Drainage Engineer

Full Time @Parsons Corporation in Civil Engineering
  • Post Date : August 11, 2026
  • Salary: Negotiable

About the job

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Drainage Engineer to join our team! In this role you will be allowed to work across a wide variety of projects and further develop skills and leadership expertise

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Independently carry out design of stormwater drainage systems for various projects.
  • Manage design of non-conventional/smart drainage systems and Sustainable Urban Drainage systems.
  • Investigating and developing stormwater drainage designs with minimum supervision, based on principles of urban drainage design, SuDS, and water-sensitive design.
  • Hydraulic and System design of complex environments to meet site-specific requirements.
  • Understanding the biological and physical processes of stormwater management.
  • Applying innovative ideas, technology, and value engineering solutions.
  • Supervision and support to junior engineers.
  • Undertake hydrologic modeling, calculations, drawings, and report writing.
  • Work across all stages of a project, taking a high level of responsibility but under the coaching and support of our senior engineers.
  • Coordinate with the CAD / BIM / 3-D modeling teams on projects.
  • Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

  • Degree in Civil/Environmental/Hydrology and or Water Engineering from a reputable university
  • Minimum 5+ years of experience related to infrastructure and civil engineering projects, water engineering, including stormwater drainage design, catchment analysis, stormwater management, and planning.
  • Sound knowledge of principles of hydrology and hydraulics.
  • Experience of designing culverts, urban drainage systems and highway drainage is required.
  • Demonstrated understanding of hydrologic and hydraulic modeling/design software packages used in the design of surface drainage, piped networks, cross drainage, and flood analysis, i.e., CAD skills, Infoworks ICM.
  • Excellent command of GIS and CAD tools such as ArcMap, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Navisworks.
  • The capability of mathematics to create calculation sheets and perform further calculations where required to ensure the design is appropriate.
  • Knowledge of Water Sensitive Design and Sustainable Drainage Design (SuDS).

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring

  • Master’s Degree in Water Engineering/Hydrology would be an advantage.
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng) qualified (or equivalent) or well-progressed towards qualification.
  • Candidates working towards professional qualifications (PE, ICE, CIWEM, etc.) will be preferred.
  • Experience with Infoworks ICM 1D and 2D modelling would be an added advantage.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • A collegiate, team-player attitude
  • Prior experience in the GCC market/projects.

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