Water Resources Project Manager / Engineer
Location
Portland, ME | United States
Job description
ABOUT THE POSITION
Water Resources Project Manager | Hybrid | Maine
VHB’s growing water resource service line is looking for a Project Manager/ Water Resources Engineer to join its dynamic team of Water Resource engineers and water quality specialists. In this position you will assist our clients with developing strategic, cost-effective, and forward-thinking solutions to their water resource, ecological restoration, transportation, and environmental challenges. You will have an opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects, ranging from site to watershed scale. Projects may include stormwater designs, bridge hydraulics and scour, stream restorations, flood mitigation and management, and coastal resiliency.
Responsibilities
- Identify both short-term deadlines, deliverables, and tasks as well as long-term client goals
- Track budgets, schedules, staff availability, and ensure internal and external intermediate and final deadlines are met
- Assist with identifying and pursuing new clients and leverage existing relationships to continue to provide valuable services to VHB's existing clients
- Assist clients with stormwater regulatory compliance and initiatives to develop comprehensive approaches that are efficient and sustainable
- Conduct, or lead staff who are conducting, a wide array of water resources related studies and analysis
- Support related water resources work such as integrated water resources planning, resiliency planning, watershed management and stormwater control planning, stormwater master planning, and NPDES permitting-related tasks
- Prepare reports for stormwater analyses and designs
- Work within a team of professionals in developing site civil engineering plans and specifications for a multitude of environmental, land development, transportation, and water resources projects
Skills and Abilities
- Superior project management skills on water resource projects
- Familiarity with stormwater management design, Low Impact Development/green infrastructure design, floodplain management, storm sewer design, grading, and site design
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Team-oriented with strong capability to motivate others
- Highly motivated self-starter
- Superior ability to collaboratively problem solve with stakeholders, clients, and teammates
- Experience with hydrologic and hydraulic modeling programs
- Understanding of local, state, and federal permitting
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in civil/environmental/water resource engineering or related discipline, master’s degree a plus
- P.E. licensure expected or ability to obtain within 6 months
- 5-8 years of stormwater, water quality, and/or regulatory experience, including project management experience
- 8-11 years of experience preferred
- Experience supervising or mentoring desired
- AutoCAD, Open Roads, and GIS experience strongly desired
W e are VHB! We’re an inspired and innovative team of engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Our work helps improve mobility, enhance communities, and contribute to economic vitality. We do this while balancing development and infrastructure needs with stewardship of our environment.
Our people make us great! VHB provides a differentiating , which includes:
- Diverse and inclusive culture of collaboration and innovation
- Opportunity to work on complex, transformational projects
- Community and social responsibility as sustainable stewards
- Focus on learning, development, and career growth
- Best-in-class benefits, including flexible, hybrid workplace
We are consistently rated one of the top AEC firms to work for across our 30+ offices on the East Coast. We’re growing, and we hope you’ll join us!
VHB is a proud Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion—supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. All individuals receive consideration for employment based on their qualifications without discrimination for race/ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, pregnancy, marital status, or any other basis protected by law.
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