Senior Heavy Civil Design Engineer - Dams and Levees

Freese and Nichols • Tampa, FL

17d • Hybrid

About The Position

Freese and Nichols, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated, client-focused, and solution-driven Senior Engineer for their Water Resources Design Practice. This role is based in Tampa, FL; Houston, TX; or New Orleans, LA. The position requires the candidate to serve as a client-facing project manager for water resources design and heavy civil projects, with a specific emphasis on dams and levees. Responsibilities include leading analysis, design, preparation of technical reports, construction documents, and providing Engineer of Record services during construction. The role also involves supervising, coaching, and mentoring staff, client interaction, and business development activities such as proposal preparation, client visits, and marketing.

Requirements

• 8+ years’ Experience in engineering of dams, levees, and hydraulic structures.
• B.S. degree in Engineering
• Excellent communication skills – both technical writing and oral.
• Ability to lead, motivate, and manage a project team and oversee excellent quality of work.
• Registered with the Florida, Texas, or Louisiana Board of Professional Engineers

Nice To Haves

• 12+ years' experience
• Active participation in industry, professional, or regional organizations related to stormwater, flood mitigation, or civil infrastructure
• Interest in contributing to practice leadership, including staffing strategy, technical standards development, and mentoring future project managers

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Senior Engineer and Project Manager for large complex projects.
• Direct and supervise studies, investigations, and designs.
• Define tasks to be conducted by others, and provide general supervision, review, and approval throughout each project to ensure continuity, consistency, and quality.
• Maintain effective communications with client, client’s staff, and regulatory agencies.
• Provide supervision of a multi-discipline team of engineers, CAD technicians, designers, drafters, scientist, etc., requiring intergroup and interoffice coordination and external consultant management.
• Keep the project team abreast of all project activities, responding promptly to needs, problems, or requests.
• Evaluate and analyze design decisions to ensure objectivity, soundness of design, and impact of those decisions on schedule, budget, and needs.
• Responsible for collecting, correlating, and preparing recommendations and conclusions for reports.
• Participate in the preparation and implementation of construction contract documents.
• Track project financials and perform monthly reporting and preparation of status reports.
• Develop and maintain a quality control plan for the engineering disciplines required to produce high quality deliverables.
• Develop and maintain the project schedule.
• Maintain timeliness and technical correctness of a project to ensure high-quality work that meets the client’s budget and expectations.
• Remain up to date on applicable regulations and related technological advancements.
• Investigate new areas of technology or new applications of existing design and construction techniques.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Paid overtime for salaried employees
• Annual bonus
• Access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina
• Hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work
• Alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday

What This Job Offers

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