Project Engineer - Water Resources

LJA Engineering • Full-time • Dallas, Texas, United States • $80k - $110k / year • 3w ago

Title: Project Engineer - Water Resources

Division: Public Infrastructure - Water Resource

Summary: LJA NTX Hydrology and Hydraulics Team has an opening for a Project Engineer. In this position you will be involved in hydrologic and hydraulic (H&H) analyses supporting Municipal, Transportation, and Land Development projects. Specific project tasks will include roadway drainage, stormwater masterplan analyses, Capital Improvement Program alternatives analyses, FEMA Letters of Map Change Requests, flood damage protection design, conveyance analyses, dam breach analyses, and drainage impact analyses for master planned developments. Aspects of the position include technical analysis and design with various client correspondence, team and mentoring leadership, budgeting, and planning. The selected candidate will work from our Fort Worth, Dallas, or McKinney offices.

General Responsibilities:

Project Engineer will be responsible for providing technical analysis of large watershed engineering projects or a number of smaller projects with many complex drainage features.
Provide technical support with the help of a team to produce hydrologic and hydraulic analyses and reports with knowledge of municipal and federal requirements.
Use standard and advanced modeling techniques, theory, and practices in hydrology and hydraulics related disciplines.
Project Engineer may interact with the Client (internal and external) and must have good communication skills.
Knowledge of and participate in the development of construction cost estimates, design plans, and specifications.

Required Education:

Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering
Licensed Professional Engineer in Texas
Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) a plus

Required Experience:

4+ years' experience in hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, detention design, FEMA Letters of Map Change and Floodplain Fill Mitigation Plans.
Proficient in commonly used hydrologic and hydraulic software such as HEC-RAS (steady, Unsteady, and/or 2D), HEC-HMS, InfoWorks ICM, XP-SWMM, and/or ICPR4 (Stormwise).
Working knowledge of GIS is a plus.
Strong communication skills
Ability to build strong relationships

Physical Requirements:

Sit for extended periods of time working on a computer
Driving to and from various outside meetings and site visits

Organizational Relationships

This position reports to the Water Resources Team Leader and has the potential for advancement into Project Management or a Senior Project Engineer role.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)