Civil Engineer-Water Resources

Job Summary

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Location and Salary

Baton Rouge, LA $55,000.00-$90,000.00

Job Overview

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Civil Engineer-Water Resources for our New Orleans or Baton Rouge office. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established team with excellent mentor / managers and offers the ability to work on some of the most exciting infrastructure projects for our municipal and private clients. This candidate will utilize their professional experience and technical knowledge of civil engineering to support a variety of civil projects that could include stormwater and drainage design, floodplain management and flood control, water / wastewater, site civil and utility design.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects as assigned, including assisting with project pursuits, development of scope and level of effort, project execution, and project closeout, ensuring compliance with scope, schedule, and budget requirements.
• Work with our Louisiana team and support our engineering teams throughout the Southern region to deliver successful projects for our clients.
• Perform and / or provide oversight over technical work including site visits, studies, data collection, analysis and evaluations, hydraulic calculations and modeling; prepare engineering reports and supporting calculations and documents, prepare construction drawings, specifications, and cost estimates.
• Perform professional civil engineering work, develop design criteria, and assist with research and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, infrastructure, and transportation channels to achieve overall project objectives.
• Provide technical expertise on various engineering, design, and construction issues.
• Analyze topographic survey data and assist in the analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of data obtained during field investigations.
• Perform hydrologic and hydraulic studies and design using hydrologic and hydraulic software.
• Perform drainage system, stormwater management, potable water systems, and wastewater conveyance system design.
• Prepare contract documents, including plans, specifications, cost estimating, and bid packages, and ensure that specifications, reports and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements.
• Perform construction administration tasks.
• Attend and participate in project team meetings, collaborate with staff-level engineers, and provide guidance to entry-level engineers.
• Interface with clients and support business development initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with other engineers and planners on projects with infrastructure authorities on federal, state, regional, and locally funded improvement and development projects.
• Remain current in latest civil engineering techniques and practices.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Equal Opportunity Employer

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race / Age / Color / Religion / Sex / Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity / National Origin / Disability or Protected Veteran Status. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

Notice to Third-Party Agencies

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment / staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.

Talent Statement

Talent is the essence of meeting our client's objectives, goals and challenges.

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