Senior Bridge Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineer (PE)
We are seeking a
Senior Bridge Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineer (PE) to join our Duluth, GA team! Come join us!
Lead the Future of Transportation Infrastructure
Atlas is seeking an experienced
Senior Bridge Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineer to serve as a technical leader supporting major bridge, highway, and transportation infrastructure projects. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving complex hydraulic challenges, leading technical delivery, mentoring engineering staff, and collaborating with bridge and roadway teams on nationally significant projects.
The successful candidate will have expertise in hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, bridge scour evaluation, drainage design, floodplain studies, and hydraulic modeling for DOT, municipal, and transportation clients.
What You'll Do
- Lead hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for transportation infrastructure projects.
- Perform bridge and culvert hydraulic design and evaluations.
- Develop drainage reports and drainage design packages.
- Conduct bridge scour assessments and countermeasure recommendations.
- Prepare floodplain impact analyses and FEMA-related studies.
- Utilize HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HY-8, Bentley OpenFlows, ArcGIS, and other hydraulic modeling software.
- Support bridge, roadway, and transportation design teams during project development.
- Provide quality reviews and technical oversight for hydraulic deliverables.
- Mentor junior engineers and support staff development.
- Coordinate with DOT clients, municipalities, regulatory agencies, and project stakeholders.
- Support proposal development, client presentations, and project pursuits.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
- 10+ years of experience in transportation hydraulics, water resources, or bridge engineering.
- Experience delivering DOT transportation projects.
- Strong understanding of bridge hydraulics, scour analysis, drainage systems, and floodplain management.
- Experience with hydraulic modeling software including HEC-RAS and HEC-HMS.
- Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Civil Engineering or Water Resources Engineering.
- DOT hydraulic design experience with agencies such as IDOT, GDOT, FDOT, INDOT, TxDOT, or similar.
- Experience serving as a technical lead or project manager.
- Knowledge of FEMA requirements and floodplain permitting.
- Experience with resilience, climate adaptation, and risk-based hydraulic design.
- Project development and business development experience.
Why Atlas
- High-visibility transportation and bridge infrastructure projects.
- Opportunity to lead technically challenging hydraulic and water resources programs.
- Career path toward technical leadership, project management, and practice leadership.
- Collaborative multidisciplinary teams including bridge, roadway, geotechnical, and environmental experts.
- Flexible work arrangements and strong growth opportunities.
Other miscellaneous qualities:
- Ability to travel maximum of 25% of the time
Benefits:
Atlas offers a comprehensive benefit program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, Atlas benefits include health, dental, vision, life, AD&D, voluntary life / AD&D, disability benefits, leaves of absence, 401k, paid time off, paid holidays, employee assistance program, educational assistance program.
