Water Resources Sr. Technical Advisor

HNTB; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB is seeking an experienced engineer in Baton Rouge, LA to provide technical guidance and leadership on complex infrastructure projects. This role requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering with relevant experience, or a Master's/PhD with less experience. Responsibilities include mentoring staff, coordinating with clients, and ensuring quality standards. Ideal candidates will have expertise in water resources, drainage projects, and coastal engineering. Join HNTB and contribute to impactful projects that shape communities.

Qualifications

• 12 years of relevant experience for Bachelor's degree holders.
• 11 years of relevant experience for Master's degree holders.
• 10 years of relevant experience for PhD holders.

Responsibilities

• Perform independent technical reviews and make recommendations.
• Provide technical guidance to project leadership.
• Assist in marketing responsibilities and proposal generation.
• Coordinate technical aspects with client counterparts.
• Develop consistency in technical processes across projects.
• Preparation of construction documents.

Skills

Technical guidance

Engineering analysis

Project management

Mentoring

Industry best practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Job description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails providing guidance and direction in an area of expertise and functional discipline. The position supports the technical aspects of project development and delivery, including proposal development, scope implementation, and change management. It requires applying advanced engineering methods, techniques, and analyses to provide solutions, make recommendations, and resolve issues. Ensuring industry and HNTB standards of design are applied consistently and effectively across projects of varying discipline, size, and complexity, the engineer will collaborate with internal project team members and external client counterparts as an advisor on complex projects to provide technical designs, plans, and specifications.

What You’ll Do

• Perform independent technical reviews, make recommendations, and provide technical guidance on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Provide direction to resolve technical issues as requested.
• Provide technical expertise and advice to project leadership, and mentor/support production staff.
• Assist in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation on complex or unusual engineering projects within discipline.
• Coordinate technical aspects with client counterpart and teaming partners at local leadership level across disciplines on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Develop and advise on technical consistency within and across disciplines on processes and projects.
• Ensure consistent standards and practices are applied.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 12 years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering and 11 years of relevant experience.
• PhD in Engineering and 10 years of relevant experience.

What You’ll Bring

• Serve as the lead technical engineer for large projects of a complex or unusual nature and be recognized as an expert in the technical field.
• Identify and communicate industry best practices, trends, and risks through presentations, articles, and white papers.
• Use senior-level technical expertise to consider a broad range of engineering solutions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, being sought out for expertise in their given field, and serve as a differentiator for the firm against competition.
• Represent the firm on industry advisory committees.

Primary Focus Will Include

• H&H work on Water Resources projects including transportation, drainage projects, and floodplain master planning.
• Assist civil works department by performing engineering-related tasks including research, development, calculations, design, and delivery on assigned project(s).
• Assist Project Managers with management of design review process.
• Preparation of construction documents, including reports, plans, and specifications.
• Mentorship and training of younger staff.

What We Prefer

• Master’s degree in Engineering.
• 20 years relevant experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
• Project experience with Louisiana clients including CPRA, USACE, and regional levee boards.
• Coastal Engineering knowledge.

Locations: Baton Rouge, LA; New Orleans, LA

Equal Opportunity Employer. Disability/Veteran-inclusive. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.