Senior Water Resources Engineer

The Opportunity:

Tetra Tech is adding a Senior Water Resources Engineer to our Central South team based in Albuquerque, NM.

Why Tetra Tech:

At Tetra Tech, we are Leading with Science to solve the world's most complex challenges. Our industry-leading experts in engineering and consulting are committed to driving positive change in communities around the world. For 60 years, we have been at the forefront of innovation and sustainability. Today we stand as a market leader, offering cutting-edge solutions in water, environment, energy, and international development. Our work has improved more than 625 million lives around the world.

Your Impact:

Join Tetra Tech to make a real difference. Our work leverages cutting-edge technologies, advanced analytics, and the expertise of world-class scientists and engineers to create meaningful change around the world. Discover your full potential - join us to advance your career while leaving a lasting legacy.

Position Summary:

We are seeking a Senior Water Resources Engineer with expertise in hydraulics, hydrology, and water resources design and proven project management skills.

This role offers a unique opportunity to lead and deliver innovative projects focused on riverine, floodplain, and watershed management for municipal, state, and federal clients. As a client-facing technical lead, you will split your time between business development and project delivery-building client relationships, leading pursuits, managing interdisciplinary teams to develop creative solutions, and ensuring successful delivery of impactful projects.

Essential Job Functions:

The following duties are essential to this role. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

* Lead and manage preparation of engineering plans, specifications, and cost estimates for water resources and flood management projects, including dams, levees, stormwater, channels, culverts/bridges, spillways, levee setbacks, grade controls, and bio engineered in stream and floodplain restoration features.

* Lead business development efforts by coordinating with local clients, supporting proposal development, preparing scopes and estimates, leading and participating in client meetings, and marketing team capabilities.

* Serve as technical lead for hydrologic and hydraulic analyses and modeling related to surface water, watershed assessment, open channel hydraulics, water/dam operations, storm water and fluvial geomorphology to support design and permitting decisions.

* Perform and direct sediment transport and scour analyses to support water resources projects.

* Plan, participate in, and oversee field data collection and reconnaissance activities (hydrographic and topographic surveys, sediment sampling, geomorphic assessments) to develop project baselines and validate hydraulic models.

* Coordinate and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams - geomorphologists, biologists, ecologists, planners, and other engineers - to integrate ecological, geomorphic, and regulatory requirements into designs.

* Supervise, mentor, and delegate technical tasks to junior engineers and support staff; review their work products and manage deliverable schedules for complex design packages.

* Provide senior QA/QC oversight of engineering analyses, drawings, specifications, and reports to ensure technical accuracy, constructability, and compliance with standards and permits.

Required 

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a related field.

* A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in water resources engineering, including floodplain and riverine projects.

* Registered Professional Engineering license in New Mexico or have NCEES record to obtain NM PE license within 2 months.

* Certified Floodplain Manager certification.

* Experience with 1D steady and unsteady hydraulic modeling (e.g., HEC-RAS or equivalent) and familiarity with hydrologic modeling tools (HEC-HMS, SWMM) and flow record statistical analysis.

* Proven technical writing, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills for preparing reports, proposals, and client briefings.

* Proven project…