Civil Engineer-Water Resources

Overview

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WSP is initiating a search for a Civil Engineer-Water Resources for our New Orleans or Baton Rouge office. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established team with mentors and the ability to work on infrastructure projects for municipal and private clients. The opportunity offers a hybrid workplace model with career growth, advancement, and mentoring. This role involves applying professional civil engineering experience to support a variety of projects in water resources and related areas.

This candidate will utilize their professional experience and technical knowledge of civil engineering to support a variety of civil projects that could include stormwater and drainage design, floodplain management and flood control, water/wastewater, site civil and utility design.

Your Impact

• Manage projects as assigned, including assisting with project pursuits, development of scope and level of effort, project execution, and project closeout, ensuring compliance with scope, schedule, and budget requirements.
• Work with our Louisiana team and support our engineering teams throughout the Southern region to deliver successful projects for our clients.
• Perform and/or provide oversight over technical work including site visits, studies, data collection, analysis and evaluations, hydraulic calculations and modeling; prepare engineering reports and supporting calculations and documents, prepare construction drawings, specifications, and cost estimates.
• Perform professional civil engineering work, develop design criteria, and assist with research and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, infrastructure, and transportation channels to achieve overall project objectives.
• Provide technical expertise on various engineering, design, and construction issues.
• Analyze topographic survey data and assist in the analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of data obtained during field investigations.
• Perform hydrologic and hydraulic studies and design using hydrologic and hydraulic software.
• Design drainage systems, stormwater management, potable water systems, and wastewater conveyance systems.
• Prepare contract documents, including plans, specifications, cost estimating, and bid packages, and ensure that specifications, reports and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements.
• Perform construction administration tasks and attend project team meetings, collaborating with staff engineers and guiding entry-level engineers.
• Interface with clients and support business development initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with other engineers and planners on projects with infrastructure authorities on federal, state, regional, and locally funded improvement and development projects.
• Remain current in latest civil engineering techniques and practices.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or closely related discipline.
• Professional Engineering License (PE License) in Louisiana required.
• 5+ years of relevant post-education experience in civil design and plan production for water resources, transportation and/or infrastructure projects.
• Understanding of and familiarity with local and state design guidelines and standards.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and/or Micro Station, and similar design software programs.
• Proficient in hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software such as HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, Hydraflow Storm sewers and similar design software programs.
• Effective self-leadership with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment.
• Demonstrated team leadership skills leading teams of other engineers and subconsultants in multi-disciplinary projects.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills when interacting with others, with the ability to express intricate ideas effectively and professionally to engineering and non-engineering…