Stormwater/Drainage Engineer

🌍 Remote, USA 🎯 Full-time πŸ• Posted Recently

Job Description

Benesch is a growing, multi-disciplined planning, engineering, and professional services firm. They are seeking a Stormwater/Drainage Engineer to work on a variety of stormwater projects, including drainage studies, floodplain mapping, and stormwater design while contributing to a collaborative team environment.


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
  • Flexible work schedules and hours, including work-from-home options
  • Generous Paid Time Benefits (PTB) that increase with your career
  • 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
  • Opportunities for management and leadership development at all levels, including executive coaching and leadership development for Team Leaders, Group Managers, Division Managers, and Executive Leaders
  • 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
  • Access to valuable retirement planning tools, education, and individual meetings with plan advisors at no charge
  • Potential for Benesch to contribute up to 9% of your gross compensation to your retirement plan (5% profit-sharing contribution to your 401(k) plan, regardless of your own contributions & 80% match on your contributions, up to a maximum company contribution of 4%)

Company Overview

  • Serving a broad range of markets, Benesch has played a role in shaping our nation’s infrastructure and local communities for decades. It was founded in 1946, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.benesch.com.

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Benesch has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 3 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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