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Home District/Group: Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Market: Transportation

Employment Type: Full Time

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers has an immediate opening for a Senior Water Resources Engineer in our growing Design Engineering group. In this role, you will execute complex Water Resource designs for projects across North America including design-build, progressive design-build, and construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC). We seek a technical expert who can provide mentorship to junior and mid-level staff in advanced hydrologic and hydraulic design topics.

As a Senior Water Resources Engineer, you will lead and mentor engineers/designers and collaborate with our other design centers to provide drainage and water resources engineering expertise and designs for design/build and other alternative delivery projects across North America.

2025 ENR National Contractor Rankings #1 for Transportation and #3 Top 100 design build firms

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering seamlessly transitions solutions from design to construction through collaborative efforts across Design Engineering, Design Management, Proposals, Estimating, and Integrated Project Controls. Our construction-focused engineering approach involves a multidisciplinary team working together to maximize value for clients by improving schedules, controlling costs, and minimizing risk on infrastructure projects.

This position is based out of our Lone Tree office in Colorado or in our Bellevue office in Washington and includes travel opportunities to project offices and work sites up to 25%. The position may be eligible for a hybrid work schedule based on location and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

• Lead Stormwater Design on a variety of transportation, energy, utilities and ports and marine projects.
• Guide and mentor teams responsible for completing engineering assignments in support of civil design build projects that include drainage design, water quality, detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analysis (using various models and methods), erosion and sediment control, preparation of design plans, reports and technical memoranda.
• Lead others in various design areas which could include: hydraulics, pavement drainage, culverts, storm systems, scour and revetment design (supporting bridge design), sediment transport, and stream restoration/embankment stabilization.
• Execute and lead plan production, specifications, estimates and drainage design development and may be responsible/in charge of engineering work and will be the Engineer of Record for final design projects.
• Guide engineering teams in interdisciplinary design coordination to ensure that drainage project elements are compatible.
• Develop project communications on status of designs/analysis, lead/attend project technical meetings and provide coordination to resolve design issues.
• Provide oversight and direction to the design team, while providing supervision, mentoring of mid-level and junior staff.
• Lead a team of experienced staff, promote staff development through training, mentoring, and career planning.
• Oversee/create preliminary design concepts and alternatives for drainage designs, leading quality control reviews.

• BS or MS in Civil Engineering, Water Resources (or similar field)
• Minimum of 15 years of design experience in drainage, water resources, hydraulics or hydrology in either transportation or land development projects in the U.S.
• Active PE license required.
• Alternative delivery experience is a plus.
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to work with individuals.
• Must have experience mentoring others – training on advanced topics, development of workflows and how-tos, etc.
• Ideal H&H software experience includes HEC-HMS, SWMM, TR-55, HEC-RAS, HEC-GEORAS, HY-8, Open Roads Designer, StormCAD, Civil Storm, Pond Pack, Flow Master; SWMM, 2D experience helpful such as SRH-2D, FLO-2D.
• Experience with storm water management (water quality & runoff control), and temporary drainage and…