Prairie Engineers, P.C. is seeking a Senior Water Resources Engineer to join our team!
Do you strive to provide your clients with quality plans, exceptional service, and flexible, innovative solutions? Are you looking for a company that not only supports their clients like this, but their internal team too? As a progressive and rapidly growing business, Prairie Engineers can present you with a wide range of challenging projects, an opportunity to work within a highly functional team, and a leadership role that you can help define. As a young and continually evolving company, we’re always looking for a fresh approach and non-traditional roles. We’re able to move quickly and not stifled with “the way it’s always been done”. If this sounds appealing to you – come talk with us! As a professional engineer, the ideal candidate will bring extensive water resources engineering and project leadership experience. The successful candidate should have experience with complex hydrologic and hydraulic modeling and application of local, state, and federal regulations. We offer a flexible work environment, work from home opportunities, and career growth plans to meet your individual needs while providing a competitive salary and benefits. We will accommodate this position as a full-time or part-time schedule in any of our office locations.
Essential job functions include:
Manage and perform the planning, design/analysis, and construction administration of water resources infrastructure projects
Take ownership of tasks with dependable performance
Develop scopes, schedules, and budgets for various water resources engineering projects.
Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling including advanced/complex hydraulic modeling
Mentor and support the development of junior staff
Focus on project delivery and client satisfaction with attention to detail and deadlines
Develop and maintain client relationships.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
Experience: 15+ years’ relevant design experience.
Licensure: Current IL Professional Engineer (or can obtain through reciprocity)
CADD: Proficiency with ArcGIS, Power GEOPAK, OpenRoads, & AutoDesk Civil3D
Knowledge: Working knowledge of FEMA, USACE, and state DNR design standards and compliance
Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Responsive: Communicates openly, proactively, and promptly
Can Do Attitude: Positively engages with challenges and facilitates problem solving
Teamwork: Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
Ideals: Professional, positive attitude with a strong work ethic
Preferred Qualifications:
More experience: Past experience in 2D modeling, dam breach analysis, FEMA flood studies, sediment transport
Certification: Certified floodplain Manager, D.WRE Board Certification
Some Benefits of Working at Prairie
Schedule flexibility. We may accommodate non-routine schedules, part-time professional positions, and personal leaves of absence if needed. Need to match your kid’s school schedule, reduce hours during the summer or holidays, or work evenings instead of mornings? Let’s make a plan!
Location flexibility. We may accommodate work from home, work from the office, or a hybrid solution.
Ample time-off. We are looking for a candidate who will give it their all when they are at work, and we recognize the need to “recharge your batteries” so you can continue to give top-notch service to our clients. We give 160 hours of PTO to staff with under 10 years of experience and 200 hours of PTO to those over. In addition, we’ll give you an extra 8 hours for every 5 years with our company.
Paid premium overtime. The first 80 hours of overtime goes into a comp time bank which you can use as additional paid time off. If you work more overtime than that, we pay 1.5x your hourly pay rate. Not just for entry-level positions, but for almost all professional positions.
Generous benefits. A fully paid health insurance premium combined with an HRA for your annual deductible pays 100% of your routine and minor healthcare costs. Plus, life, AD&D, short term and long term disability – with all insurance effective on day 1 of your employment. A 401k that doesn’t require a match – you’ll get 3% AND the freedom to invest your money how you want.
A bonus that rewards your efforts. We want people who will work hard with a “can-do” attitude and give our clients top notch service, and we expect to reward you for that effort! We distribute approximately half (yes, half!) of our post-tax profits in our bonus program. 30% of that is pro-rated based on salaries for everyone who has been with us for over 12 months. We are a team, and it takes all of us working together to succeed. 70% of the bonus program is solely performance-based and rewards those that go above and beyond. We recognize individual contributions for each year.
Prairie Engineers is the Small Firm Winner of the “Best Places for Engineers to Work” by the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers for 2021! See what our employees have to say: https://lnkd.in/dPwzv7r
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of diversity. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.
