Water Distribution System Hydraulic Engineer

Black & Veatch Family of Companies•Cary, NC

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an employee-owned company, Black & Veatch puts its people at the center of everything they do, empowering them to grow, explore new possibilities, and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting, and construction, Black & Veatch is building a world of difference. This role offers the opportunity to provide technical and execution assistance for water distribution hydraulic modeling and system planning projects across the United States. The position involves evaluating water systems for capacity, condition, water quality, resilience, and operating efficiency, summarizing findings, and making recommendations. It also includes performing analysis and projections of water demands, using hydraulic modeling software to build, calibrate, and evaluate water systems, and conducting risk-based assessments to develop and prioritize capital improvement programs. The role requires integrating condition assessment and asset management data for replacement and renewal planning, utilizing cutting-edge hydraulic modeling, GIS, asset management, and data visualization software, and supporting client marketing and business development activities. The engineer will also be responsible for owning 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 5 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

5+ 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