Mid-Level; Project) Dam Safety Engineer

Schnabel is an employee-owned, professional engineering and consulting firm that focuses on solving problems related to the earth and environment through specialization in geotechnical, geostructural, tunnel, and dam engineering. Schnabel’s high standards for quality, business ethics, and concern for the communities in which we live are a vital part of who we are. Schnabel is an ENR Top 500 Design Firm with 700+ employees in over 33 offices throughout the United States.

Recognized by CE News as one of the Best Engineering Firms to Work for, Schnabel provides employees with a competitive benefits package including maternity leave, tuition reimbursement for continuing education, health, dental, life and disability insurance and a wellness program. As an employee-owned company, through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Schnabel employees directly benefit from the success of our growing firm.

Benefit options include:

• Medical insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee life & ADD insurance (100% company-paid)
• Short-term disability (100% company-paid)
• Long-term disability
• Supplemental life insurance
• 401(k) and profit-sharing plan
• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)
• Paid time off
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Wellness program
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement

Job Description:

Schnabel's new Chattanooga office is seeking a mid-level Dam Safety Engineer to join our growing dam engineering practice. This is an opportunity to join the Chattanooga team early in its growth, help establish our local dam engineering presence, and take meaningful technical and project responsibility while working with experienced dam engineers and specialists throughout Schnabel.

We are seeking an engineer with experience in one or more dam engineering disciplines, such as geotechnical engineering, hydrology and hydraulics, structural engineering, or civil design. You will work on multidisciplinary projects involving the inspection, evaluation, rehabilitation, design, and construction of embankment and concrete dams, spillways, outlet works, and related water infrastructure throughout the Southeast and across the United States, applying engineering judgment to challenging problems that often span multiple technical disciplines.

Job Responsibilities:

• Perform and lead dam safety inspections, engineering evaluations, investigations, analyses, and design tasks.
• Develop engineering recommendations and rehabilitation alternatives for dams, spillways, outlet works, and related hydraulic structures.
• Prepare and review engineering calculations, reports, drawings, specifications, construction cost opinions, and other technical deliverables.
• Plan and coordinate field investigations, instrumentation evaluations, and construction-phase engineering activities, including evaluation of field conditions and review of contractor submittals.
• Lead project tasks and smaller projects, including coordination of scope, schedule, budget, subcontractors, and technical resources.
• Coordinate with clients, regulators, contractors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
• Participate in Potential Failure Mode Analyses, risk assessments, and other dam safety studies.
• Mentor junior engineers and review delegated technical work.
• Support proposal preparation, scope and fee development, and client development activities.

Required Skills/

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline from an ABET-accredited program.
• Approximately 5+ years of relevant engineering experience, with final classification based on experience and demonstrated capabilities.
• Professional Engineer licensure and ability to obtain Tennessee PE registration within six months of hire.
• Relevant experience with dams, levees, hydraulic structures, geotechnical…