Engineering Associate – Stormwater Investigator

Hillsborough County

Engineering Associate investigating, assessing, and managing public infrastructure under licensed engineer supervision. Providing engineering support and ensuring project completion on budget and schedule.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeTampa • Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $62,088 - $85,404 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Applies broad knowledge of principles and practices to the planning, design support, construction, assessment, asset management, and maintenance of multiple municipal projects, or portions of major projects; resolves conflicts and ensures compliance with permits and regulations; prepares and monitors scopes, budgets, and schedules to ensure timely completion of projects.
Provides engineering support in the design of complete projects, systems, components of processes, including project documents.
Drafts or revises plans and drawings utilizing computer-aided design tools.
Plans, research, and conduct environmental and mapping surveys; performs cost analysis and feasibility studies.
Prepares contract drafts; evaluates contractor proposals and assists with review of proposals for professional engineering services.
Conducts reviews of permit applications.
Analyzes and interprets data; formulates and solves problems; makes recommendations based on findings.
Attends project meetings and presents specific aspects of engineering assignments, such as whether assigned projects are on schedule and established within budget.
May assign tasks to, direct, and mentor lower-level Engineering Associates and Engineering Technicians.
Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major in Engineering Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in an Engineering-related field
Ten years of experience in the planning, assessment, design, construction, inspection of public infrastructure projects, or modeling of water, wastewater, stormwater, or traffic systems
An equivalent combination of education (not less than possession of a High School diploma/GED), training and experience that would reasonably be expected to provide the job-related competencies noted above

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous PTO & Holiday Plan
Health Plans
Health Savings Account
Dental & Vision Plans
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
Tuition Reimbursement
Cafeteria Benefit
Life Insurance
Short & Long-Term Disability Insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementenvironmental surveyscost analysisfeasibility studiescomputer-aided designdata analysisproblem solvingengineering designcontract draftingpermit application review

Soft Skills

conflict resolutioncommunicationmentoringteam leadershippresentation skills

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering