About this role
Do you see your career as a highway to a brighter future? Join our water resources team to drive forth our economies, our societies, and your career.
Whether you want the opportunity to work on a new alignment limited access highway project, a high-profile Pennsylvania Turnpike mainline realignment project, a major Interstate widening project or numerous smaller roadway projects, Stantec is the place for you, we have it all.
Your Opportunity
The role of a Water Resources Engineer is to work as a team member on small and large projects under the guidance of a Senior Engineer. The Water Resources Engineer will work under direct supervision of a Senior Engineer to develop skills in evaluating, selecting, specifying, and engineering water resource elements for projects.
Current design projects that you may have the opportunity to help deliver include:
- PennDOT | I-83 North York Widening Project - Learn more at: www.i83northyork.com
- PennDOT | U.S. 219 Meyersdale to Old Salisbury Road - Learn more at: www.penndot.pa.gov/RegionalOffices/district-9/PublicMeetings/Somerset-County/us-219-meyersdale-to-old-salisbury/Pages/default.aspx
- PennDOT | SR 228 Corridor Improvement Project
This position can be based in Mechanicsburg, PA or Pittsburgh, PA and has the possibility of a hybrid work schedule
Key Responsibilities
- Uses knowledge of the general concepts of relevant civil engineering elements including the design of drainage, stormwater, E&S control, grading, etc.
- Performs civil engineering design tasks on assigned transportation and oil/natural gas related projects.
- Uses knowledge of the general concepts of relevant water resources fundamentals to design drainage conveyance systems, stormwater management features, and erosion and sediment (E&S) pollution control features, for transportation (PennDOT and PA Turnpike Commission) and Oil/Natural Gas projects.
- Perform design calculations with minimal supervision.
- Assist in preparation of stormwater management plans, E&S pollution control plans, culvert analysis, drainage pipe and inlet design, channel design and NPDES/ESCGP/waterway permit document preparation.
- Assists in the preparation of engineering calculations, project documents reports, client contact and communication pertaining to specific projects, depending on experience.
- Attends and assists in client/contractor/stakeholder meetings to gain a better understanding of client’s goals, depending on experience.
- Recognizes when technical problems are developing and initiates appropriate corrective actions.
- Trains less experienced team members in day-to-day activities including routine technical design, processing, and company procedures, depending on experience.
- Utilizes relevant software programs to prepare exhibits and complex working drawings. Continues to develop skills using software programs for design and/or drafting.
- Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.
Other facts
About Stantec
Stantec provides professional design and consulting services in planning, engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, and project management. At Stantec, we offer integrated service delivery. We are one of the few industry leaders that can offer professional services throughout the entire infrastructure and facility life cycle: plan, design, build, monitor, assess, restore, and decommission. Continually striving to balance economic, environmental, and social responsibilities, we are recognized as a world-class leader and innovator in the delivery of sustainable solutions. Stantec supports the delivery of a continuous learning program focused on the principles of sustainable design, for the benefit of personnel, clients, and our community, following through on our goal to make our world a better place. A commitment to continuous learning and the understanding of sustainable design practices is key to Stantec's promise of environmental, social and economic sustainability. Stantec is registered with, and carries out projects funded by all the major International Funding Institutions. Projects are also carried out for private sector clients including utility and large multi-national companies. In 1954, Dr. Don Stanley, an environmental engineer, founded Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd. in Western Canada. Sixty years later, Stantec Consulting Ltd. has grown to encompass over 200 offices in North America and worldwide. The Stantec team of over 15,000 employees has completed more than 60,000 projects for over 6,000 clients in over 100 countries around the world. Our staff have successfully completed projects on six continents from Australia to Zambia for public and private sector clients. Stantec began working internationally in 1967 on a sewerage system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and has continued to do so for last 45 years. Stantec Consulting International Ltd. (SCIL) provides the specialized professional consulting services of Stantec to international funding agencies and clients in the government, institutional, industrial and commercial sectors. Corporate headquarters are located in the Stantec Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Additional international offices are located in Barbados; Puerto Rico; Qatar; the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates; the United Kingdom; and India. Project offices are located around the world specific to on-going projects.
What you'll do
- The Water Resources Engineer will work as a team member on various projects under the guidance of a Senior Engineer. Responsibilities include performing civil engineering design tasks, preparing stormwater management plans, and assisting in client communications.
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