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Water Resources Engineer - EIT at Stantec in New York, NY

Entry LevelHybridFull-timeNew York, NY$97k–$141k/yr

Skills

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Job Description

Communities everywhere share the need for clean water. And as they work to meet that need, they’re facing new, more complex challenges every day. Our water professionals collaborate to contribute innovative ideas, guided by scientific rigor and a vision for sustainable growth. Every day, we’re helping communities improve, reuse, and protect our world’s most precious resource.

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Your Opportunity

We are looking for an energic and passionate Urban 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.

Your role as an Urban Water Resources Engineer-in-Training is to work on sewer / water planning projects across the country under the guidance from the Subject Matter Experts (SME) in the industry. You will learn and further develop both technical and non-technical skillsets to become a solid engineering consultant. You will be part of our national urban water resources modeling team to deliver high quality products in a fast-paced environment. You will perform a variety of tasks which will include model development and calibration, identify and develop flood mitigation solutions, determine sewer or water infrastructure improvement needs for future growth, and support water or sewer design. 

Stantec’s Urban Water Resources is a large and diverse sector of client types, geography settings and service offerings. Our teams, deal with converging impacts of climate change, aging infrastructure, regulations and expanded development. Balancing regulations, mitigation, development needs, and community demands is no simple task. With planning/modeling expertise in urban flooding, sewer systems, water distribution, green infrastructure, and aging infrastructure, our team is committed to supporting projects with implementation plans, monitoring, and optimalisation 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 passionate professional’s and known industry leaders in modeling appeal to you? Apply now and you can join some of the best technical people in the world and work on projects you can be proud of! 

Your Key Responsibilities

Use knowledge of general concepts of relevant civil engineering elements including system hydraulics, surveying and topographic mapping, geotechnical considerations, grading, utility investigations and analyses.

Assist team in preparing analyses and results for client presentations and technical reports.

Assist team in preparing design drawings, specifications, quantity estimates, cost opinions, and gather information to support design decisions.

Conduct basic calculations and performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned and under the supervision of a project engineer.

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 and contract document clarifications.

May perform field work related to collection systems.

Assist in supporting the civil team in providing support services during capital improvement planning that can include data reviews, research, hydraulic analyses, and requests for information from different agencies.

Perform other duties as assigned by senior engineering staff.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Organization and critical thinking skills

Ability to work and excel in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment

Some understanding of hydrology and hydraulics, urban sewer system, storm water/drainage, or water distribution system, and urban flooding

Strong interests in sewer or water distribution planning / modeling

Experience in Microsoft Office and ArcGIS. Willingness to learn new software

Ability to analyze large amounts of data

Experience with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software programs, such as PCSWMM, InfoWorks, or InfoWater

Ability to focus on all areas of a project or task and must be organized to maintain efficiency while producing accurate work

Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought

Understanding of civil engineering concepts and ability to effectively communicate ideas to others

Ability to interpret sketches, engineering drawings, and other similar material

Education and Experience

Education: Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Civil and/or Environmental Engineering

Experience: Minimum of 1-3 years of related experience

Licensure: Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification required

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. 

About Company

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

Company

Join our team to deliver transformational projects that will benefit future generations. Grow with us, H2O+U.