Senior Water Resources Engineer

Job Description

Dewberry is seeking an experienced and innovative Senior Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineer to join our Resilience Solutions Group. This role focuses on advancing the state of the science in fluvial, pluvial, and lacustrine hydraulics, floodplain analysis, flood risk assessment, and fluvial processes to improve water resources engineering, planning, and design. The successful candidate will combine deep technical expertise in hydraulic modeling, riverine systems, and water resources engineering with a passion for innovation, applied research, and technical leadership.

Working collaboratively with engineers, scientists, planners, and programmers, this individual will develop and implement advanced analytical workflows, cloud-enabled modeling solutions, and next-generation approaches for evaluating and managing flood risk under existing and future conditions. In addition to supporting complex projects for federal, state, and local clients, the candidate will help shape the future of hydraulic modeling practice through the advancement of probabilistic and risk-informed methodologies, integration of emerging technologies, development of scalable computational workflows, and mentorship of technical staff.

The ideal candidate will serve as a recognized subject matter expert and change agent, delivering impactful, data-driven resilience solutions while advancing organizational capabilities in hydraulic modeling, flood risk analysis, and water resources planning and design.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry.

Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

• Leverage expertise in hydraulic engineering and river modeling to lead or support technical needs of diverse projects across municipal, state, and federal markets.
• Lead or contribute to the development of innovative hydraulic and flood risk analysis approaches to meet project requirements.
• Conduct and oversee one-dimensional and two-dimensional hydraulic modeling of riverine systems, floodplains, bridges, culverts, and hydraulic structures.
• Evaluate river hydraulics, sediment transport, channel stability, and floodplain dynamics under existing and future conditions.
• Productively collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of engineers, hydrologists, planners, scientists, and software developers for integrated project delivery.
• Participate in client and public engagement meetings.
• Develop technical reports and provide formal and informal presentations to clients and stakeholders.
• Demonstrate subject matter leadership and professional development through external publications, conference presentations, and professional organizations.
• Serve as a technical mentor and subject matter expert, providing coaching, training, and quality assurance for junior engineers while promoting best practices in river hydraulics, flood risk assessment, and numerical modeling.
• Lead research, development, testing, and validation of next-generation hydraulic analysis methodologies to address evolving client and industry needs.
• Develop and implement a strategic roadmap for advancing hydraulic modeling capabilities,…