Water Distribution System Associate Hydraulic Engineer
About The Position
As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference. Black & Veatch has an exciting opportunity for a Water System Hydraulic Engineer. In this role, you will have the opportunity to provide technical and execution assistance to support our water distribution hydraulic modeling and system planning projects across the United States. You will evaluate water systems for capacity, condition, water quality, resilience, and operating efficiency, summarizing findings and recommendations. This role involves performing analysis and projections of water demands, using hydraulic modeling software to build, calibrate, and evaluate water systems for system planning and design support. You will also perform risk-based assessments to develop and prioritize capital improvement programs, integrate condition assessment and asset management data to support replacement & renewal planning, and use cutting-edge hydraulic modeling, GIS, asset management, and data visualization software to address client challenges. Additionally, you will support client marketing and business development activities and own assigned technical tasks and deliverables, including performing quality checks of calculations, models, and figures before submittals.
Requirements
- Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
- Minimum of 1 year related work experience.
- All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.
Nice To Haves
- 4+ years of water infrastructure assessment experience including hydraulic modeling, master planning, asset management, and data analysis
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) License or P. Eng
- Experience working on water system modeling and planning projects, leading technical tasks, and executing water distribution system studies and assessments that involve system operations modeling, optimization techniques, risk & resiliency evaluations, capital and life-cycle cost analyses, CIP prioritization
- Experience with preparing project presentations and communications with clients
- Familiarity with wastewater infrastructure systems
- Proficient with report writing and PowerPoint presentations
- Experience and/or familiarity with Geographic Information System (GIS) technology and software (i.e. ArcGIS Pro)
- Capable in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, etc.)
- Proficient with data analyses and analytics and comfortable working with large datasets
- Familiarity of dynamic data visualization software such as PowerBI
- Experience and/or familiarity with hydraulic modeling software such as: InfoWater Pro, OpenFlows Water (WaterGEMS) and Wastewater, AquaTwin Water and Wastewater, EPANET, PC SWMM, InfoWorks ICM
Responsibilities
- Provide technical and execution assistance to support our water distribution hydraulic modeling and system planning projects across the United States
- Evaluate water systems for capacity, condition, water quality, resilience, and operating efficiency; summarize findings and recommendations
- Perform analysis and projections of water demands
- Use hydraulic modeling software to build, calibrate, and evaluate water systems for system planning and design support
- Perform risk-based assessments to develop and prioritize capital improvement programs
- Integrate condition assessment and asset management data to support replacement & renewal planning
- Use cutting-edge hydraulic modeling, GIS, asset management, and data visualization software to address client challenges
- Support client marketing and business development activities.
- Own assigned technical tasks and deliverables including performing quality checks of calculations, models, and figures before submittals
Benefits
- competitive compensation
- 401k match
- benefits that start day one
- flexible work schedules
- paid vacation and holiday time
- sick time
- dependent sick time
- company-matched 401k plan
- adoption reimbursement
- tuition reimbursement
- vendor discounts
- an employment referral program
- AD&D insurance
- pre-taxed accounts
- voluntary legal plan
- the B&V Credit Union
- performance-based bonus program
- medical
- dental
- vision insurances
- disability
- a robust wellness program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
