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Drainage Design Engineer

Lensa
Reston, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/4/2026
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Take your career to the next level with Jacobs, a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed - today and into tomorrow. 

The Jacobs Virginia Transportation team is searching for a motivated Drainage Design Engineer who can utilize their technical and design skills to deliver roadway-related infrastructure projects. This opportunity is your chance to work on multi-disciplined transportation projects that focus on highway, roadway, and interchange projects.

In this role you will provide drainage design for roadway and highway projects throughout Virginia. Work at this level requires the ability to work in a team, collaborate, and keep pace with a fast-paced environment. Typical work assignments may include storm drainage analysis and design, cross drainage design, erosion and sediment control, temporary drainage, quantity and cost estimates, preparation of technical reports and memorandum, and preparation of construction plans, estimates, and specifications as required.

When you join us, you’ll work in a team environment with other project engineers on the detailed drainage design of urban and rural transportation projects. You’ll conduct storm drainage analysis and design per the requirements of the project and various transportation public agencies such as VDOT.

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering;
  • Previous experience working on transportation projects with focus on drainage design;
  • Ability to communicate effectively and coordinate all drainage design phases of a project with other team disciplines;
  • Previous experience utilizing Bentley OpenRoads Drainage and Hydraulic Modeling software;
  • Previous experience created technical documentation, reports, and/or memorandum.

Ideally, You’ll Also Have

  • Master’s degree in civil engineering;
  • Registration as Professional Engineer (PE) or able to obtain within 1 year;
  • Previous experience with PS&E, schematic and alternative delivery (i.e. Design-Build and PPP) transportation projects is a plus;
  • Experience in utilizing Bentley Geopak Drainage, StormCAD, CivilStorm, and other modeling software is a plus.

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.

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