Permit Engineer

Date:
May 11, 2026

Location:

Springfield, IL, US, 62702

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Job

Requisition
Opening Date: 05/11/2026
Closing Date: 06/09/2026
Agency:
Department of Natural Resources
Class

Title:

CIVIL ENG II - 07602
Skill Option:
None
Bilingual Option:
None
Salary:
Anticipated Starting Salary: (Effective 7/1/26) $5,430/month;
Full Range: $5,430-$8,822/month
Job Type: Salaried
Category:
Full Time
County:
Sangamon

Number of Vacancies : 1
Bargaining Unit Code: NR916 Central Management Services, Department of Natural Resources, Teamsters
Merit Comp Code: N/A

This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is seeking to hire a Permit Engineer for the Office of Water Resources. This position will review engineering computations in support of projects involving flood control, drainage, water supply and demand, low flow augmentation, irrigation, stream bank protection, and recreation analysis; compute channel discharges, river stages, watershed runoff, volume and area estimates, cuts and fills and structural stress on strain analysis;

evaluate the summary output while assisting in assigned projects; and will review and prepare construction plans, specifications and cost estimates.

• Under general supervision from the Senior Water Resources Engineer, perform moderately difficult professional civil engineering duties.
• Participate in engineering training programs which develop engineering expertise and computer skills.
• Collect data for assigned projects, including river stages, precipitation, high water information, previous computations, field site information, maps and other drawings.
• Develop working relations with OWR employees, and other Departmental and non-Departmental contacts.
• Maintain project files to document computations and project evaluations and substantiate recommendations.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of work of…