Water Resources Project Lead Engineer

Jobtailor; Kansas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a senior engineering professional to plan, lead, and deliver hydrologic/hydraulic projects in Kansas. You will plan discipline work, manage schedule and budget, and support proposals.

We require a PE certification, a strong understanding of cross-disciplinary design, and experience guiding project teams to meet objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 6+ years of relevant experience (or higher degrees with fewer years).
• PE certification is required.
• Ability to understand design decisions and plan work across multiple disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Plan and distribute discipline-specific work, and manage schedule and budget.
• Assist with marketing tasks, including proposal generation.
• Develop scope of work and level of effort for projects within discipline.
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of the project team’s work within the discipline.
• Guide and mentor team toward project objectives.
• Coordinate technical aspects with client and teaming partners at staff level.
• Collaborate with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Job description

• Responsible for the planning and distribution of discipline-specific work, and adherence to the schedule and budget on projects
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation
• Assists with the development of scope of work and level of effort for projects and/or assignments within discipline
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline
• Guides and mentors team to overall project objectives
• Coordinates technical aspects of project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline
• Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree in Engineering and 5 years of relevant experience, or PhD in Engineering and 4 years of relevant experience
• Understands the impacts of decisions on technical design and work planning
• Coordinates work planning and design effectively across multiple technical disciplines
• Prepares high quality deliverables that are on time, and within budget and scope
• Expertise in hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification

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Hard Skills

• hydrologic modeling
• hydraulic modeling
• project planning
• scope of work development
• budget management
• technical design
• work planning
• multi-discipline coordination
• deliverable preparation

Soft Skills

• mentoring
• team guidance
• communication
• collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE)