Senior Drainage Engineer

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Posting Date: 22 Oct 2026

City:
Houston

Location:

Houston, TX, US, 77070 Chicago, IL, US, 60603 Boston, MA, US, 02110 Lisle, IL, US, 60532

Contract Type:
Permanent

Division:
Plant Engineering

Level of experience:
Senior

RINA is a global knowledge company whereexpertisetravels across borders, disciplines, and industries. Every day, we collaborate on solving complex challenges that no single field could tackle alone. With a presence in more than 70 countries and 160 years of heritage, we turn individual know-howinto collective progress.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Drainage Engineer
to join our office in Houston, TX, Boston, MA or Chicago/ Lisle, IL within the
Plant Engineering Division.

$135,000 - $180.000 commensurate with education and experience

This Senior Drainage Engineer serves as the drainage technical lead on major Oil, Gas, and Chemical facility projects, including fuel storage terminals, marine barge import facilities, and rail and truck loading facilities for refined fuel products, as our practice expands across the Gulf Coast and nationally.

Responsibilites include leading the technical development, execution, and quality of drainage, stormwater, and containment engineering for energy and industrial facilities, with a specific focus on Oil, Gas, and Chemical sites. Typical projects include petroleum and chemical storage terminals, marine docking and barge import facilities, rail and truck loading facilities for refined fuel products, process units, and associated site infrastructure. The technical work includes site hydrology and hydraulic analysis and modeling, site grading and drainage design, secondary containment and stormwater management systems, flood mitigation, and coordination of regulatory approvals, including U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) permitting.

The Senior Drainage Engineer will serve as Engineer of Record for drainage deliverables, guide and mentor staff engineers and designers, interface directly with clients and regulatory agencies, and coordinate with civil, structural, mechanical, process, and electrical disciplines through Concept, FEED, detailed design, and construction support. The work is to be completed in compliance with client standards and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.

• Serve as the drainage discipline lead and Engineer of Record for site drainage, stormwater management, and containment on Oil, Gas, and Chemical facility projects.
• Lead hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, including design storm selection, runoff, storm sewer, culvert, channel, and hydraulic grade line calculations, and pond and detention modeling.
• Design site grading and drainage systems for tank farms, process areas, pipe racks, roadways, and plant infrastructure, including diked secondary containment, contaminated and non-contaminated stormwater segregation, oil/water separators, and controlled release systems.
• Develop drainage and spill-containment designs for marine docking and barge import facilities, including dock and bulkhead drainage, product spill capture, and stormwater discharge to navigable waters.
• Develop drainage, curbing, and spill-containment designs for rail and truck loading facilities handling refined fuel products such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel.
• Lead preparation of drainage studies, technical memorandums, flood studies, Basis of Design documents, calculation packages, specifications, and drainage plan and profile drawings.
• Prepare and manage U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit applications and coordination, including Section 404 (Clean Water Act) and Section 10 (Rivers and Harbors Act) permitting, wetland and floodplain impacts, and work in or near navigable waterways.
• Support stormwater and environmental permitting with state and local agencies, including SWPPPs, SPCC secondary containment requirements, and floodplain and drainage district approvals.
• Coordinate drainage interfaces with civil, structural, piping, process, fire protection, and electrical disciplines, as well as with clients, vendors, and contractors.
• Supervise, review, and mentor staff engineers, EITs, and designers; perform senior technical reviews and seal drainage deliverables.
• Develop drainage scopes, man-hour estimates, schedules, and budgets, and support proposals and business development within the Energy & Industrial sector.
• Identify value engineering opportunities that reduce cost and schedule while…