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WSP USA Lead Water Resources Engineer in Denver, Colorado
This Opportunity
WSP is growing and we have an exciting career opportunity for a Lead Water Resources Engineer to join our Central Mountain operation. The Denver Water Service Line has an excellent reputation and supports a broad variety of project work across the US and internationally. These projects include FEMA Risk MAP (Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning) activities, transportation drainage, environmental engineering, dam breach hazard analyses, and other specialized water resources projects. Our professionals are networked across the WSP organization and are active in technical organizations advancing our practice.
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with an established engineering consulting firm that values its employee’s enthusiasm and technical contributions? We encourage you to apply for this opportunity. We are dedicated to providing the atmosphere to allow individuals to grow their career. We’d love you to join our team of friendly, hard-working, dedicated and collaborative professionals. Our ideal candidate is seeking challenging work and is committed to quality.
Do you enjoy managing projects and mentoring a great team of junior engineers? It’s a plus if you have experience in local municipal water projects including flood studies, mater plans, stream restoration or other water related projects.
Your Impact
• Join an established project team completing projects that include tasks such as the development of hydrologic and hydraulic models, flood hazard mitigation analysis, risk data analysis, GIS analysis, and preparation of planning reports.
• Leverage advanced hydraulic modeling skills to support multi-disciplinary projects including transportation drainage design, dam breach and hazard classification, river/stream/habitat restoration and fish passage, erosion control, and sediment transport.
• Task management including resource management and mentoring and oversight of junior staff
• Review hydrologic and hydraulic analyses to ensure technical quality of deliverables
• Foster collaboration and participate in technical discussions with team members.
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others by expressing ideas effectively and professionally to engineering and non-engineering audiences by means of oral discussions, graphic-based presentations, and project documentation.
• Work with marketing staff to create proposals in response to current and potential client requests for proposal.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
• BS in Civil Engineering or related engineering degree required, MS preferred.
• Colorado PE required
• CFM is a plus
• Strong technical skills regarding hydrologic and hydraulic modeling approaches and commonly used software
• 7 - 10 years + of hydrology / hydraulics and water resources/civil experience.
• Local municipal experience including stream restoration, flood studies and master plans is a plus.
• Familiarity with the National Flood Insurance Program and FEMA flood insurance study regulations.
• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
• Project management experience
• AutoCAD and/or MicroStation a plus
• Must pass background check and must have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the Company's driving (MVR) policy.
Compensation and Benefits: WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
Expected Salary: Colorado only $130,000 - $165,000
WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
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.