Stanley Consultants is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Water Resources Engineer to join our Chicago, Illinois team.

Stormwater infrastructure is crucial for a sustainable and resilient future. Are you motivated, energetic and ready to contribute as a member who is among the best water resource engineers in the industry? Is your passion for leading storm water, drainage, and hydraulics/hydrology analysis contagious? Do you value work/life balance? If this describes you, we are looking for your talents as a Senior Water Resources Engineer in Chicago. Your meaningful experience in leading drainage design and flood control efforts and coordinating with other disciplines on complex projects for transportation, storm water, and civil site design matters.

 Delivering Differently - When You Work at Stanley Consultants You Will:

• Collaborate with and mentor Professional Engineers and Certified Floodplain Managers in this continually evolving and ever-changing industry.
• Support experienced engineers on a variety of infrastructure projects, including transportation, storm water, and civil site design, perform quantities calculations, prepare construction specifications, and deliver post design services as necessary.
• Bring your innovative best practices in being environmentally conscious to the Stanley team.
• Enjoy a diverse client base enabling you to follow your passion in water resource engineering.
• Contribute to the communities we call home, instilling a sense of pride and sharing in the team’s accomplishments.

Essential responsibilities include:

• Lead drainage design effort and coordinate with other disciplines on complex projects.
• Prepare Phase II engineering plans and specifications for stormwater management facilities, including detailed design calculations and modeling.
• Perform Phase I stormwater management studies, including Location Drainage Studies, Hydraulic Reports, and Conceptual Drainage Studies.
• Utilize hydraulics and hydrology modeling software to analyze and evaluate the impacts of various proposed improvements.
• Design, analyze, and review grading plans, tributary areas, flow calculations, detention pond sizing, release rates, storm sewer and culvert capacities, and other site civil design elements.
• Direct field studies, surveys, and data collection necessary to develop drainage concepts and construction documents.
• Prepare and secure various permits including stormwater, floodplain, and wetland impacts.
• Assist project managers in scoping and estimating drainage tasks, providing technical expertise and recommendations.
• Contribute to the preparation of proposals, scope of services, and contract cost estimates for drainage projects.
• Mentor and provide technical direction to junior engineering staff.

Minimum Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Requires an Illinois Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience with hydraulics and hydrology modeling software such as FHWA Hydraulic Toolbox, HY-8, HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, XPSWMM, Open Flows, and WinTR-55.
• Requires experience with Illinois DOT, Illinois Tollway, and local agency drainage design requirements, policies, and procedures.
• Relevant experience permitting projects through IDNR-OWR, IEPA, and USACE.
• Proficiency with Microstation and OpenRoads.
• Experienced in and fully capable of using the Microsoft software suite including Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Knowledge of or capability to learn virtual collaboration tools such as ProjectWise.
• Excellent communication skills and willingness to collaborate.
• Self-motivated and adaptable to evolving client, project, and industry needs.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Licensed Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM).
• Experience with local stormwater and watershed development ordinances and permitting.
• Experience with SRH-2D, Sedimentation and River Hydraulics modeling.
• Experience with AutoCAD and Civil3D.

Benefits Among the Best in the Industry

• Member-Owned. Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance and personal reward.
• Work-Life Balance. We realize there’s more to life than just work.
• Paid Time Away. Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave and professional development leave.
• Health Portfolio. We provide a comprehensive portfolio of health services including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement and mental health resources.
• Financial Health. We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection and many other benefits.
• Professional Growth. When your skills grow, so do we which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership and more.
• Financial Rewards. We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.

Why Work at Stanley Consultants?

Our members are presented with opportunities for fulfillment, learning and advancement in setting a career path. We connect with our clients, and each other. We create the future today. We contribute to making our communities livable. We are philanthropists. Apply today and discover the possibilities and make an impact at Stanley Consultants.

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Once you are hired at Stanley Consultants, you become a member of our member-owned company. Our Core Values speak to the capabilities, initiative, integrity, creativity, and commitment that make you, as a member, our most important asset. As a member, you have the opportunity to chart your own career path and play a role in shaping our mutual future.

Are you ready to take your career to the next level with a company that is committed to innovative growth and improving lives in the communities where we live and work? Stanley Consultants is an award winning, interdisciplinary consulting firm providing program management, planning, design, permitting, engineering, and environmental services. Recognized for its commitment to client service and a passion to make a difference, Stanley Consultants brings global knowledge, experience, and capabilities to serve federal, municipal, and industrial clients. Stanley Consultants solves complex challenges in power generation and delivery, transportation, water, energy, and industrial plants, building services, and the environment. Since 1913, Stanley Consultants has successfully completed more than 50,000 projects globally in more than 100 countries, including all 50 of the United States and its territories.

Throughout our history, Stanley Consultants has remained an employee-owned company, committed to a legacy of professional independence and objectivity. The commitment to private ownership, shared responsibility and reward has sustained us for more than 100 years.

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