Waterways Program Delivery Engineering Specialist
Listed on 2026-08-05
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Engineering
Water Management, Water Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Civil Engineering
Waterways Program Delivery Engineering Specialist
The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), through its employees, enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective, high quality, safe and equitable public infrastructure, and services. For more information, please visit the DOTI website.
DOTI's Commitment to Equity:
- DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas, assets and people of the city with the greatest need. Through equitable contracting, equitable investments, and equitable workforce development.
- DOTI's culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People, (2) Operate with Discipline, (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions, and (4) Deliver Results.
DOTI is seeking a Waterways Program Delivery Engineering Specialist to serve as DOTI's lead engineer for waterways initiatives such as the WATR Program and similar multi-agency efforts. You will be reporting to the DOTI Environmental Implementation Division (EID) Wastewater Design Supervisor. Our second position will be housed with the Special Projects and Initiatives Division.
The WATR Program is a long-term effort to restore the ecosystem on 6.5 miles of the South Platte River and reduce flood risk on the Weir Gulch and East Harvard Gulch tributaries. The WATR Program is being delivered through an innovative pilot partnership with the US Army Corps of Engineers.
As the Waterways Program Delivery Engineering Specialist, specifically in this role, you will:
- Lead technical planning, design, and delivery of complex urban waterway projects, including creek, gulch, and river corridor improvements.
- Serve as the technical lead for hydrologic and hydraulic analysis supporting flood mitigation, floodplain management, and channel stability.
- Guide multidisciplinary consultant teams responsible for planning, design, permitting, and construction services.
- Advance projects within the WATR Program, ensuring project scopes and design solutions support broader waterways resilience objectives.
- Translate citywide waterways strategy into deliverable projects, coordinating closely with the Waterways Program Manager.
- Balance hydraulic performance, geomorphic stability, ecological function, and community outcomes when evaluating channel design alternatives.
- Coordinate across multiple agencies and stakeholders, including Mile High Flood District, regulatory agencies, utilities, and community groups.
- Manage project development from concept through construction and closeout, including scope definition, budget development, schedule creation, stakeholder engagement, communications management, resource assignment, and risk management.
- Provide technical expertise in urban channel design, including grade control, bank stabilization, sediment transport considerations, and vegetation strategies.
- Mentor engineering staff and contribute to internal technical standards, helping strengthen the organization's expertise in waterway engineering.
- Strong Technical Judgment
- Understand the tradeoffs inherent in urban waterway design and can balance flood protection, stability, ecology, and community needs. - Systems Thinker
- Able to see how individual projects fit within broader watershed, flood risk, and capital planning strategies. - Collaborative Project Leader
- Effective at coordinating consultant teams, internal staff, and external partners across complex infrastructure projects. - Clear Communicator
- Able to explain technical engineering concepts to leadership, elected officials, and community stakeholders. - Practical Problem Solver
- Comfortable navigating constraints such as right-of-way limitations, regulatory requirements, and funding realities. - Delivery Focused
- Keep projects…
What You'll Bring:
We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.
Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:
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