Kiewit Corporation

Senior Water Resources Engineer, Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Kiewit Corporation$90K — $120K *
Real Estate & Construction
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BS or MS in Civil Engineering, Water Resources or similar field
  • Minimum 15 years of experience in drainage, water resources, hydraulics or hydrology
  • Active PE license required
  • Experience in alternative project delivery methods is a plus
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Proven mentoring experience with junior staff
  • Familiarity with hydraulic and hydrologic modeling software, including HEC-HMS, SWMM, HEC-RAS, and others

Responsibilities

  • Lead Stormwater Design across diverse infrastructure projects
  • Mentor team members on engineering assignments pertaining to drainage design
  • Oversee design areas including hydraulics, storm systems, and sediment transport
  • Manage plan production, specifications and serve as Engineer of Record
  • Coordinate interdisciplinary design efforts for drainage projects
  • Communicate project status and resolve design issues through meetings
  • Promote staff development through training and mentoring

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
  • Voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs
  • Life insurance and disability coverage
  • Retirement plans with matching contributions
  • Generous paid time off
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 180427

Job Level: Senior Level

Home District/Group: Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Department: Design Engineering

Market: Transportation

Employment Type: Full Time

Position Overview

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers has an immediate opening for a Senior Water Resources Engineer in our growing Design Engineering group. In this role, you will execute complex Water Resource designs for projects across North America including design-build, progressive design-build, and construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC). We seek a technical expert - one who has in-depth technical expertise that can be drawn upon to inform various projects across North America, while also providing mentorship to junior and mid-level staff in advanced hydrologic and hydraulic design topics.

As a Senior Water Resources Engineer, you will be leading and mentoring engineers/designers and collaborating with our other design centers to provide drainage and water resources engineering expertise and designs for design/build and other alternative delivery projects across North America.

District Overview

2025 ENR National Contractor Rankings #1 for Transportation and #3 Top 100 design build firms

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineering seamlessly transitions solutions from design to construction through the collaborative efforts of Design Engineering, Design Management, Proposals, Estimating, and Integrated Project Controls. Our construction-focused engineering approach involves a multidisciplinary team working together to maximize value for clients by improving schedules, controlling costs, and minimizing risk on infrastructure projects. This integrated strategy emphasizes collaboration and constructability throughout the project lifecycle, enabling us to identify and implement quality solutions with a strong safety focus.

Clients benefit from Kiewit's proven processes and tools, which minimize project risk. As an in-house resource, we support projects across the company, in all major markets, sharing experiences, innovative concepts, and best practices. Kiewit's management and implementation of this process result in safe, cost-effective, and innovative designs that exceed client expectations and uphold Kiewit's legacy of excellence.

Location

This position is based out of our Raleigh office in North Carolina or from our Lenexa office in Kansas and includes travel opportunities to project offices and work sites up to 25%. This position may be eligible for a hybrid work schedule based on location and the candidate's experience and qualifications.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Stormwater Design on a variety of transportation, energy, utilities and ports and marine projects.
  • Guide and mentor teams responsible for completing engineering assignments in support of civil design build projects that includes drainage design, water quality, detailed hydrologic and hydraulic analysis (using various models and methods), erosion and sediment control, preparation of design plans, reports and technical memoranda.
  • Lead others in various design areas which could include: hydraulics, pavement drainage, culverts, storm systems, scour and revetment design (supporting bridge design), sediment transport, and stream restoration/embankment stabilization.
  • Execute and lead plan production, specifications, estimates and drainage design development and may be responsible / in charge of engineering work and will be the Engineer of Record for final design projects.
  • Guide engineering teams in interdisciplinary design coordination to ensure that drainage project elements are compatible.
  • Develop project communications on status of designs/analysis, lead/attend project technical meetings and provide coordination to resolve design issues.
  • Provide oversight and direction to the design team, while providing supervision, mentoring of mid-level and junior staff.
  • Lead a team of experienced staff, promote staff development through training, mentoring, and career planning.
  • Oversee/create preliminary design concepts and alternatives for drainage designs, leading quality control reviews.


Qualifications

  • BS or MS in Civil Engineering, Water Resources (or similar field)
  • Minimum of 15 years of design experience in drainage, water resources, hydraulics or hydrology in either transportation or land development projects in the U.S.
  • Active PE license required.
  • Alternative delivery experience is a plus.
  • Must have excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to work with individuals.
  • Must have experience mentoring others - (training on advanced topics, development of workflows and "how-tos", etc.).
  • Ideal H&H software experience includes any or all of the following: HEC-HMS, SWMM, TR-55, HEC-RAS, HEC-GEORAS, HY-8, OpenRoads Designer, StormCAD, CivilStorm, PondPack, FlowMaster; SWMM, 2D experience helpful such as SRH-2D, FLO-2D.
  • Experience with Storm water management, (water quality & runoff control), and temporary drainage and erosion control design during construction.
  • Familiarity with flood risk analysis and knowledge of the NFIP including CLOMR and LOMRs
  • This position includes occasional travel to project offices and work sites up to 25%. LI-JP1

Other Requirements:
  • Regular, reliable attendance
  • Work productively and meet deadlines timely
  • Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment.
  • Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
  • Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
  • May work at various different locations and conditions may vary.


We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that's among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off.

About Kiewit Corporation

Kiewit Corporation is an employee-owned Fortune 500 contractor based in Omaha, Nebraska. Privately held, it is one of the largest contractors in the world. Recent projects have included several bridge retrofittings in the San Francisco Bay Area, Interstate H-3 project in Hawaii, and building the world's largest geodesic dome at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. Along with significant mining and off-shore operations, the company also contracts small grading (dirt moving) projects for residential or commercial development.

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