Design Engineer, Water Infrastructure

Design Engineer, Water Infrastructure (Richmond, VA, Americas)

4435 Waterfront Drive, Suite 304, Richmond, VA 23060, USA

Full-time

Do you want to push the boundaries of your profession and develop your excellence in an open, collaborative, and empowering culture? Do you want to work on inspiring projects and innovative solutions that create a sustainable future and set the standard among our peers? Do you want to leave a positive impact on societies, companies, and people around the world, where both people and nature flourish?

If this sounds like you, or you're curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our Water team and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

As our new Design Engineer, you will join a team dedicated to working with clients to deliver a wide range of water-related projects, from preliminary studies through design and construction and will work alongside our engineers, scientists, and resiliency planners, including collaborating with our global team of experienced professionals, to develop sustainable solutions to help urban and rural communities address the impacts of climate change and water infrastructure needs.

Working in a multi-disciplinary market to support a variety of water resources projects including assessment, design and rehabilitation of water distribution and storage, sanitary and storm sewer conveyance, combined sewer overflow control, stormwater management and green infrastructure, and flood resiliency, floodplain restoration, and flood control. Alongside the guidance of senior engineers and subject matter experts, you will be performing field investigations (including infrastructure assessment and rehabilitation), alternatives analysis, preparing designs and performing engineering calculations, preparing cost estimations, collaborating with the project team to deliver final deliverables and contract documents and providing review of construction submittals for compliance with project plans and specifications.

In addition to design, you will be developing written technical reports and be given the opportunity to present findings to various audiences to strengthen your technical and communication skills, recognize your contributions to the project, and to further develop your professional network and brand with stakeholders, clients, and project teams.

You will be part of the Water Infrastructure & Climate Adaptation team. With a diverse team across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions, we provide solutions related to hydraulic modelling, watershed management, site civil design, stormwater management; blue-green infrastructure; design of new and rehabilitation of water infrastructure; climate and resiliency planning; dams and waterfront development including structural, geotechnical, heavy civil and water resources engineering.

From the moment you start at Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you can continue to grow with the company. While we look forward to supporting your continued learning and development, for this role we have identified some qualifications, skills, and capabilities that will set you up for success.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required. 2+ years experience in engineering field a plus.
• Exhibits basic knowledge of engineering fundamentals.
• Basic experience with Microsoft Office products.
• Experience with AutoCAD (Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D, preferred)
• Engineer-in-Training certification, preferred.
• Personal qualities that will help you succeed in this role include ability to work remotely with colleagues and collaboratively with project teams, efficient time management skills, proactive communication, and ability to adapt to working on a variety of projects.

• Investment in your development
• Leaders you can count on, guided by our Leadership Principles
• Be valued for the unique person you are
• Never be short of inspiration from colleagues, clients, and projects
• The long-term thinking of a foundation-owned company
• Flexible work environment
• Competitive benefits package

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that's where we start - and how we work. At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act.

Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives. We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realize their full potential.

Please submit your application. Be sure to include all relevant documents including your CV, cover…