Water Quality Modeling Engineer/Water Resources Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Hazen and Sawyer is seeking an experienced candidate with interests and expertise related to stream and lake hydrodynamics and receiving water quality modeling (temperature, DO, nutrients, eutrophication, stratification), quantitative assessment of NPDES discharge permit limits, and watershed pollutant loading to join our growing water resources practice.

The candidate should have a background in one or more of the following disciplines: water quality, water resources engineering, limnology, hydrology, and H&H modeling. We prefer candidates who have a strong background in lake, river and estuarine water quality modeling, but skills in the other disciplines would be useful. Experience with programming tools such as R and Python is desirable, as is competency in GIS. Additionally, the candidate should have experience managing planning, modeling, and/or engineering tasks.

Our group operates with the philosophy that effective water resources solutions balance economic, social, and environmental needs to achieve resilient and sustainable results. Our team is passionate about solving complex water-related issues, and we regularly interface with other engineering disciplines. Our ideal candidate will be capable of collaborating internally with Hazen colleagues and externally with clients and stakeholders while working independently and productively from both home and in office.

Why Hazen and Sawyer:

• Founded in 1951 by the son of Allen Hazen (developer of the Hazen-Williams equation), we are an employee-owned company with a singular focus on "all things water."
• Our work includes planning, design, and oversight of construction of environmental infrastructure – for water, wastewater, and stormwater management.
• We foster a work environment low on bureaucracy and high in creativity.
• We recruit talented professionals, provide them with challenging, interesting, and creative assignments, and furnish them with the tools they need to succeed.
• We currently have over 2,000 employees in 80+ offices throughout the United States, Latin America, Canada, and the UK.

Our ideal candidate can demonstrate sufficient experience managing projects and tasks, issuing deliverables, and coordinating with similarly skilled technical staff with minimal supervision. The candidate will support work across the Midwest and South Central regions of Hazen.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, analyze, interpret, summarize, and present water quality and water resources data;
• Build, calibrate, run, and describe models used in the analysis of water quantity and quality;
• Analyze, interpret, and develop water quality model results and maps;
• Deliver presentations at public meetings, workshops, conferences, and client meetings;
• Support proposal development and estimate budgets;
• Support a large team of individuals working on complex water quality models
• Participate in field data collection efforts.

Required Qualifications:

• Degree from four-year college or university with BS in engineering, water resources, or closely related subject;
• Master’s degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering, water resources engineering, limnology, or similar;
• 3 to 8 years of experience in water quality modeling, H&H modeling, and permitting;
• Proficiency with MS-Excel, Python, R or similar processing or scripting tools;
• Familiarity with QGIS, ESRI-GIS products, or similar;
• Experience with water quality, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling tools, such as CE-QUAL-W2, SWAT, EFDC, HSPF, QUAL2K, Mike-SHE, etc. Experience with all examples listed is not expected.
• Familiarity with water quality monitoring and analysis instrumentation and/or data collection methods;
• Professional Engineer’s license, or ability to obtain soon; and
• US Citizenship, or proof of legal right to work in the US.

What We Offer:

• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision, and prescription plans)
• Pre-tax flexible spending plans for medical, dependent care, and transportation
• Short and long-term disability, and employer paid life insurance
• Paid holidays, floating holidays, and paid time off (PTO)
• Employer-contributed 401(k) plan and additional financial planning support
• Professional growth opportunities, including tuition reimbursement, in-house training, and incentives for professional registration and professional organization memberships
• Starting pay range for this position depends on skills, experience, education and geographical location