Stream Design Engineer, Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Kiewit•Bellevue, WA

1d•$140,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers is hiring a Stream Design Engineer for its Water Resources Team. The role performs hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, design, and construction support for infrastructure projects, including fish passage, river analysis for bridges, and floodplain analysis for roadway and site-civil alternative-delivery projects. The engineer works within a multidisciplinary Infrastructure Engineering Group focused on design-build infrastructure projects in Washington State and beyond. The position is based in Vancouver, Bellevue, or Federal Way, Washington, with travel up to 25% as business necessitates. Travel includes onsite construction support for streams and rivers, and may include mentoring staff in Denver. Construction support can involve placing large woody material and directing complex stream-feature placement, occasionally on overnight shifts and weekends. The role develops and reviews engineering solutions and documents, leads quality checks and hydraulic design task force meetings, coordinates stream teams of engineers, geomorphologists, biologists, and third-party design firms, and mentors junior engineers and technical staff. The engineer also supports projects, proposals, estimating, and external organizations and committees. The position requires a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and/or Environmental Engineering, a Washington State Professional Engineer license, and at least 10 years of relevant experience. Compensation is $140,000–$150,000 per year, subject to factors such as education, experience, skillset, and location. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision plans; wellness and employee assistance programs; life and disability insurance; retirement plans with matching; and paid time off.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and/or Environmental Engineering.
Licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Washington.
At least 10 years of relevant experience in stream grading and restoration, large woody material placement with and without anchor-system design, embankment stabilization, floodplain analysis, geomorphology, zero-rise analysis, scour analysis, streambed material design, backwater analysis, and estuary design, including construction support.
Hydrology and hydraulic specialty design experience.
Experience on at least one WSDOT fish passage project in the past year.
Current knowledge of procedures for scour analysis recommended by FHWA.
Ability to travel less than 25%, including for staff mentoring in Denver and onsite construction support.
Effective communication across all levels of an organization.
Ability to collaborate across departments, involve others in problem solving, and initiate meetings with teams, other disciplines, or internal customers to clarify work.
Ability to advise and provide perspectives from varied internal and external sources to solve problems.
Regular and reliable attendance, ability to meet deadlines, professional communication, and safe and effective work practices.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
Ability to work normal operating hours and overtime and weekends as required.

Responsibilities

Perform hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, design, and construction support for infrastructure projects.
Determine stream flows and tidal effects.
Design stream restoration involving large woody material placement, with and without anchor systems.
Design stream and river embankment stabilization, floodplain analysis, geomorphology, zero-rise analysis, scour analysis, streambed materials, backwater analysis, and estuary projects.
Provide onsite construction support for placement of large woody material and direction of complex stream features, occasionally during overnight shifts and weekends.
Develop advanced solutions to complex issues and proactively identify design gaps and solutions.
Develop major projects or proposals with minimal supervision and support major project and proposal pursuits.
Review and correct engineers’ and designers’ work and develop documents as needed.
Resolve conflicting requirements and approaches across disciplines and help others structure and solve technical issues.
Improve existing processes, generate alternatives, and develop creative solutions to complex problems.
Collaborate internally and externally to determine the best solutions.
Represent Kiewit in external organizations and committees.
Identify scope changes on large projects and produce documents to maintain budget and schedule.
Lead quality checks of engineering and design for major projects.
Lead hydraulic design task force meetings and stream teams comprising engineers, geomorphologists, biologists, and third-party design firms.
Mentor junior engineers and technical staff.
Serve as a technical resource to projects and estimating.
Maintain regular, reliable office and jobsite attendance; meet deadlines; communicate and interact professionally; and perform work safely.
Work normal operating hours and overtime or weekends as required, and work at various locations where conditions may vary.