Senior Water Resources Engineer

Who We Are

Straughan Environmental, Inc. is a successful, rapidly growing, woman owned business that provides high quality and cost-effective consulting services to a wide variety of clients in the governmental and private sectors. Straughan is committed to advancing sustainable and resilient communities. We are experts in environmental planning, design, assessments, and policy. Our staff consists of wildlife and wetlands scientists; geomorphologists and hydrologists, civil and environmental engineers; inspectors; biologists and botanists; planners; cultural resource specialists; and GIS and CAD professionals. This combination of technical expertise and an understanding of policy make Straughan a highly competitive firm and a great place to advance your career.

Job Purpose

The main responsibility of a water resource engineer is to provide quality design and modeling support that advance sustainable and resilient communities while achieving project objectives. They will work with a diverse team to perform field assessments, develop mapping and design plans for construction, obtain permits, and perform computations and analyses for a variety of projects and clients.

Duties & Responsibilities

• 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 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
• Participation in conferences and presentations.
• 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

Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering or related field

Experience:

• 4+ years' experience.
• Stormwater management design
• Erosion and sediment control design
• Drainage system design experience
• Hydrology & Hydraulics analyses
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate with clients and co-workers
• 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.
• SWM/ESC Permitting Experience
• Certification Professional Engineer (PE) or LEED AP+

Desired Qualifications

• Stream restoration design including sediment transport modeling experience
• Geomorphic assessment experience
• Rosgen Certified or similar training
• Shoreline protection design experience
• Site design and LEED experience
• Low impact development (LID) and environmental site design (ESD) in Maryland
• Environmental consulting and/or civil engineering practices (Forest Conservation Plans, Wetland Delineations/Wetland Impact Plates, Planting Plans, and similar environmental documents) experience
• Experience with Pond Pack
• Experience with preparing task and labor estimates
• Familiarity and project experience with municipalities in the Mid-Atlantic (e.g., Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania)
• Wetland restoration design experience
• Proposal and task order development experience
• GIS (Arc-MAP, Arc-PRO) experience
• Active involvement in professional organizations

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by applicable law.

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at a time
• Must be able to traverse various types of terrain for extended periods of time
• Physical ability to perform outdoor field work and in unpleasant field conditions
• Physically able to conduct inspections and carry equipment used for inspections

COVID-19 vaccination is preferred for all applicants.

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