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Hydraulics Engineer

Actalent

Posted Thursday, July 3, 2025

Posting ID: JP-005391429

Durham, NC
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Job Title: Hydraulics Engineer


Job Description

We are seeking a full-time engineer to join our expanding hydraulic design team. The position is anticipated to be located in our Durham or Raleigh, NC, offices, but can potentially be located in our West Columbia/Cayce, SC offices. We are a growing, sustainability-oriented, woman-owned business comprised of talented and motivated individuals focused on helping clients accomplish infrastructure projects with careful consideration of community and environmental needs. We are searching for like-minded individuals to work in a collaborative atmosphere with the goals of delivering outstanding products and superior client service while providing our employees with the flexibility to balance business and family responsibilities. The ideal candidate will support our hydraulic design group in leading hydraulic and erosion and sediment control design and floodplain modeling within our growing company. We started a transportation design group in 2023 to work cohesively with our established hydraulic design group. Our goal is to offer our transportation clients expanded services in hydraulic and transportation design for multimodal transportation and other infrastructure planning and design projects. This position will also support our existing services in environmental permitting, stormwater control measure (SCM) inspection, and watershed planning.


Responsibilities

  • Lead hydraulic and erosion and sediment control design and floodplain modeling within the hydraulic design group.
  • Support the transportation design group in offering expanded services in hydraulic and transportation design for multimodal transportation and other infrastructure planning and design projects.
  • Support services in environmental permitting, stormwater control measure (SCM) inspection, and watershed planning.

Essential Skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Environmental, Biological & Agricultural Engineering or equivalent education.
  • Professional Engineer with at least 5 years of experience in linear transportation drainage design, bridge/culvert design, and erosion control design.
  • Experience with various hydrologic and hydraulic analysis software (HEC-RAS, HY-8, GEOPAK Drainage, HEC-HMS, StormCAD, HydroCAD, etc.).
  • Experience with floodplain modeling, No-Rise certifications, and Conditional Letters of Map Revision (CLOMRs).
  • Interest in contributing to multiple design disciplines in a collaborative work environment.
  • Proficiency with Microstation and/or OpenRoads Designer.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

  • Experience with NCDOT and/or SCDOT design projects.
  • Experience with floodplain mapping.
  • NCDOT Level III Erosion Control Design Certification.
  • Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM).

Work Environment

The position is anticipated to be located in our Durham or Raleigh, NC, offices, but can potentially be located in our West Columbia/Cayce, SC offices. The company offers plenty of flexibility to balance business and family responsibilities.


Compensation:$150000

Contact Information

Email: canlee@actalentservices.com

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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Supply Chain Management
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Agricultural Engineering
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OpenRoads (Civil Design Software)
MicroStation (CAD Design Software)
Erosions
Sediment Controls
HEC-RAS
Hydraulic Analysis
Hydrologic Analysis
Erosion Control
Culvert Design
StormCAD
HEC-HMS (Hydrologic Modeling System)
Drainage Design

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