Water Resources Engineer
Our client is a growing water resources and environmental engineering consultancy delivering complex flood mitigation, stormwater, drainage, and resiliency projects throughout the New York metropolitan area. Their team specialises in helping public-sector clients solve some of the region's most challenging flooding and infrastructure issues, with a particular focus on hydrologic and hydraulic modelling, climate resilience, and stormwater system improvements.
They are seeking a Project Engineer with a strong background in H&H modelling to join their expanding New York team. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to remain highly technical while also gaining exposure to project leadership, client interaction, and long-term career growth within a growing consultancy.
What You'll Do
- Perform hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for stormwater, drainage, sewer, and flood mitigation projects
- Develop and calibrate watershed, collection system, and hydraulic models
- Evaluate existing drainage networks and identify solutions to improve capacity, resiliency, and long-term performance
- Support planning, preliminary engineering, and final design efforts for municipal water resources projects
- Prepare technical reports, drainage studies, modelling documentation, and engineering calculations
- Analyse flooding risks and assess infrastructure performance under existing and future climate conditions
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver complex infrastructure projects
- Support project management activities including scope development, scheduling, budgeting, and client communication
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical excellence across the team
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, Water Resources, or related Engineering discipline
- 5-10 years of relevant water resources engineering experience
- PE licence or ability to obtain within six months
- Strong experience performing hydrologic and hydraulic modelling for municipal or infrastructure projects
- Proficiency with modelling software such as InfoWorks ICM, SWMM, HEC-RAS, HydroCAD, PCSWMM, InfoDrainage, or similar platforms
- Experience analysing stormwater systems, drainage networks, flood mitigation infrastructure, and watershed systems
- Understanding of FEMA, NYSDEC, NYCDEP, and local stormwater regulations is advantageous
- Strong technical writing and communication skills
Why Join?
- Work on impactful flood mitigation, drainage, and resiliency projects throughout the NYC region
- Join a growing technical practice where your contributions have direct visibility
- Opportunity to help shape the future direction of a rapidly expanding water resources group
- Exposure to a wide range of H&H challenges rather than being limited to a single project type
- Collaborative environment with direct access to senior leadership
- Performance-based bonus programme
- Clear progression pathway into project management, technical leadership, or practice leadership roles as the company continues to grow
If you're passionate about solving complex flooding and water infrastructure challenges through advanced H&H modelling and want to play a key role in a growing water resources practice, we'd like to hear from you.
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