Dewberry is seeking a motivated Water Resources Engineer for the Water Resources group within our Gainesville, VA office. This position offers great potential for professional growth in an outstanding working environment and the opportunity to apply innovative design methods to water resource projects. Typical projects involve stormwater management design, stream restoration / natural channel design, dam safety engineering, storm drainage design, floodplain management and analysis, watershed flood hazard analysis, and other watershed planning projects. Our Gainesville Water Resources group serves a wide range of municipal, state, and private sector clients.  Our engineers are on the cutting edge of innovation, providing unique and challenging solutions while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to develop a balanced design.

• Prepare deliverables using AutoCAD and ArcGIS platforms
• Prepare surface water analyses using HEC and Bentley platforms
• Conduct watershed and stormwater management planning and design
• Prepare stormwater management plans and BMP facility design plans
• Perform stream restoration / natural channel design
• Perform roadway and site drainage design and culvert hydraulic analysis
• Perform floodplain studies and prepare FEMA LOMC applications
• Perform dam safety engineering/analysis including dam inspections, dam break inundation zone studies/mapping, dam hazard assessments, development of emergency action plans, spillway design flood development and spillway design, new dam design and dam rehabilitation design
• Perform watershed flood hazard analyses and prepare flood hazard remediation designs
• Act as a technical mentor to entry-level engineers
• Perform other duties as required

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering
• Professional Engineer license preferred
• A minimum of 4 years water resources engineering experience
• Experience in watershed and stormwater management, design of stormwater quantity and quality control measures (BMPs), surface water hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, drainage design, erosion and sediment control design, and watershed/waterway modeling
• Understanding of Virginia stormwater management regulations preferred, especially the Virginia Runoff Reduction Methodology (VRRM)
• Understanding of hydrologic & hydraulic modeling software such as HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HY-8, TR-55, SWMM, and PondPack
• AutoCAD and ArcGIS experience

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

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The projected range for this position is $95,000-$122,000 annually in our Gainesville, VA office. Depending upon other factors, i.e., skills, experience, location, market conditions, the range may vary slightly.