Hydraulic Modeling Engineer

Brown and Caldwell (BC) is a pioneer and recognized industry leader in wastewater, drinking water, water resources, stormwater, infrastructure, environmental planning and permitting, and program management. BC serves both municipal and private sector clients throughout the US.

Our Pacific Area team has an exciting opportunity for an Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will use your experience and education to perform water and wastewater system hydraulic modeling and analyses, evaluate potential improvements to optimize system performance, and support the development of master plans. This role includes building system models and evaluating the hydraulic capacity of our client’s water and wastewater infrastructure to determine needed improvements to support existing and future growth needs.

In this role, you will work closely with our technical experts, project teams, and client service managers to advance our technical services and support a wide variety of water and wastewater system projects for primarily public sector clients. Typical projects could involve:

• Modeling and master planning for municipal water and wastewater utilities.
• Creating, updating, and calibrating hydraulic models.
• Analyzing rainfall and flow trends and forecasting future water demands and wastewater flows.
• Assessing and identifying water distribution deficiencies, wastewater capacity limitations, predicting future issues, and developing solutions for planning and design projects.
• Preparing feasibility studies, alternatives analyses, and conceptual design documents for water and wastewater infrastructure improvement projects.
• Developing master plan documents and supporting materials and spreadsheets including geographic information system (GIS) maps and figures.

• Perform modeling and planning of water distribution, supply and transmission systems as well as wastewater collection systems.
• Coordinate with clients and serve as the main point of contact.
• Evaluate pump station hydraulics.
• Prepare comprehensive technical reports, presentations, and conceptual design documents.
• Manipulation and analysis of data using spreadsheets, tools, and GIS.
• Periodic travel to project and client sites for data collection and meetings.
• Assist in technical portion of proposal preparation by developing work approach, schedule and level of effort for modeling and planning project pursuits.
• Participate in client development activities.
• Participate in and contribute to BC’s master planning and modeling practice, improving company resources and tools to improve quality and efficiency.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Mechanical/Environmental Engineering or related engineering field.
• Basic knowledge of water and wastewater infrastructure hydraulics, modeling, and planning.
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team.
• 0 – 3 years of professional experience.
• Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to prepare effective written documents.
• Organizational and analytical skills with high attention to detail.
• Interest in modeling, data management, and related software packages.
• Valid driver's license and good driving record required.

• 3+ years of related experience in hydraulic engineering.
• Experience with sewer collection infrastructure modeling and planning.
• Experience in Info Water, Info Works, Info Surge, Water
  
  GEMS, Water
  
  HAMMER, EPANET, EPA-SWMM, ArcGIS, Excel, Power BI.
• FE (or ability to obtain in the near future).

Theanticipatedstarting payrange for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and maybemore or lessdependingupon skills, experience,and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Location B: $64,000 - $87,000

You can view which BC location applies to you here. If you have any questions, please speak with your Recruiter.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental,…