Water Resources Market Lead — Hybrid, Senior Engineer

STV, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 131,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance (including HSA)?

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Disability insurance

Life Insurance and AD&D

401(k) Plan

Retirement Counseling

EAP

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Back-Up Dependent Care

Parental Leave

Continuing Education Program

Professional Licensure and Society Meb

Job summary

STV is seeking a Market Sector Lead - Water Resources Engineer in Houston or Dallas to drive growth and deliver stormwater, drainage, floodplain management, and flood-risk projects within the Water Practice Group. You will provide technical leadership, project management, and client development across regional and national teams.

The role involves leading hydrologic/hydraulic analyses, 1D/2D modeling, and mentoring staff, with opportunities to advance proposals and business development while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience in water resources engineering or a related field.
• Professional Engineer license.
• Demonstrable experience in stormwater management, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, drainage, floodplain management, and flood-risk projects.
• Experience with HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, SWMM, or comparable modeling platforms, including 1D and/or 2D hydraulic modeling and flood-inundation mapping.
• Experience with FEMA floodplain mapping and flood-risk management programs.
• Working knowledge of ArcGIS or a comparable GIS platform.
• Ability to manage and report project scope, schedules, budgets, quality, staffing, and client coordination.
• Strong leadership, technical writing, presentation, communication, teamwork, decision‑making, and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and mentoring technical staff.
• Ability to travel periodically for client meetings, project sites, conferences, and business-development activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for watersheds, drainage systems, rivers, streams, and floodplains.
• Manage stormwater, drainage, floodplain mapping, flood-risk assessment, watershed planning, and flood-mitigation projects.
• Develop, review, and interpret 1D and 2D models using HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, SWMM, InfoWorks ICM, XPSWMM, or comparable platforms.
• Serve as project manager or senior technical lead and manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality, and financial performance.
• Review calculations, models, reports, plans, specifications, and other technical deliverables.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary project teams and subconsultants and maintain effective communication with clients and stakeholders.
• Develop practical and resilient solutions for drainage and flood-control infrastructure, including green infrastructure, low-impact development, and nature-based solutions where appropriate.
• Build and maintain relationships with municipal, county, state, federal, transportation, and other public-sector clients.
• Identify and support new water resources opportunities by understanding client (needs, capital programs, regulatory drivers, and market priorities).
• Lead or support proposals, statements of qualifications, scopes of work, fee estimates, presentations, and interviews.
• Participate in client meetings, industry events, and business-development activities.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers.
• Perform other incidental and related duties as required.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Teamwork

Decision-making

Problem-solving

Mentoring

Technical writing

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

HEC-RAS

HEC-HMS

SWMM

InfoWorks ICM

XPSWMM

ArcGIS

Job description

STV is seeking a Market Sector Lead - Water Resources Engineer in Houston or Dallas to drive growth and deliver stormwater, drainage, floodplain management, and flood-risk projects within the Water Practice Group. You will provide technical leadership, project management, and client development across regional and national teams.

The role involves leading hydrologic/hydraulic analyses, 1D/2D modeling, and mentoring staff, with opportunities to advance proposals and business development while