Senior Dam Safety Engineer

We’re seeking a Senior Dam Safety Engineer to join our growing hydropower and dam safety practice. This position offers hybrid work flexibility from our Portland, OR office or any Tetra Tech office in Colorado, Tennessee, or the Pacific Northwest.

This role is ideal for an experienced engineer with a strong background in dams, hydropower, pumped-storage , or related hydraulic structures. The successful candidate will support and lead inspections, engineering assessments, design, risk assessments, and dam safety programs for new and existing infrastructure.

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The Senior Dam Safety Engineer will provide technical leadership on hydropower, dam safety, and water-resources projects. Responsibilities may include inspections and evaluations of dams and hydraulic structures; risk assessments; FERC Part 12 Comprehensive Assessments and Periodic Inspections; design of new and rehabilitated facilities; construction support; and preparation of technical reports and contract documents.

This is a senior technical role with opportunities to serve as a project manager, lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor staff, support client relationships, and contribute to the continued growth of our practice. Experience as a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-approved Independent Consultant is highly desirable.

The following duties are essential to this role. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Lead or support inspections, engineering assessments, and risk assessments for dams, hydropower facilities, pumped-storage projects, and related hydraulic structures.
• Participate in or lead FERC Part 12 and USACE dam safety activities, including Comprehensive Assessments, Periodic Inspections, potential failure mode analyses, risk assessments, and related dam safety evaluations.
• Develop engineering analyses, evaluations, designs, and recommendations for new, existing, and rehabilitated dam and hydropower facilities.
• Lead or support the design of hydraulic structures, including dams, spillways, gates, outlet works, diversion structures, retaining walls, flood walls, water conveyance structures, and foundations.
• Prepare and review technical reports, drawings, specifications, design criteria, construction documents, and cost estimates.
• Work with multidisciplinary project teams, clients, owners, contractors, and regulatory agencies to deliver high-quality project outcomes.
• Serve as a project manager and provide technical oversight, checking, quality assurance/quality control, and mentorship to engineering staff.
• Visit project sites to perform inspections, support construction activities, resolve field issues, and evaluate existing conditions.
• Apply critical thinking, creativity, and practical engineering judgment to address complex dam safety and infrastructure challenges.
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