Surface Water Engineer
Job title: Surface Water Engineer in West Palm Beach, FL at Kimley-Horn
Company: Kimley-Horn
Job description: Overview:Kimley-Horn's West Palm Beach, Florida (FL) office is seeking a Civil Engineer with 4+ years of experience to join their Surface Water team! This is not a remote position. Responsibilities:
- Support our growing water resources practice and will require working with multi-disciplinary teams for a variety of existing and new public and private clients
- Work in a dynamic team environment on a range of projects including surface water management studies, site development design for surface water infrastructure, gravity water control structures, pump station design.
- Prepare design documents, and design plans and specifications for water resources projects as well as Hydraulic/Hydrology studies, drainage reports
- Technical writing in the form of design memorandums and reports, feasibility studies, regulatory submittals (including CLOMR/LOMR submittals to FEMA), and master plans
- Assist with developing scopes of work and associated budgets
- Experience with South Florida surface water infrastructure
- Report or planning level documents CIP development
- This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team of engineers and designers on a variety of projects
- You will flourish on both building meaningful internal and external professional relationships
- You will work closely and collaboratively with other industry leading professionals, various jurisdictions, and contractors
- 4+ years of relevant engineering design experience
- Professional Engineering (P.E.) License (or ability to obtain within 12 months)
- Experience with AutoCAD, ArcGIS, HydroCAD, SWMM, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, StormCAD, and other related hydrologic/hydraulic analysis and design software
- 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
- Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to1- company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution.
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
- Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
- Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.
- Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
- Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.