Benesch is a growing, multi-disciplined planning, engineering, and professional services firm. They are looking for a Stormwater/Drainage Engineer to work on a broad range of stormwater projects, including drainage studies, floodplain mapping, and integration with design components. The role involves performing hydrologic and hydraulic analyses, contributing to project goals, and ensuring high-quality engineering documents.
Responsibilities
- Perform hydraulic and hydrology (H&H) analyses for a wide variety of projects
- Evaluate stormwater-related design components for a variety of projects
- Prepare written reports in conformance with client and industry standards
- Assist with the development of floodplain maps
- Assist with plan production related to drainage design, stormwater management and detention facilities, water quality, quantities and specifications
- Contribute to project goals and milestones and monitor project progress
- Assist in preparation of specifications and cost estimates for a wide variety of stormwater design and planning projects
- Ensure the development of high-quality engineering documents
- Adhere to all internal procedures for quality control, documentation, and project tracking
- Assist with project pursuits
Skills
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering; Environmental Engineering or related discipline required
- 0-4 years of water resources experience
- EIT license required; PE license preferred
- A history of progressive responsibility in floodplain management, and stormwater design including:
- Experience with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling programs such as: HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, EPA-SWMM, PC-SWMM, HY-8, StormCAD, CivilStorm, Watershed Modeling System (WMS), Surface Modeling System (SMS)/SRH-2D, FHWA Hydraulic Toolbox, CUHP, and FLO-2D
- Experience with GIS Applications including ArcPro, ArcMap and ESRI Products
- Experience with plan production software including AutoCAD Civil 3D and/or MicroStation/OpenRoads
- Excellent communication skills, verbal and written
- A track-record for adhering to project budgets and schedules
- Ability to work effectively in a team environment
- Ability to prioritize, work on, and advance multiple projects simultaneously
- A desire to learn and strengthen skills
- Strong understanding of local, state, regional, and federal requirements and design standards
- Experience developing FEMA flood risk products per FEMA guidance and specifications is desired
- Experience developing storm water management plans and water quality designs is desired
- Experience with plan production related to transportation projects that adhere to CDOT standards and requirements is desired
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Company-paid life insurance
- Short term, and long-term disability plans
- 401K plan
- Profit-sharing contributions to the 401K plan
- Wellness programs
- Generous paid time benefits plan that increases throughout your career plus several paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement for job-related courses
- Ongoing professional development through resources like Red Vector, LinkedIn Learning, technical team meetings, knowledge-sharing training sessions
- Personalized training and career development plans with your manager
- Funding for training, committee work, professional organization memberships, and licenses/certifications
- Support for active participation in professional organizations to foster leadership and community engagement
- Flexible work schedules and hours, including work-from-home options
- Immediate use of annual PTB; no accrual needed with the ability to bundle time-off plans for extended vacations or life events
- Ten days of paid parental leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement
Company Overview
Serving a broad range of markets, Benesch has played a role in shaping our nation’s infrastructure and local communities for decades. It was founded in 1946, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.benesch.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Benesch has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 3 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.