Senior Engineer - Water Infrastructure

Who We Are

Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that help public and private clients plan, design, and build projects that improve communities' built and natural infrastructure. Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2024.

As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek's culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits. We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations, and multiple stakeholders' interest to help clients achieve project goals.

We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.

About The Job

Dudek is currently seeking a full-time Senior Engineer in our Engineering Division. This position provides planning and design support as part of a project team for water, wastewater, and recycled water projects, predominantly focused on infrastructure related planning, and design. The ideal candidate would be a professional engineer with 5+ years of experience in water infrastructure related civil engineering. This position will be based out of our Liberty Station or Encinitas locations.

Water resources professionals at Dudek work on innovative and relevant projects, frequently in a cross-discipline environment. Dudek offers a broad opportunity for personal growth based on an individual's own performance and initiative.

Who You Are

To thrive at Dudek, you should be comfortable with accountability, collaboration, flexibility while being a resourceful and independent thinker. We look for curious, solution-focused people who can adapt quickly to an ever-changing industry. There is no single way to solve a problem, so we encourage innovation.

Duties and Responsibilities (may include some or all of the below):

1. Leading hydraulic modeling and capacity analyses of pressure (water/recycled water) and open channel flow (sewer) systems, predominantly using Innovyze (AutoDesk) and Aquanuity software packages (InfoWater, InfoSWMM, AquaTwin Sewer, etc.).
2. Leading the planning and analysis of water, wastewater and/or recycled water processes and facilities, including master plans, hydraulic modeling studies, capacity analysis, alternatives analysis, condition assessment, cost estimates, risk evaluation, operations and maintenance assessments and other planning studies.
3. Capability to work in the field, including inspections and field measurements, as necessary.
4. Potential for limited travel within San Diego, Orange County, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ventura, Imperial, and Santa Barbara counties.
5. Technical document and graphics preparation.

Minimum Requirements

1. Bachelor's Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering or a similar discipline.
2. 5 plus years engineering experience in planning and design of water/wastewater-related projects.
3. Professional Civil Engineer licensed in the State of California.
4. Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office (Word and Excel), with excellent writing, organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
5. Experience with design software including ArcGIS/ArcGIS Pro and AutoCAD.
6. Experience with, or willingness to learn, hydraulic modeling software programs (predominantly Aquanuity AquaTwin Sewer, Innovyze InfoWater, InfoSewer, InfoSWMM, etc.).
7. Must possess a valid driver's license and have active personal automobile liability insurance by first day of employment.

The ideal candidate will contribute to and gain experience from Dudek's qualified team to respond to requests for proposals, deliver quality work, build relationships and engage in professional growth opportunities.

Physical Requirements

Working Conditions:

1. This job operates in a remote or office-based environment and this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, etc.
2. This job requires occasional project site visits-based outdoors which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme weather, moving vehicles and equipment.

Physical Requirements:

1. This job requires working on a computer, sitting or standing for long periods of time in an office or remote office setting.
2. This job requires attending meetings, both in person and virtually as well as speaking on the phone with peers, clients, etc. Speaking, hearing and listening are required.
3. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Proposed Salary Range: $108,000 - $141,000 annually *

*Final agreed upon compensation will be based on a variety of factors including but not limited to an individual's related experience, education, certifications, skills, and work location.

Dudek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Dudek is a U.S.-based employer. All positions are based in the U.S. and require U.S. work authorization.