Job Location: Des Moines, IA

Are you dedicated to protecting and improving water resources while elevating your career? Are you looking for a more collaborate team environment? Are you ready to serve and grow a client base with exciting water resources projects on the horizon? Join our talented team and spearhead significant engineering projects that shape the future of our communities.

As a Senior Water Resource Engineer, you’ll be a project manager for projects involving hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, storm water planning, stream restoration, and other water resources projects. Apply now and join us in our dedication to create sustainable water solutions!

What You’ll Do:

• Lead and Manage Projects: Oversee engineering projects from start to finish, including preparing scopes of work and budgets.
• Technical Excellence: Prepare comprehensive studies, reports, design documents, plans, and specifications for water resources projects. Complete permit documents for Federal and State Agencies.
• Public Engagement: Present your innovative recommendations to city councils, watershed authorities, and county boards.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure all projects meet HEI’s high-quality standards through rigorous QA/QC reviews.
• Travel: Occasional travel throughout the state for project meetings and management activities.

Why Join Us?

• Innovative Environment: Work on fun and exciting projects that improve and protect water resources in both rural and urban landscapes.
• Collaborative Team: Be part of a supportive and talented team that values trust, honest communication, and empowers all team members to provide input.
• Professional Growth: Opportunities for continuous learning and career advancement.
• Community Impact: Contribute to projects that improve water resources and benefit communities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering, Bioproducts and Biosystem Engineering, or related Engineering field.
• IA Professional Engineer License (or ability to obtain within 6 months).
• Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in the water resources engineering field.
• Exceptional communication skills: ability to communicate with team members, client groups, and public.
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Working with municipalities and/or Watershed Management organizations.
  • Utilization of urban stormwater, hydrology, and/or hydraulic modeling for engineering studies and design.
  • Design of best management practices (BMPs) for flood reduction and/or water quality improvement of urban stormwater and/or agricultural runoff.
• Experience as a Project Manager developing project work scopes based on client needs, managing and successful completion of projects within the prescribed budget and schedule.
• Ideal candidates will have the talent and desire to build client relationships and serve as Client Manager for multiple entities.
• Must have a valid driver’s license with a good driving record.

As part of our talented staff, you will enjoy competitive pay, annual bonuses, paid health, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability, paid time off, paid holidays; parental leave, generous 401(k) match, access to HSA & FSAs, flexible schedule, annual HEI logo apparel and more.

Additionally, view our careers page to read about HEI being selected as one of the ENR top 500 design firms and as one of the Prairie Businesses 50 best places to work for several years in a row!

Apply by January 31, 2025

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability