Senior Water Resource Engineer/Water Resource Manager

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Job Description

AECOM is actively seeking a highly motivated Senior Water Resource Engineer/Water Resource Manager to join our Transportation Business Line based out of our Pittsburgh, PA office.  As the Senior Water Resource Engineer/Supervisor, you will work directly with our staff and clients to deliver waterway permitting, erosion and sediment pollution control plans, stormwater management design, hydrologic and hydraulic study and highway drainage design. Experience with PennDOT Districts 1, 2, 9, 10, 11 and/or 12, as well as the PA Turnpike, PADEP and other western Pennsylvania agencies is highly desired. The ideal candidate will perform the following:

• Manage the Pittsburgh Water Resource group, which involves oversight of technical work, staffing and business development assistance.

• Mentor engineers and designers within the group, both locally and throughout the Greater PA area.

• Advise project teams on technical issues, perform deliverable quality reviews, assist with annual performance evaluations, support the professional development of junior engineers, assist with reporting project status and responsible to deliver elements of design within the project schedule and budget.

• Coordinate interdiscipline design elements with other task leaders and/or group managers.

• Lead, prepare or review detailed design deliverables such as calculations, reports, models, permit applications, construction drawings and specifications.

• Utilize modeling software applications for efficient design and coordination.

• Enhance client relationships as it pertains to our water resource capabilities.

These are projects that we've worked on in this group, as an example of the types of projects you and your team could work on here at AECOM:

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project for Port Authority of Allegheny County – Pittsburgh, PA

• AECOM designed street improvements to facilitate Bus Rapid Transit service in a corridor connecting Downtown Pittsburgh and Oakland - the two largest employment centers in Western PA.  Team members were in charge of the drainage to a (combined sewer system) and E&SC design as well as stormwater management design for a small parking lot.  The project area is extremely urbanized and includes infrastructure dating to the 19th century.  

I-70 Yukon and Madison Interchanges

• AECOM designed complete reconstruction of 3 ½ miles of I-70 including the Yukon and Madison interchanges.   The original highway was built in 1956 and had several ramps with no acceleration nor deceleration lanes at all.   The design includes 3 roundabouts.  Team members were in charge of the drainage, E&S design, H&H and stormwater management design.   

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• BA/BS plus 8 years of more of demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

• Professional Engineer (PE) license is required

• Experience with water resources design software (StormCAD, HydroCAD, Pondpack, HEC-RAS etc)

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field plus 10 years or more of demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

• Experience with PennDOT Districts 1, 2, 9, 10, 11 and/or 12, as well as the PA Turnpike, PADEP and other western Pennsylvania agencies is highly desired.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Additional Information

Sponsorship for US employment authorization is available.

Relocation is not available for this role.

Offered rate of compensation (Pennsylvania locations only) will be based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. The salary range for this position is $105,000 to $145,000.

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