Transportation Sr Drainage Engineer, Roads and Highways - Tacoma, WA
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, 98417, USA
Listed on 2025-12-01
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Engineering
Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineer, Water Engineer, Structural Engineer
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Our Puget Sound Region is hiring a Transportation Sr Drainage Engineer to support our Roads and Highways group while working on transportation related projects. This position can be located in either Bellevue, Seattle, Olympia, or Tacoma WA. A successful candidate will be a highly motivated self-starter assigned to work on multi-discipline projects performing engineering calculations and design using specialized technical skills, experience and engineering judgment to transform concept designs into construction drawings and technical specifications.
The work may include street improvements, utility plans, freeway, highway and roadway design, construction documents and all supporting documentation. Our ideal candidate would be proficient with horizontal and vertical alignment design; storm drainage modeling, design and report preparation; sanitary sewer/waterline designs; utility relocations; coordination with other engineering disciplines; quantity take-offs; specifications; and engineer’s estimates. The candidate would also be eager to accept new challenges to diversify their skills by not only performing transportation engineering work, but also construction observation and general civil design.
Finally, a successful candidate will have good interpersonal and communication skills and a passion for work.
Other Duties Include
- Serve as task leader to coordinate projects with project managers and firm staff.
- Attend project coordination meetings with client and other team members.
- Provide sketches and/or detailed layout information to design staff for incorporation into the construction drawings.
- Develop preliminary and final plans in Autodesk Civil 3D, and Microstation/InRoads software.
- Prepare and design street improvement plans, public improvement plans, and rough and precise grading plans.
- Analyze maps, reports, drawings, as-builts for design projects.
- Prepare and modify reports, specifications and designs for projects.
- Develop, track and modify project schedules.
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
- Professional Engineering License
- 10+ years of civil engineering design related to transportation projects
- AutoCAD and Microstation project experience
- Civil 3D and/or InRoads experience – alignment, grading, and pipe design
- Project experience with local public agencies
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional Engineering License in Washington state
- Storm drainage hydraulic modeling, design and report preparation
- Washington State Department of Ecology Stormwater manual expertise
- WSDOT Hydraulics and Highway Runoff Manuals expertise
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life Insurance
- Health Savings and Lifestyle Spending Account with employer contribution
- Support for continuing education and training opportunities
- Paid Time Off (PTO)/Holiday Pay
- 401k
- Flexible 9/80 (every other Friday off) work schedule
- Holistic Wellbeing Program with a focus on physical, emotional, financial, career and community health
- Opportunity for growth with support and mentoring to help with professional goals
- Ability to work in a hybrid in-office/remote work setting
- Potential salary range is $90,000-$120,000
- The posted salary range represents the typical range for this position and is provided in accordance with applicable state and local transparency laws. Actual compensation will be commensurate with experience, qualifications, and geographic location.
- Hybrid friendly work schedule
The increasing complexities of modern transportation include growing demands, aging infrastructure, rising costs, funding challenges, and environmental concerns. Agencies and communities faced with improving their…
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