Senior Water Resource Engineer

Straughan Environmental Inc • VA

79d • $97,000 - $150,000

About The Position

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. Straughan is currently seeking a highly motivated and versatile Senior Water Resources Engineer to join our Engineering Business Unit who has the ability to be a leader, deliver quality projects, and grow Straughan’s presence in Virginia and/or North Carolina. The ideal candidate should have an interest in and understanding of current environmental issues and a shared vision for sustainability and resiliency. 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. This position also provide senior management support for projects, business development, and staff oversight. Straughan is currently operating under a flexible, hybrid workplace strategy that allows employees to work primarily from home with official schedules approved by their supervisor.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s in Civil/Environmental or Coastal Engineering.
• Experience: 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

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.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance.
• 401k Retirement plan with an employer match.
• Tuition assistance.
• PTO.
• 8 holidays.
• Parental leave.
• HSA.
• FSA.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Employer paid short and long-term disability.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees