Job Description:Overview: The Drainage Engineer is responsible for supporting and independently performing drainage design, hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, plan production, technical documentation, and interdisciplinary coordination for major transportation and civil infrastructure projects. This role contributes to the development of practical, constructible, and compliant drainage solutions for highways, runways, and related infrastructure while coordinating with internal engineering teams, consultants, subconsultants, construction teams, agencies, and project stakeholders. The Drainage Engineer applies sound engineering judgment, technical knowledge, and project experience to support accurate, timely, and high-quality project delivery in alignment with Ferrovial standards, client requirements, applicable regulations, and project expectations.
Responsibilities and Duties: Drainage Design and Plan Production - Prepare and support drainage designs, plan sheets, exhibits, layouts, and supporting documentation for highways, runways, and related transportation infrastructure projects.
- Perform hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, roadway drainage design, stormwater management, and related drainage engineering tasks in accordance with applicable standards and project requirements.
- Apply civil engineering principles and project experience to develop practical, constructible, and cost-effective drainage solutions, including design optimizations and value engineering alternatives.
Technical Studies, Specifications, and Calculations - Review specifications, standards, contract documents, design criteria, and project requirements to confirm drainage-related design expectations and technical requirements.
- Prepare, review, and document drainage calculations, quantity estimates, assumptions, conclusions, recommendations, and supporting technical information.
- Develop and support technical reports, design memorandums, project documentation, responses to comments, and drainage design deliverables for timely submittal.
Project Coordination and Submittal Support - Coordinate with internal engineering teams, consultants, subconsultants, construction teams, agencies, and project staff to clarify design intent, resolve comments, and support project delivery.
- Coordinate drainage requirements with roadway, structures, utilities, geotechnical, environmental, maintenance of traffic, construction, and other disciplines to support an integrated project design.
- Participate in and contribute to design coordination discussions, technical reviews, project meetings, field observations, RFIs, submittals, and drainage-related documentation requests.
Design Review, Documentation, and Quality Support - Review construction documents, drawings, specifications, calculations, and engineering information to support accurate and coordinated drainage design development.
- Perform design checks on drainage designs, plan sheets, calculations, quantities, and supporting documents prepared by consultants, subconsultants, or internal team members.
- Maintain organized design files and documentation while identifying and helping resolve technical discrepancies, coordination issues, constructability concerns, or missing information.
Other Duties and Team Support - Support senior engineers, design managers, project engineers, and project staff with drainagerelated tasks, technical exhibits, design documentation, reviews, and coordination as needed.
- Demonstrate strong communication, accountability, attention to detail, teamwork, integrity, ethics, leadership, and commitment to high standards.
- Support a collaborative, fast-paced project environment by managing priorities, meeting deadlines, mentoring less experienced team members when appropriate, maintaining a continuous improvement mindset, and performing other related duties as needed.
Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, or a related field from an accredited college or university is required.
- Minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in civil engineering, transportation design, drainage design, hydrology, hydraulics, stormwater management, roadway drainage, or related infrastructure design.
- Engineer-in-Training (E.I.T.) certification is preferred; Professional Engineer (P.E.) license or progress toward licensure is a plus.
- Working knowledge of MicroStation, GEOPAK Drainage, StormCAD, OpenRoads, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Bluebeam, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HY-8, or similar hydrology and hydraulics software is preferred.
- Ability to read and interpret construction documents, drawings, specifications, technical plans, design criteria, and engineering information and support engineering calculations, quantity estimates, and technical recommendations with moderate independence.
- Strong understanding of civil infrastructure, transportation project development, drainage discipline requirements, interdisciplinary coordination, and project delivery expectations.
- Strong written and verbal communication, attention to detail, organization, problem-solving, teamwork, and deadline-management skills in a fast-paced project environment.
- Demonstrated commitment to high standards, integrity, ethics, leadership, quality, continuous learning, and professional development.
Note: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and levels of work performed by employees, but are not a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.
