Practice Leader - Drainage & Public Infrastructure

Job Description

Job Description

WHAT WE DO:

Dunaway is a professional services firm established in 1956, with offices in Fort Worth, Austin, Dallas, Farmersville, Houston, Midland, and San Antonio. We offer civil and structural engineering, planning + landscape architecture, survey, and construction inspection services to public and private clients throughout Texas.

As a multi-discipline firm with a staff of 350+ positioned in our seven offices across the state of Texas – our firm’s size, location, and reputation allows us to provide local, specialized knowledge to each project and each client that we serve.

WHO WE ARE:

At Dunaway, our mission is to foster a culture that ensures our employees thrive and reach their highest potential. This is what we call the Dunaway Difference.  We realize that our employees, who efficiently utilize their time and talents to further the growth of our organization, are our most valuable asset. 

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

This position will support our growing water resources practice. The successful candidate can expect to work in a dynamic team environment on a variety of projects, including drainage/flood studies, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, analysis and design, and bridge/culvert hydraulics. Our ideal candidate will have four or more years of surface water experience supporting private and/or public sector projects.

  Once selected to join our team, you will:  

• Preparing H&H studies, drainage reports, exhibits, grading plans, and design plans/specifications/cost opinions for water resources projects.
• Responsible for project schedules and timely completion of production portions of projects. 
• Communication with regulatory agencies (Municipalities, Counties, FEMA, etc.)
• Assisting with developing scopes of work and associated budgets.
• Oversee drainage tasks and coordinate with different teams/departments. 
• Ability to lead and teach less experienced engineers as well as designers and technicians. 
• Watershed master planning and stormwater master planning.
• Report or planning level documents CIP development.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

KNOWLEDGE:

• Experience with Civil3D, Microstation, ArcGIS, SWMM, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, and other related hydrologic/hydraulic analysis and design software.
• Experience with Infoworks ICM or 2D flow simulation software is a plus

SKILLS:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Positive attitude, self-motivated; sense of urgency to produce high quality work.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with the potential/desire to lead a practice and manage clients and a team.

  EXPERIENCE:

• Four or more years of relevant experience in drainage/flood study modeling and/or design.
• Hydrologic and Hydraulic (H&H) modeling.
• Technical writing in the form of memorandums, feasibility studies, regulatory submittals, and master plans.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, or Water Resources Engineering.
• Engineer in Training (EIT) or Professional Engineer (PE) certification required.