Senior Bridge Hydraulics & Drainage Engineer

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Job Description

With high-level goals provided, serves as a technical leader for bridge hydraulics, roadway drainage, stormwater management, floodplain analysis, and water resources engineering for transportation infrastructure projects. Leads hydrologic and hydraulic studies supporting bridge replacements, bridge rehabilitations, roadway widening, interchange improvements, and major transportation corridors. Serves as Engineer of Record and provides technical oversight, quality assurance, client coordination, and mentoring for multidisciplinary transportation projects. This position supports transportation agencies including DOT clients through planning, preliminary engineering, final design, permitting, construction support, and business development activities.

Primary Responsibilities

Bridge Hydraulics, Hydrology & Drainage Engineering (45%)

• Lead hydraulic and hydrologic analyses supporting bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects.
• Perform floodplain, scour, watershed, culvert, and bridge opening evaluations.
• Develop roadway drainage systems including storm sewer networks, cross drains, side drains, culverts, channels, detention facilities, energy dissipation features, and stormwater treatment facilities.
• Prepare drainage reports, hydraulic reports, bridge hydraulics studies, FEMA-related analyses, and watershed evaluations.
• Conduct stormwater management and erosion/sediment control design.
• Coordinate hydraulic design with roadway, bridge, environmental, geotechnical, and permitting disciplines.
• Review and approve hydraulic calculations, plans, reports, and specifications prepared by project teams.
• Sign and seal engineering documents as required

Site Reviews and Field Investigations (5%)

• Conduct field evaluations of bridges, culverts, channels, floodplains, and roadway drainage systems.
• Perform watershed investigations and hydraulic condition assessments.
• Collect field data needed to support hydrologic and hydraulic models.
• Support construction-phase reviews and resolution of drainage and hydraulic issues.

Technical Knowledge Management (10%)

• Develop technical guidance, best-practice documents, drainage manuals, and hydraulic design procedures.
• Support innovation in hydraulic modeling and transportation drainage design.
• Prepare white papers, technical presentations, and conference materials.
• Contribute to firmwide water resources and transportation engineering knowledge initiatives.

Business Development & Sales Support (10%)

• Support transportation pursuits and proposal development.
• Develop scopes of work, fee estimates, technical approaches, and staffing plans.
• Participate in client interviews and technical presentations.
• Serve as bridge hydraulics/drainage subject matter expert during pursuits and project delivery.

Technical Leadership & Mentoring (15%)

• Provide technical oversight for bridge hydraulics and transportation drainage staff.
• Mentor junior engineers and designers in hydraulic modeling, drainage design, permitting, and transportation applications.
• Perform QA/QC reviews of hydraulic reports, plans, calculations, and models.

Technical Visibility / Industry Leadership (10%)

• Participate in professional organizations and transportation industry events.
• Represent the firm before DOT clients, regulatory agencies, and project stakeholders.
• Support technical presentations, workshops, and client-facing activities related to bridge hydraulics, roadway drainage, and water resources engineering.

Other Duties (5%)

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills & Abilities

Desired Technical Expertise in

Transportation Hydraulics:

• Bridge hydraulic analysis
• Scour evaluations
• Floodplain analysis
• Culvert hydraulics
• Watershed studies
• Stormwater management
• Open channel hydraulics
• Sediment and erosion control
• FEMA flood studies
• Water quality BMP design

Software:

• HEC-RAS
• HEC-HMS
• HY-8
• SWMM
• ICPR
• MicroStation
• AutoCAD
• Bentley drainage applications
• Hydraulic and hydrologic modeling software

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Transportation, or Structural Engineering or related discipline.
• Professional engineering (PE) license. 
• 10 years of related experience.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and the essential functions of the position, which may vary depending on workload and project demands.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of transportation water resources experience.
• Bridge hydraulics and bridge replacement project experience.
• INDOT roadway widening and interchange experience.
• FEMA floodplain modeling experience.
• Drainage Engineer of Record experience.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary transportation design teams.
• Experience with FHWA, INDOT, floodplain, and environmental permitting requirements.

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Amount of Travel Required

10% or less
EEO Statement

We attract the best people in the industry, supporting their efforts to learn and grow. We strive to create a challenging and progressive work environment. We provide career opportunities that span a variety of disciplines and geographic locations, with projects that our employees plan, design, build and operate as diverse as the needs of our clients. CDM Smith Inc. and its divisions and subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, pregnancy related conditions, childbirth and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression), national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Additional Pay Range Information

CDM Smith is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. This pay range is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels for the geographic location assigned to the position. In addition to geographic location, a candidate’s salary is determined by several other factors including, but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, relevant work experience, skills, required certifications, and education/training.
Additional Compensation

All bonuses at CDM Smith are discretionary and may or may not apply to this position.
Visa Sponsorship Available

No-We will not support sponsorship in the United States, i.e. H-1B or TN Visas for this position
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Pay Range Max

USD $175,365.00
Pay Range Min

USD $100,214.00