Drainage Designer - Water / Hydrologic and Hydraulic at Woolpert

This position is primarily responsible for performing engineering functions specific to the discipline (drainage design) under the direction of a Professional Engineer.

Essential Functions: 

• Performs engineering computations, conducts evaluations, design analyses, and design development. 
• Prepares reports, recommendations, and opinions for approval by a supervising Professional Engineer. 
• Applies standard engineering practices and techniques to adjust and correlate data; recognizes and resolves discrepancies in results and follows operations through a series of related steps or processes. 
• Works as a member of a project team in the development of data and/or applications.
•  Acts as a technical advisor to technical staff. 
• Uses CAD to develop engineering and design documents. 
• Serves as a field engineer during construction of a project. 
• Participates in firm-wide quality initiatives. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Qualifications / Experience:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent
• 5+year experience
• Experience working on storm sewer design, channel design projects
• Working knowledge of CAD/Microstation including Civil3D.
• Experience with preliminary/conceptual drainage design 
• Experience with prepare construction documents and bid documents.
• Ability to effectively communicate with project management and coworkers.
• Must be mentally and physically capable of performing all essential duties required of the position.
• Must be able to read, analyze and interpret basic scientific, technical, financial and legal documents.
• Must be able to apply mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations and permutations.
• Must be able to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory and factor analysis.
• Must have average verbal and written communication skills for both internal and external relationships.
• Must be able to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries from clients, regulatory agencies, and/or members of the business community.
• Must be familiar with discipline related software applications.