Description:
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Drainage Engineer to join our dynamic team! In this role you will be given an opportunity to work across a wide variety of projects and further develop skills and leadership expertise. This role will see the successful candidate being involved with a range of projects with technical expertise in stormwater drainage design, sustainable drainage design, detailed design, and hydrologic and hydraulic modeling.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Independently carry out design of stormwater drainage systems for various projects.
- Manage design of non-conventional/smart drainage systems and Sustainable Urban Drainage systems.
- Investigating and developing stormwater drainage designs with minimum supervision, based on principles of urban drainage design, SuDS, and Water sensitive design.
- Hydraulic and System design of the complex environment to meet site-specific requirements.
- Understanding the biological and physical process of stormwater management.
- Applying innovative ideas, technology, and value engineering solutions.
- Supervision and support to junior engineers.
- Undertake hydrologic modeling, calculations, drawings, and report writing.
- Work across all stages of a project, taking a high level of responsibility but under the coaching and support of our senior engineers.
- Coordinating with the CAD / BIM / 3-D modeling teams on projects.
- Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
What Required Skills You’ll Bring
- Degree in Civil Engineering from a reputable university.
- Minimum 4+ years experience related to infrastructure and civil engineering projects, water engineering, including stormwater drainage design, catchment analysis, stormwater management, and planning.
- Sound knowledge of principles of hydrology and hydraulics.
- Experience of designing culverts, urban drainage systems and highway drainage is required.
- Demonstrated understanding of hydrologic and hydraulic modeling/design software packages used in the design of surface drainage, piped networks, cross drainage, and flood analysis, i.e., CAD skills, SWMM, HEC RAS, and HEC-HMS knowledge.
- Experience with Infoworks ICM would be an added advantage.
- Excellent command with GIS and CAD tools such as ArcMap, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Microstation.
- The capability of mathematics to create calculation sheets and perform further calculations where required to ensure the design is appropriate.
- Knowledge of Water Sensitive Design and Sustainable Drainage Design (SuDS).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- A collegiate, team-player attitude.