Stormwater/Drainage Engineer

Benesch is a growing, multi-disciplined planning, engineering, and professional services firm. They are looking for a Stormwater/Drainage Engineer to work on a broad range of stormwater projects, including drainage studies, floodplain mapping, and integration with design components. The role involves performing hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, contributing to project goals, and ensuring high-quality engineering documents.

Responsibilities

• Perform hydraulic and hydrology (H&H) analyses for a wide variety of projects
• Evaluate stormwater-related design components for a variety of projects
• Prepare written reports in conformance with client and industry standards
• Assist with the development of floodplain maps
• Assist with plan production related to drainage design, stormwater management and detention facilities, water quality, quantities and specifications
• Contribute to project goals and milestones and monitor project progress
• Assist in preparation of specifications and cost estimates for a wide variety of stormwater design and planning projects
• Ensure the development of high-quality engineering documents
• Adhere to all internal procedures for quality control, documentation, and project tracking
• Assist with project pursuits

Skills

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering; Environmental Engineering or related discipline required
• 0-4 years of water resources experience
• EIT license required; PE license preferred
• A history of progressive responsibility in floodplain management, and stormwater design including:
• Experience with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling programs such as: HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, EPA-SWMM, PC-SWMM, HY-8, StormCAD, CivilStorm, Watershed Modeling System (WMS), Surface Modeling System (SMS)/SRH-2D, FHWA Hydraulic Toolbox, CUHP, and FLO-2D
• Experience with GIS Applications including ArcPro, ArcMap and ESRI Products
• Experience with plan production software including AutoCAD Civil 3D and/or MicroStation/OpenRoads
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
• A track-record for adhering to project budgets and schedules
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to prioritize, work on, and advance multiple projects simultaneously
• A desire to learn and strengthen skills
• Strong understanding of local, state, regional, and federal requirements and design standards
• Experience developing FEMA flood risk products per FEMA guidance and specifications is desired
• Experience developing storm water management plans and water quality designs is desired
• Experience with plan production related to transportation projects that adhere to CDOT standards and requirements is desired

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Company-paid life insurance
• Short term, and long-term disability plans
• 401K plan
• Profit-sharing contributions to the 401K plan
• Wellness programs
• Generous paid time benefits plan that increases throughout your career plus several paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses
• Ongoing professional development through resources like Red Vector, LinkedIn Learning, technical team meetings, knowledge-sharing training sessions
• Personalized training and career development plans with your manager
• Funding for training, committee work, professional organization memberships, and licenses/certifications
• Support for active participation in professional organizations to foster leadership and community engagement
• Flexible work schedules and hours, including work-from-home options
• Immediate use of annual PTB; no accrual needed with the ability to bundle time-off plans for extended vacations or life events
• Ten days of paid parental leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement

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