Transportation Drainage Engineer

Overview

Our North Texas Transportation Group is seeking to hire a mid-level Transportation Drainage Engineer with +4 years of experience in our Dallas, TX or Fort Worth, TX office to support our highway, bridge, and rail projects throughout Texas. Using your experience, you’ll work in a team, collaborative, and fast paced environment. Your typical work assignments may include storm drainage analysis and design, cross drainage hydraulic analysis and design, erosion control, quantity and cost estimates, preparation of technical reports and memorandums, and preparation of construction plans, estimates, and specifications as required.

• Work in a team environment with other project engineers on the detailed enclosed storm drainage analysis and design for urban and rural transportation projects.
• Conduct drainage analysis and design per the requirements of the project and various transportation public agencies such as TxDOT and DART.
• Support the efforts in the preparation of contract drainage drawings, specifications, and estimates.
• Prepare project-specific drainage / hydraulic reports and technical memoranda.
• Provide hydraulic analysis for cross drainage structures and incorporate the results in the design with other disciplines (roadway and bridge).

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from a U.S. ABET accredited school.
• Registration as Professional Engineer (PE) in Texas is required or the ability to obtain in six (6) months from the hiring date if licensed in another state.
• +4 years of experience on mid- and/or large-scale transportation-related projects providing drainage design, hydrologic, and hydraulic analyses.
• Ability to communicate effectively and coordinate all drainage design phases of a project with other team disciplines.
• Experience in utilizing Microstation, Geopak Drainage, Open Roads, and SUDA.
• Experience in designing roadway enclosed storm sewer systems.
• Ideally, experience with HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HY-8; hydrologic and hydraulic modeling for cross drainage structures; and experience on large-scale design-build transportation projects.

The base salary range for this position is $ to $ per year. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, including medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance; a 401(k) plan with company matching; and stock purchase options. Eligible employees may enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs offers an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, one floating holiday, and caregiver leave.

Some roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range is reiterated for clarity. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Job posted on October 30, 2025. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

• We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing split work weeks between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations to deliver their best work.
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• Full-time

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