Water Resources Project Engineer

Job Description

Dewberry is currently seeking a Project Engineer to join our growing Water Engineering practice within our New York, NY office. This is an excellent career opportunity for an enthusiastic and talented individual to join a team of outstanding professionals. This position offers tremendous potential for professional growth in a great working environment and the opportunity to apply the latest technology to help our clients solve their most challenging problems. Typical projects involve hydrologic and hydraulic modeling; data analysis, design of water, sewer and stormwater facilities; flood resiliency; ecosystem restoration; green infrastructure; floodplain and drainage studies.

Dewberry’s water practice and brand is focused on delivering high-quality, complex projects for top-tier water clients across the country. By combining strong local relationships with national expertise, strategic market focus, and innovative delivery approaches, we’re creating opportunities for our people to do meaningful work while shaping the future of water infrastructure. We’re looking for professionals who want to grow with us and help lead our Water practice forward.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering calculations and produce engineering drawings as needed on variety of water resources related projects
• Conduct business development and project delivery for stormwater and resilience projects
• Perform field work whenever required
• Perform Hydraulic & Hydrologic modeling as needed
• Assist in writing reports, presentations, marketing, business development and other related items
• Develop design of various stormwater management, ecosystem restoration and flood risk reduction components such as detention systems, channels, tide gates, and others using local, state and federal standards
• Act as a mentor to junior engineers, Technical Lead, Engineer of Record, Task Manager or Project Manager on variety of water resources projects

Required Skills & Required Experience

• B.S. Degree or higher in Civil or Environmental Engineering (or related Engineering field), with emphasis in stormwater conveyance, stream restoration, green infrastructure or water resources
• 5 - 8 years related experience
• Knowledge/experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation, ArcGIS and computer models such as HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, SWMM, Infoworks, MIKE
• Knowledge of USACE, NYSDEC, FEMA, AWWA standards and procedures for design
• Prior experience with Infoworks and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is preferred
• Professional Engineer or ability to obtain Professional Engineering license in 6 months to a year
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; and Proficiency in MS Office and Adobe software
• Clean driving record and valid driving license required

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

Salary Range

The projected range for this position is $100,188 - $128,813 annually. Depending upon other factors, i.e., skills, experience, location, market conditions, the range may vary slightly. These ranges are for NY only.