Water Resources Engineer in Training
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- BC-1734 Water-US North Central
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- Sep 21, 2022 Post Date
At Stantec, we approach every project, whether at the local, regional, or national level, thoughtfully, and execute it with excellence across all project phases. We partner with our clients to design fit-for-purpose solutions that address the communities’ unique needs throughout the project’s lifecycle. Our experts lead in their fields and guide our work with scientific rigor, an innovative spirit, and a vision for growth. Stantec is a place where you can apply your passion and collaborate with top talent on work that’s critical to our clients, our communities, and the industry at large.
Your Opportunity
We are looking for a talented Water Resources Engineer-in-Training (EIT) who wants to be part of a purpose-driven organization that’s focused on helping our clients, colleagues and communities thrive. Our people are Stantec’s most valuable resource, and in joining our team you will be able to leverage your career experiences and expertise within a culture that values inclusion, celebrates shared success, and applauds ambition.
Stantec’s Water Resources team is a large and diverse sector of client types, geographic settings, and service offerings. Our teams deal with converging impacts of climate change, aging infrastructure, and expanded development. Balancing mitigation, development needs, and community demands is no simple task. With expertise in floodplains and floodways, natural surface water systems, water supply planning and management, and conveyance and collection systems, our team is committed to supporting projects with implementation plans, monitoring, and economic analyses. We effectively manage water with aesthetic and environmentally friendly designs that create opportunities for recreation and education, increase market value, and enhance the user experience.
Does working with clients on great projects with a talented team of professionals appeal to you? Apply now and you can join some of the best technical people in the world and work on projects that make you proud!
Your Key Responsibilities
- Complete design tasks using AutoCAD Civil 3D, including grading and site layout for water resource projects which may include dams, levees, hydraulic structures, stormwater management facilities, sanitary, storm, and watermain projects, and site/civil design.
- Assist team in preparing design drawings, specifications, quantity estimates, cost opinions, and gather information to support design decisions.
- Perform hydrologic and hydraulic analyses using steady state, unsteady state, 1-D and 2-D models.
- Perform GIS analyses to support engineering and technical decisions and presentations.
- Prepare design reports and technical memorandums to summarize engineering tasks.
- Work with multi-disciplinary design teams in the coordination of the project under the direction of a senior engineer.
- Assist the team in providing support services during construction that can include submittal reviews, responses to requests for information, contract document clarifications, and on-site field observation.
- Perform field work related to construction related activities as required.
- Perform other duties as required and assigned by senior engineering staff.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Basic understanding of general civil and environmental engineering concepts.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office software, with emphasis on Microsoft Excel.
- Introductory experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D, demonstrated work experience preferred.
- Introductory experience with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software programs, such as HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, SWMM, etc.
- Introductory experience with ArcGIS.
- Ability to participate and collaborate in a project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.
- Ability to work and excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Education and Experience
- Education: Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering, or equivalent
- Experience: Minimum of 0-2 years preferred
- Licensure: Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification required or ability to obtain within 6 months of employment
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. At Stantec, we live our corporate values every day.
- Stantec was ranked the 5th most sustainable company in the world and the 1st in North America by Corporate Knights for our 2020 performance.
- In February 2021, Stantec announced a pledge to be carbon neutral for 2022 and achieve operational net-zero by 2030.
- Stantec is the only engineering design firm that has been rated a Climate Leader with an A- score by CDP for the last three years.
- Stantec has been named by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Employers and America’s Best Employers for Women. Additionally, the American Indian Science and Engineering Society selected Stantec as one of the Top 50 workplaces for Indigenous STEM professional
Join us and redefine your personal best.