Senior Bridge Hydraulics & Drainage Engineer

CDM Smith • Indianapolis, IN

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

With high-level goals provided, serves as a technical leader for bridge hydraulics, roadway drainage, stormwater management, floodplain analysis, and water resources engineering for transportation infrastructure projects. Leads hydrologic and hydraulic studies supporting bridge replacements, bridge rehabilitations, roadway widening, interchange improvements, and major transportation corridors. Serves as Engineer of Record and provides technical oversight, quality assurance, client coordination, and mentoring for multidisciplinary transportation projects. This position supports transportation agencies including DOT clients through planning, preliminary engineering, final design, permitting, construction support, and business development activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Transportation, or Structural Engineering or related discipline.
• Professional engineering (PE) license.
• 10 years of related experience.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and the essential functions of the position, which may vary depending on workload and project demands.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• HEC-RAS
• HEC-HMS
• HY-8
• SWMM
• ICPR
• MicroStation
• AutoCAD
• Bentley drainage applications
• Hydraulic and hydrologic modeling software

Nice To Haves

• 15+ years of transportation water resources experience.
• Bridge hydraulics and bridge replacement project experience.
• INDOT roadway widening and interchange experience.
• FEMA floodplain modeling experience.
• Drainage Engineer of Record experience.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary transportation design teams.
• Experience with FHWA, INDOT, floodplain, and environmental permitting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead hydraulic and hydrologic analyses supporting bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects.
• Perform floodplain, scour, watershed, culvert, and bridge opening evaluations.
• Develop roadway drainage systems including storm sewer networks, cross drains, side drains, culverts, channels, detention facilities, energy dissipation features, and stormwater treatment facilities.
• Prepare drainage reports, hydraulic reports, bridge hydraulics studies, FEMA-related analyses, and watershed evaluations.
• Conduct stormwater management and erosion/sediment control design.
• Coordinate hydraulic design with roadway, bridge, environmental, geotechnical, and permitting disciplines.
• Review and approve hydraulic calculations, plans, reports, and specifications prepared by project teams.
• Sign and seal engineering documents as required
• Conduct field evaluations of bridges, culverts, channels, floodplains, and roadway drainage systems.
• Perform watershed investigations and hydraulic condition assessments.
• Collect field data needed to support hydrologic and hydraulic models.
• Support construction-phase reviews and resolution of drainage and hydraulic issues.
• Develop technical guidance, best-practice documents, drainage manuals, and hydraulic design procedures.
• Support innovation in hydraulic modeling and transportation drainage design.
• Prepare white papers, technical presentations, and conference materials.
• Contribute to firmwide water resources and transportation engineering knowledge initiatives.
• Support transportation pursuits and proposal development.
• Develop scopes of work, fee estimates, technical approaches, and staffing plans.
• Participate in client interviews and technical presentations.
• Serve as bridge hydraulics/drainage subject matter expert during pursuits and project delivery.
• Provide technical oversight for bridge hydraulics and transportation drainage staff.
• Mentor junior engineers and designers in hydraulic modeling, drainage design, permitting, and transportation applications.
• Perform QA/QC reviews of hydraulic reports, plans, calculations, and models.
• Participate in professional organizations and transportation industry events.
• Represent the firm before DOT clients, regulatory agencies, and project stakeholders.
• Support technical presentations, workshops, and client-facing activities related to bridge hydraulics, roadway drainage, and water resources engineering.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• We attract the best people in the industry, supporting their efforts to learn and grow.
• We strive to create a challenging and progressive work environment.
• We provide career opportunities that span a variety of disciplines and geographic locations, with projects that our employees plan, design, build and operate as diverse as the needs of our clients.
• All bonuses at CDM Smith are discretionary and may or may not apply to this position.

What This Job Offers

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