Straughan Environmental, Inc. · 4 months ago
Senior Water Resource Engineer
Straughan Environmental, Inc. is a successful, rapidly growing, woman-owned business that provides high-quality consulting services. They are seeking a highly motivated and versatile Senior Water Resources Engineer to lead projects, manage staff, and support business development initiatives.
Consulting
Responsibilities
Lead major projects, including maintaining schedule, budget, client relationships, and managing project elements including tracking project milestones and prepare project manager reports; and supervising preparation of deliverables and ensuring quality control
Manage multiple staff and mentor junior staff in technical, administrative, client management, and business development skills
Lead business development initiatives, including proposal preparation and facilitating teaming
Perform significant client contact and coordination with other consultants, individuals must have demonstrated ability to work towards consensus on difficult issues
Possess strong organizational skills, including the ability to track and manage multiple tasks and priorities, as well as the ability to communicate effectively in both speech and writing
Assist in the development of the Engineering department, fostering professional camaraderie, identifying opportunities for growth/expansion, and leading hiring efforts
Attend and prepare for conferences with possible presentations
Maintain significant professional qualifications
Design best management practices for stormwater management, stream/shoreline restoration, and erosion & sediment control projects
Obtain permits from State and local agencies
Lead multi-discipline projects and client relationships, delivering projects on time and within budget
Develop storm drain and culvert design and analysis reports
Perform hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, including bridge scour
Serve as a project engineer for complex water resource engineering projects
Perform field assessments and site inspections to obtain data and document conditions
Communicate and collaborate with the project team, project managers, clients, and local communities
Support construction projects by reviewing submittals, answering RFI’s, and conducting field visits to ensure compliance with the contract drawings and specifications
Mentor and develop junior engineers
Coordinate the quality and timeliness of project deliverables
Development of scope and labor estimates for task proposals
Support pursuit of new projects
Develop working relationships with internal and external clients
Maintain significant professional qualifications and participate in professional organization activities
Present project details and technical information to colleagues and clients
Understand regulatory legislation and guidelines
Ability to use a variety of specialist computer applications/simulation software
Provide assistance to other team members and management to accomplish department goals and objectives
Capable of working independently and collaboratively while contributing to complex aspects of a project
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in Civil/Environmental or Coastal Engineering
PE registered in Virginia or ability to have by reciprocity, additional state registration/experience desired
8+ years' experience
Experience managing projects
Experience managing client relationships
Experience with proposal development
Experience with preparing task and labor estimates
Experience managing staff
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with clients, peers, and other contractor organizations
Excellent organization and written communication skills
Stormwater management design and planning
Erosion and sediment control design
Shoreline restoration design experience
Drainage system design experience
Hydrology & Hydraulics analyses
Dam Safety and Hazard analyses
Flood Studies
Flood Resiliency and Mitigation Strategy experience
Excellent computer skills are required, including basic knowledge of MicroStation or AutoCAD; Proficient with Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Adobe Suite
Experience using engineering applicable engineering software such as Geopak, InRoads, Hec-RAS, TR-20, and TR-55
Preferred
Familiarity with DOTS and municipalities in Virginia, North Carolina, or the Mid-Atlantic (e.g., MD, DC, VA, DE, PA)
Blue-Green Infrastructure experience
Site design and LEED experience
Low impact development (LID) and environmental site design (ESD) in Maryland, Virginia, or North Carolina
Environmental Permitting (Forest Conservation Plans, Wetland Delineations/Wetland Impact Plates, Planting Plans, and similar environmental documents) experience
Public Outreach experience
Experience working on federal contracts such as USACE, USFWS, or NOAA
Experience with 2D or 3D hydrodynamic circulation models (ADCIRC, DELFT3D, EFDC)
Experience with complex integrated flood and water quality modeling (SWMM, InfoWorks ICM, MIKE)
Experience modeling river/estuary/shelf processes such as baroclinic tracer transport, storm surge, wind wave, coastal inundation, and water quality
GIS (Arc-MAP, Arc-PRO) experience
Stream Restoration experience
Wetland Design experience
Benefits
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
401k Retirment plan with an employer match
Tuition assistance
PTO
8 holidays
Parental leave
HSA
FSA
Flexible work schedule
Employer paid short and Longterm disability
Company
Straughan Environmental, Inc.
Straughan Environmental is an environmental services company offering planning and designing services.
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