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What You Will Be Doing
- Serve as the drainage and water resources technical lead on projects, providing oversight of design, analyses, and deliverables.
- Serve, as needed, as Project Manager, Project Lead, or Task Lead on transportation and site civil projects.
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of project managers, engineers, and interns to support growth in the Illinois transportation drainage market.
- Manage the preparation of drainage designs and construction documents, including storm sewer systems, detention facilities, flood control, open channels, and erosion control.
- Lead the development of drainage studies and reports, including drainage studies, hydraulic reports, and conceptual drainage evaluations.
- Develop and evaluate drainage alternatives and recommend preferred solutions based on technical, regulatory, and cost considerations.
- Lead regulatory coordination and permitting efforts, including stormwater, floodplain, and agency approvals.
- Manage project delivery, including scope development, fee estimating, budgeting, scheduling, staffing, and subconsultant coordination.
- Support business development through client relationship management, marketing strategy, proposal preparation, and interviews.
- Establish and maintain project quality through QA/QC oversight and adherence to company and agency standards.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients and represent the firm in meetings, presentations, and industry engagement.
This position offers exciting challenges and opportunities to grow the Illinois program while managing all activities related to project scope, schedule, cost, quality, communications, and resources; mentoring young staff engineers, assisting in transportation market business development, and participating in professional organizations and technical committees.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from an accredited program.
- Minimum 10 years of drainage and water resources experience.
- Illinois Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain within 6 months.
- Experience with Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), Illinois Tollway, and county/local drainage and transportation standards and procedures.
- Demonstrated experience producing roadway drainage design, including plans, profiles, calculations, drainage reports, and estimates.
- Experience preparing drainage studies and reports, including hydraulic analyses and Phase I deliverables.
- Proven experience using drainage design and hydraulics/hydrology modeling software, including Open Roads Designer & StormCAD, PondPack, HY-8, HEC-RAS, XPSWMM, and other industry-standard tools.
- Ability to coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, mentor staff, and support project scoping, proposals, and delivery.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with alternative delivery projects.
