Job Description:

Water Resources Project Engineer

Job Locations

US-NH-Bedford | US-ME-Portland

Overview

About Us

WE ARE VHB-a passionate team of engineers, scientists, surveyors, planners, and designers tackling exciting challenges in the transportation, real estate, institutional, applied technology, and energy industries-serving a range of public- and private-sector clients. At VHB, we are dedicated to improving mobility, enhancing communities, and balancing development and infrastructure needs with environmental stewardship.

We are creative problem-solvers
• We work hard, and we give back


• We like our colleagues, and we love Mondays (really)


• We are diverse, caring, welcoming, and fun!

It's not surprising that VHB has consistently been rated one of the top AEC firms to work for across our 30+ offices on the East Coast. We're growing, and we hope you'll join us!

About the Position

VHB's growing Bedford, NH office is seeking an experienced Water Resources Project Engineer with strong hydraulics/hydrology experience to join our Environmental team. This is an opportunity for an experienced water resources professional to join a diverse Environmental group. In this position you will assist our clients with developing strategic, cost-effective and forward-thinking solutions to their water resource, ecological restoration, stormwater design, transportation, and environmental challenges. You will have an opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects, ranging from site to watershed scale. Projects may include, hydraulic bridge modeling, dam removals, stream restorations, flood mitigation and management, and stormwater design and permitting.

VHB's Bedford office is a dynamic growing office with a variety of passionate engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who provide a broad range of engineering and environmental services to public and private clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. We provide water resource related services involving culvert design, floodplain permitting and modeling, permitting, stormwater master planning, water quality monitoring, dam removal, and the design of stormwater measures.

Responsibilities

• Working within a team of professionals in developing design engineering plans, reports and specifications for a multitude of water resources design projects


• Working on multi-disciplinary projects with hydrologic, hydraulic, bridge/culvert, or natural system design focus including interaction with staff and clients


• Assist with preparing hydrologic and hydraulic studies to support floodplain management, culvert and bridge design, stream restoration design and dam removal feasibility and design


• Prepare technical reports, plans and specifications, and cost estimates


• Visit sites during design and provide intermittent construction oversight


• Attend meetings with clients, regulatory agencies, and stakeholders

Skills and Attributes

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills


• Team-oriented with strong capability to motivate others


• Must be a highly motivated self-starter

Qualifications

• BS degree in Civil/Environmental/Water Resources Engineering or related discipline


• 3+ years of professional water resources engineering experience


• EIT preferred, on PE track


• Experience in stream restoration, fluvial geomorphology/natural channel design, bridge scour calculations, and countermeasure design is highly desirable


• Experience preparing design plans & specifications, and preparing technical reports


• Experience with relevant software including AutoCAD, MicroStation, ArcGIS is preferred


• Experience with hydrologic/hydraulic software including HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HY-8, HydroCAD, or SRH-2D is preferred

New employees will be onboarded virtually and begin their employment from home. We are in the process of planning for a safe return to the workplace in alignment with government and CDC guidelines.

VHB is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

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