Water Resources Engineer II

RS&H • Miami, FL

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

RS&H is seeking an experienced Water Resources Engineer to join its infrastructure team in Ft. Lauderdale or Miami. The position offers a hybrid schedule combining in-office and remote work. The engineer provides professional engineering consultation for planning, design, and coordination of diverse projects; develops and evaluates engineering reports, plans, and specification criteria; and coordinates with project teams on client communications, proposals, marketing, presentations, and other discipline-related activities. The role prepares specifications, scaled drawings, and proposals, and helps ensure finished plans, specifications, and material and construction approvals. It also involves meeting with clients to establish project objectives and requirements, reviewing junior staff work for technical accuracy, providing technical guidance, and conducting quality-control reviews, field reviews, and observations of construction projects. Depending on assignment, the engineer may review scopes, budgets, and schedules; act as a team expert or project lead; lead a discipline or small multidisciplinary team; and/or manage a small team of direct reports.

Requirements

• Degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program and at least seven years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Professional Engineer license in good standing.
• Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local codes, criteria, regulations, and ordinances.
• Proficiency with production software and construction document production.
• Ability to address challenging or potentially controversial issues in a sound, professional, and business-like manner.
• Experience working on parts of major projects or multiple moderate-size projects and providing technical guidance to junior-level staff, including reviewing others' work for technical accuracy.
• Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to build effective relationships with clients, customers, contractors, team members, and other key stakeholders.
• Experience with watershed delineation and determination of hydrological parameters.
• Experience with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling using ICPR 4/Stormwise, MIKE-SHE, MIKE-11, or SWMM.
• Experience with drainage analysis and design using Geopak Drainage, SUDA for ORD, and/or ASAD.
• Experience with plan production using MicroStation SS10 with Geopak and/or FDOTConnect for ORD.
• CADD experience with MicroStation SS10, FDOTConnect for ORD, and/or Civil 3D.
• Experience preparing FDOT NexGen Plans per FDOT Design Manual (FDM) 900 Series.
• Experience preparing Estimated Quantities Reports to quantify drainage features in ORD.
• ArcGIS experience for water resources projects.
• Experience preparing environmental permit application packages.
• Experience producing Plans, Specifications, and Estimates.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience with FDOT D4 and D6 projects.
• Prior experience with Broward and/or Miami-Dade County projects.
• Experience with design-build and/or other alternative delivery projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional engineering consultation in the planning, design, and coordination of diverse projects.
• Develop and evaluate engineering reports, plans, and specification criteria.
• Coordinate with project teams on client communication, proposal coordination, marketing, presentations, and other discipline-related activities.
• Prepare specifications, scaled drawings, and proposals, and ensure finished plans, specifications, and approval of materials and construction.
• Meet with clients to determine objectives and requirements for executing the desired scope.
• Review junior staff work for technical accuracy and provide technical guidance to professionals and technicians.
• Perform quality-control reviews, field reviews, and observations of ongoing construction projects.
• Review and approve scopes, budgets, and schedules for assignments, as applicable.
• Serve as a team expert and/or project lead, lead a discipline team or small multidisciplinary teams, and/or manage a small team of direct reports, as applicable.

What This Job Offers

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