Job Description:

Drainage Engineer (Design)

Dubai, UAE

Parsons is looking for a Drainage Engineer to join our team! In this role you will get to perform a variety of projects and further develop their skills and leadership expertise.

This role will see the successful candidate being involved with a range of projects with technical expertise in stormwater drainage design, sustainable drainage design, detailed design, and hydrologic and hydraulic modeling.

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 the complex environment to meet site-specific requirements.

Understanding the biological and physical process 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.

Coordinating 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 Engineering from a reputable university, 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.

Minimum 6 years 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, SWMM, HEC RAS, and HEC-HMS knowledge.

Experience with Infoworks ICM would be an added advantage.

Excellent command with GIS and CAD tools such as ArcMap, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Microstation.

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).

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Excellent organizational skills.

A collegiate, team-player attitude.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:

Not Applicable/None

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veteran.