Renewable Energy Practice Lead

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Full-time

Lewisville, TX

About the position

The position at McAdams involves working as a Civil Engineer focused on stormwater management and resiliency measures. The role emphasizes collaboration with various teams to design innovative solutions that address flooding and enhance site architecture. The engineer will engage in both fieldwork and design tasks, contributing to projects across different client types, including residential and commercial developments.

Responsibilities

• Be on the forefront of an evolving design market
• Interact with other operational groups within the overall company structure
• Communicate with plan reviewers and project stakeholders
• Engage in creative problem solving
• Work with senior engineering and landscape architecture staff to design innovative stormwater and resiliency measures which reduce flooding
• Work on stormwater designs, retrofits, construction drawings, and watershed planning studies
• Collaborate with Land Development, Planners, and Landscape Architects to enhance stormwater designs and integrate stormwater into site architecture
• Conduct field work and site visits from study or design through construction
• Design and/or analyze riverine and open stormwater conveyances, including swales, constructed, and natural channels
• Design and/or analyze other stormwater conveyances such as curb cuts, flumes, and pipe culvert systems to direct runoff to management strategies
• Design and analyze stormwater management facilities (peak flow rate detention)
• Develop and analyze proposed design solutions
• Create FEMA Flood Studies, CLOMR/LOMR letters, and No-Rise certifications

Requirements

• Four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited program in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology, or related field
• 5 - 10 years of experience in water resources and design experience
• Experience with AutoCAD
• Excellent communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Self-starter with strong drive to better oneself, project team, and community
• Ability and desire to be licensed in Texas within 4 months

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with stormwater, floodplain, and watershed modeling
• Experience with FEMA processes and submittals
• Understanding of common stormwater regulations and permitting requirements
• Civil 3D
• Exposure to ArcGIS Pro or other GIS Software
• Experience with HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS
• Licensed as a Professional Engineer in Texas