Description
Perform engineering duties in planning, modeling, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of hydraulic and water resources infrastructure, such as rivers and channels, dams, levees, spillways, culverts, stormwater and flood-control facilities, irrigation networks, pump stations, pipelines, reservoirs, and water and wastewater conveyance systems.
- • Compute flows, headloss, water surface profiles, pressures, scour, and structural demands to set hydraulic design criteria.
- • Inspect waterways and project sites to monitor progress and verify conformance to hydraulic design, environmental, and safety standards.
- • Direct or perform surveying, bathymetric, or LiDAR data collection to establish grades, control, and elevations for hydraulic works.
- • Estimate quantities and costs for pipelines, pumps, gates, liners, and earthworks to evaluate feasibility.
- • Prepare and present technical memos, bid packages, permits, and environmental impact documentation for water projects.
- • Test soils and materials for embankments, riprap, concrete, and foundation capacity of dams, levees, and culverts.
- • Conduct hydrologic and hydraulic studies to assess flooding, erosion, water quality, and project impacts.
- • Design resilient, energy-efficient, and fish-friendly hydraulic structures and conveyance systems.
- • Design stormwater conveyance, detention, and treatment systems to manage runoff and pollutants.
- • Develop and implement water control or remediation solutions at contaminated or spill sites.
- • Direct engineering activities to ensure compliance with Clean Water Act, dam safety, and floodplain regulations.
- • Identify flood and environmental risks and develop mitigation and resilience strategies for water infrastructure.
- • Provide technical advice on hydraulic design, construction sequencing, pump selection, and structural repairs of waterworks.
- • Manage construction, commissioning, operations, or maintenance of pumps, gates, pipelines, and hydraulic structures.
- • Plan and design hydraulic systems and structures using CAD and hydraulic modeling tools (e.g., HEC-RAS, SWMM).
- • Analyze survey, LiDAR, bathymetric, GIS, and geotechnical data, maps, and drawings to support designs.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
