Water Resources Project Engineer

HNTB

Water Resources Project Engineer responsible for design calculations, engineering plans, and team collaboration at HNTB. Ensuring project delivery and adherence to schedules and budgets with a focus on hydrologic and hydraulic modeling.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeOverland Park • Kansas, Montana, Oklahoma • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for the planning and distribution of discipline-specific work, and adherence to the schedule and budget on projects
Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation
Assists with the development of scope of work and level of effort for projects and/or assignments within discipline
Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline
Guides and mentors team to overall project objectives
Coordinates technical aspects of project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline
Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects
Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree in Engineering and 5 years of relevant experience, or PhD in Engineering and 4 years of relevant experience
Understands the impacts of decisions on technical design and work planning
Coordinates work planning and design effectively across multiple technical disciplines
Prepares high quality deliverables that are on time, and within budget and scope
Expertise in hydrologic and hydraulic modeling software
Professional Engineer (PE) certification

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

hydrologic modelinghydraulic modelingproject planningscope of work developmentbudget managementtechnical designwork planningmulti-discipline coordinationdeliverable preparation

Soft Skills

mentoringteam guidancecommunicationcollaboration

Certifications

Professional Engineer (PE)