# Lead Surface Water Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Denver, CO
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $110,700 - $188,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is seeking a Senior Surface Water Engineer to join our Denver office.

The role involves supporting project management activities, including scope development, schedule and budget tracking, client engagement, and QA/QC, while remaining technically engaged in hydrologic and hydraulic analysis and design.

Responsibilities:

- Oversee and monitor multi-disciplinary teams to execute mid-level projects

- Help manage submittals, review cycles, and internal coordination to maintain predictable delivery

- Manage projects in the FEMA RiskMAP program in counties across Colorado

- Mentor and develop junior engineers through technical coaching, project reviews, and hands-on guidance in drainage design, hydrologic analysis, hydraulic modeling, and stormwater engineering

- Support staff growth by sharing best practices, reviewing technical work products, and providing training on hydrologic and hydraulic modeling tools, design standards, and regulatory requirements

- Foster a collaborative learning environment that promotes technical excellence, professional development, and knowledge sharing across the surface water practice

- Lead and support MHFD and other Denver-area drainage and stormwater design, including roadway drainage, culvert and bridge hydraulics, outfalls, and urban stormwater systems

- Perform and review hydrologic and hydraulic analyses using industry-standard tools and local/regional methods

- Provide technical oversight and QA/QC for modeling and design deliverables

- Maintain and grow working relationships with Denver-area municipalities, agencies, and regional stakeholders

- Participate in client meetings, agency coordination calls, and technical discussions

- Support proposal development and business development efforts through technical input and local knowledge

- Provide day-to-day technical guidance and informal mentorship to junior engineers

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a closely related field from an accredited university

- 7-10 years of applicable professional experience, including a minimum of 2 years in a Project Engineer (or equivalent) role supporting private and/or public infrastructure projects

- Colorado Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain licensure within 6 months

- Experience and familiarity with the Mile High Flood District

- Experience supporting project management tasks such as scope development, coordination, schedules, and budgets

- Working knowledge of FEMA flood studies, floodplain analysis and hazards analysis

- Proficient understanding of and experience with surface water analysis, hydrologic methodologies/models (TR-55, HEC-HMS, etc.), hydraulic models (HEC-RAS, HEC-RAS-2D, SRH-2D, etc.)

- Use computer-aided design (CADD) software to develop design plans. Use of Bentley, Autodesk, and ArcGIS software is expected

Benefits:

- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance

- Retirement savings

- Paid sick leave

- Paid vacation

- Paid parental leave

- Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings

Compensation:

- Expected Salary: $110,700 - $188,200

## Skills

### Required
- Civil Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Project Management
- FEMA flood studies
- floodplain analysis
- hydrologic methodologies/models
- hydraulic models
- CADD software
- Bentley
- Autodesk
- ArcGIS

### Nice to have
- Colorado drainage and stormwater design practices
- Experience working with municipalities, transportation agencies, or local stakeholders in the Denver metro area

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