Senior Water Resources Project Engineer 2

DOWL • Bellevue, WA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Water Resources Project Engineer 2 performs expert-level planning, analysis, and design for a variety of complex water resource projects including irrigation canals, dams, storm drainage systems, stream restoration and fish passage, bridges and culverts, and more while leading and mentoring others to do the same. Duties may include field investigations and inspections, hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, watershed modeling, alternatives analysis, design and drafting, cost estimating, technical report writing, preparation of scope and budgets for new projects, conducting quality control checking of others’ work, frequent client coordination, and other tasks as needed on DOWL’s largest and most challenging projects. The person in this position is expected to exercise a strong work ethic and expert-level professional judgment, a desire to teach new design concepts to others, perform autonomously at the highest levels while training and mentoring others with less experience, and have excellent organizational and communication skills. A Senior Water Resources Project Engineer 2 is a leader that has mastered all technical aspects of the position, is expected to work well with others, absorb and apply constructive criticism, provide constructive feedback to others in a highly effective manner, and confer with other experienced members of the team as necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 20 years of experience required.
• 19 years of experience required with advanced degree.
• PE required.
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) - Advanced.
• Market Sector Software (water resource, GIS, and CAD software) – Advanced.
• Advanced understanding of technical fundamentals.
• Washington State stormwater regulations.
• WSDOT and WDFW fish passage experience and guidelines.
• Demonstrates expertise to others within and beyond market sector.
• Provides unique solutions to complex technical challenges.
• Effectively mentors less experienced staff.
• Performs quality control of complex deliverables.
• Advanced awareness of technical aspects of other market sectors.
• Able to expertly identify, interpret, and employ design codes and technical guidance documents.
• Frequent direct communications with clients on large/complex projects.
• Understands appropriate messaging and legal risks.
• Participates in project interviews.
• Primarily performs advanced technical tasks on demanding, complex projects for the market sector.
• Operates with a high level of autonomy.
• Reviews the work of others.
• Mentors others with less experience.
• Driving is an essential job function or a valid driver’s license is required to support legitimate business purposes.
• Regularly required to sit.
• Required to talk and hear.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands.
• Occasionally navigate uneven terrain during site visits for engineering investigations and construction observation.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• CFM, CWRE, PH, D.WRE encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Performs expert-level planning, analysis, and design for a variety of complex water resource projects including irrigation canals, dams, storm drainage systems, stream restoration and fish passage, bridges and culverts, and more.
• Leads and mentors others in water resource project planning, analysis, and design.
• Conducts field investigations and inspections.
• Performs hydrologic and hydraulic analysis.
• Conducts watershed modeling.
• Performs alternatives analysis.
• Engages in design and drafting.
• Estimates costs.
• Writes technical reports.
• Prepares scope and budgets for new projects.
• Conducts quality control checking of others’ work.
• Coordinates frequently with clients.
• Performs other tasks as needed on DOWL’s largest and most challenging projects.
• Exercises a strong work ethic and expert-level professional judgment.
• Teaches new design concepts to others.
• Performs autonomously at the highest levels while training and mentoring others with less experience.
• Demonstrates excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Works well with others.
• Absorbs and applies constructive criticism.
• Provides constructive feedback to others in a highly effective manner.
• Confers with other experienced members of the team as necessary.
• Functions as a discipline leader on large or complex projects.
• Provides clear communication and direction, sets expectations, and takes responsibility for team results.
• Leads the production of and provides quality control for site investigations, design calculations, technical reports and memos, exhibits and figures, construction quantity calculations and cost estimates, design documents and construction plans, complete technical sections of permit applications, presentation content and slides, content for bidding addenda, and construction inspection of designed components.
• Develops budgets and schedules for complex projects in conjunction with the project manager.
• Breaks down complex projects into logical tasks.
• Mentors others on budget and schedule development.
• Prioritizes multiple assignments to successfully deliver all assigned projects on time and on budget.
• Expertly identifies, interprets, and employs design codes and technical guidance documents.
• Actively mentors others on interpreting and understanding limitations of design codes and technical guidance.
• Engages in frequent direct communications with clients on large/complex projects.
• Leads technical client project meetings.
• Understands appropriate messaging and legal risks.
• Participates in project interviews.
• Performs advanced technical tasks on demanding, complex projects for the market sector.
• Reviews the work of others.
• May provide some project management services.
• Oversees team operations and the daily workflow of the team (if a supervisor).
• Organizes workflow and ensures employees understand their duties or delegated tasks (if a supervisor).
• Recruits and hires new employees (if a supervisor).
• Implements training for new hires and identifies training opportunities for current staff (if a supervisor).
• Communicates information from leadership to employees and vice versa (if a supervisor).
• Monitors employee productivity and provides constructive feedback and coaching (if a supervisor).
• Sets goals for performance and deadlines in ways that comply with company’s plans and vision and communicates them to employees (if a supervisor).
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations (if a supervisor).
• Decides on reward and promotion based on performance (if a supervisor).
• Handles discipline and termination of employees as needed and in accordance with company policy (if a supervisor).

Benefits

• High-Deductible Health Plan with a Health Savings Account (HSA) (including employer contribution).
• Flexible spending account.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Life and AD&D insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Dependent care account.
• Employee assistance program.
• 401(k) plan with discretionary employer contributions for matching.
• Profit sharing.
• Student debt repayment.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.

What This Job Offers

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