is subject to variation due to such factors as education, experience, skillset, and/or location)

This posting will be active from: 03/18/2025-06/28/2025

We offer our full-time 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.