Dam Safety Project Engineer

Colliers Engineering & Design • UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

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About The Position

Colliers Engineering & Design is seeking a Dam Safety Project Engineer to join its Water team. The role contributes to dam, levee, and other water-retaining structure projects, including rehabilitation design, safety inspections, analysis, construction documentation, and construction oversight. The position offers work on a diverse range of water-related projects, including large infrastructure projects, with opportunities to expand expertise across dam safety.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
• Engineer In Training (EIT) certification.
• At least 4 years of experience in dam safety engineering.
• Interest and passion in dams, levees, and water-retaining structures.
• Desire to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to read, write, and understand English to comprehend written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.

Nice To Haves

• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Project experience with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Responsibilities

• Develop rehabilitation designs for dams, levees, and other water-retaining structures.
• Conduct dam and levee safety inspections and surveys for condition evaluation or to support design; investigate variables, collect measurements and visual documentation, take notes, and write reports.
• Lead and mentor junior staff in dam and levee inspection, design, construction, and analysis.
• Prepare construction documents, including plans and specifications.
• Prepare cost and quantity estimates and project schedules.
• Manage construction oversight and monitoring for dam and levee rehabilitation and removal projects.
• Depending on training and skill set, manage, perform, and review engineering analyses, including seepage and slope stability analyses, toe drain and filter designs, and gravity dam stability analyses.
• Depending on training and skill set, manage, perform, and review hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for spillway capacity evaluations, dam break analyses, and Emergency Action Plans.
• Depending on training and skill set, manage, perform, and review structural calculations for water-retaining structures such as steel gates and concrete walls.
• Lead or participate in FERC Part 12 Dam Inspections and Potential Failure Mode Analysis Sessions.
• Develop work scopes and technical proposals, and manage project design aspects.

Benefits

• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid pregnancy disability leave
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Company-matched 401(k)/Roth
• Paid time off, including parental and military leave
• Employee referral bonuses
• Professional license bonuses
• Straight-time compensation for exempt employees’ billable hours worked beyond 40 billable hours in a work week
• Education reimbursement
• Free access to hundreds of educational and self-enrichment courses
• Mentorship program
• Wellness program
• Women’s Organization
• Philanthropic opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level