Job Description:
Are you interested in a career in the fun, exciting, yet stable field of civil engineering? Binkley & Barfield takes pride in our exceptional staff and considers our team critical to the company’s success. Providing professionals with the tools and training they need to achieve excellence in their career is key to employee engagement and productivity. Our goal is to foster a work environment that attracts top talent, inspires innovation, and renders excellence in service to our clients.
Our Houston Infrastructure group has a need for a Project Engineer in the hydraulics & hydrology/water resources discipline to join their team. In this role you will perform Hydrologic & Hydraulic tasks for Stormwater Resources projects and prepare study reports of the analysis and design.
What you will do:
- Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling of drainage systems and other storm water conveyance features
- Preparing reports, studies and designs related to hydrologic and hydraulic analysis
- Working with senior hydraulic project managers to learn and enhance modeling skills
- Performing analysis for watershed projects such as no-rise studies, bridge hydraulic studies, and culverts
Preliminary Engineering Reports (PER) / Engineering Letter Report (ELR) for Roadway and Neighborhood Street Redevelopment (NSR) projects for storm sewer or open ditch drainage systems, and inlet analysis
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Job Requirements:
Who you are:
You are a critical thinker with excellent analysis and problem-solving abilities. You are accomplished at oral and written communication with exceptional listening and comprehension skills. You have above average computer literacy and technical capabilities. Collaboration is a part of your DNA, and you enjoy working with others to accomplish goals and deliver excellent customer results.
What you bring:
- BS degree in Civil Engineering is required from an ABET accredited program
- Passed FE exam and either has a PE or is nearing completion of Texas licensure
- 2 to 6 years of experience in H&H studies, floodplain impact analysis, and mitigation design
- Knowledge of local criteria in Houston area and vicinity, (COH, HCFCD, HCED, etc.) required
- Prior experience in TxDOT bridge, watershed evaluation and hydraulic projects preferred
- Prior work on FEMA studies (LOMR, C-CLOMR, LOMR-F, CLOMR-F, LOMA etc.) preferred
- AutoCAD Civil 3D experience required
- HEC-HMS HEC-RAS (Steady & Unsteady), XP-SWMM/EPA-SWMM/ InfoWorks or similar software experience required
- Knowledgte of hydrological methods HEC-HMS, Rational method, Small Watershed Method, SCS Hydrological Soils (NRCS) required
- Experience in HouStorm, HY-8, HydraFlow Express, Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Sewer Analysis, and OpenRoads SUDA preferred
- ESRI Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software and extensions such as 3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst, HEC-GeoRAS, and HEC-GeoHMS experience preferred
- Ability to prepare technical reports with supporting exhibits, tables, charts, and software output
- Office software including MS Office and Adobe Professional (or BlueBeam) required
- Experience with HCFCD’s M3 System and submittal guidelines preferred
- 2D analysis & modeling (HEC-RAS/ XPSWMM) software preferred
The things about us you will appreciate!
Our comprehensive benefit package includes the following:
- Three medical plan options (2 PPOs and a HDHP)
- Dental & vision plans
- Company-paid group life, short and long-term disability insurance
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- Flexible and Dependent care spending accounts
- Additional Supplemental plans (Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident)
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off (PTO) which starts accruing upon hire
- Alternative Work Schedules
About Binkley & Barfield | DCCM
Binkley & Barfield, a DCCM company, and its sister companies offer a range of services, including transportation, structural, traffic, infrastructure (drainage, water, wastewater, and roadway), survey, construction management, utility engineering and coordination, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), telecommunications, power, pipeline, and emerging technologies.
Binkley & Barfield has also been voted one of Houston’s Top Places to Work by the Houston Chronicle over 10 years in a row and is repeatedly ranked as one of the Top 10 Largest Houston-Area Civil & Structural engineering firms by the Houston Business Journal. Binkley & Barfield continues to provide excellence not only to its clients but to its employees as well.