WBK Engineering

Water Resources Civil Engineer

LocationGreater Chicago Area
Job Typefull_time

About This Job

About Bodwé Professional Services Group

Bodwé is the Professional Services Group of Mno-Bmadsen, the investment enterprise and a wholly owned instrumentality of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. We are architects, planners, consultants, designers, engineers, scientists, and federal contractors, committed to growing the economy and legacy of the Pokagon Band and supporting its more than 6,000 citizens. We enhance space and place in partnership with clients that span the country and business sectors, offering full-service architecture and engineering services as well as contract support services for federal agencies. We design and build, preserve and restore, mitigate and manage, serve and problem solve.

About WBK Engineering

We are a team of civil, transportation, and structural engineers, infrastructure specialists, land planners and urban designers, water and environmental scientists, and ecologists. We are a Tribally-owned, 8(a), Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) company, offering sustainable solutions to complex design, engineering, restoration, and maintenance challenges.

Position Summary

WBK Engineering (WBK) is currently seeking an experienced Civil Engineer with Stormwater and Water Resource Infrastructure Design and Modeling proficiency who will work within the Water and Environment Practice Group. This position will support the design efforts of projects for various Counties, Municipalities, IDOT, the Tollway, and various Federal Agencies. While the position is based out of our St. Charles, Illinois office, a mixture of time in-office and work-from-home will be considered.

Accommodation Requests

We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, contact 269-927-0144 or careers@bodwegroup.com

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Responsible for performing water resource project design tasks for projects of moderate to large size and complexity with guidance from senior engineers. Design tasks include analysis, report writing, permitting, and preparation of construction drawings and project specifications.
Responsible for managing small to medium size projects and tasks. This may include developing and tracking project-specific schedules, budgets, and deliverables and delegating design tasks. Responsibilities may also include coordinating with clients and vendors.
Technical assignments may include watershed hydrologic modeling, stream and river 1-D and 2-D modeling, dam breach analyses, storm sewer design, bridge and culvert hydraulic analysis, flood mitigation, general civil/site development and other related tasks.
Designs will be performed with the use of AutoCAD or MicroStation software.
Responsible for set up and execution of a range of hydrologic and hydraulic analysis software such as HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS.
Additional assignments will include developing preliminary design studies and Project Reports, completing quantity take-offs, and checking design computations.
Utilizing GIS in modeling and analysis of waterways and waterway crossings.
Coordinate engineering plans and permit submittals to clients and regulatory agencies.
Preparation of Engineer’s Opinion of Probable cost.
Coordinate with transportation and structural engineers on waterway crossings and other structural elements of transportation projects.
Client contact and ability to assist with scoping water resource engineering services and assist in development of fee proposals.

Qualifications And Experience Required Education and Degree:

Bachelor's degree in an ABET accredited Civil Engineering program or related engineering field.

Required Experience And Certification

Five to twelve years of experience in a water resource or civil engineering position
Ability to work independently solving complex problems
Licensed Professional Engineer in Illinois or ability to become licensed within a year


Desired Technical Skills

Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, Outlook, Projects, and Teams
Experience with AutoCAD or MicroStation
Experience with GIS experience

Working Environment

When not working from a home office, remotely or onsite at a project location, most of this role is performed in a temperature-controlled office environment. Occasionally, there may be exposure to loud office or technical machinery during its’ operation.

Additionally, this role may be required to attend site visits. During site visits, there will be exposure to a variety of environmental conditions, such as being outdoors, being in indoor non-temperature-controlled environments, and maneuvering in and around various terrains and construction environments.

Physical Demands

Sitting/Standing: This role is generally sedentary performing sitting work utilizing technological office equipment including a laptop, mouse, keyboard, computer monitors, telephones, and scanners, copiers, and fax machines. During site visits, this role requires the ability to traverse various project and construction sites that will have uneven surfaces.
Walking: This role requires the ability to move about inside the office to access technological equipment required for the role. During site visits, this role requires the ability to traverse various project and construction sites that will have uneven surfaces.
Stooping/Kneeling/Crouching/Crawling: This role may require stooping to reload printer trays with print paper. During site visits, this role requires the ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl to examine conditions and make recommendations to the clients for planning and improvements.
Using Hands/Fingers: This role constantly operates technological office equipment such as laptop, mouse, keyboard, computer monitors, telephones, and scanners, copiers, and fax machines.
Talking/Hearing: This role requires constant communication with others in the organization to exchange information, review information, and make decisions about information.
Seeing: This role requires the ability to view existing project sites and examine information to determine and make recommendations to the clients for planning and improvements.
Carrying/Lifting: This role requires the ability to lift up to 20lbs to transport technological office equipment to and from various workspaces.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Native American Hiring Preference

Our Parent Company, Mno-Bmadsen, Prefers To Hire Pokagon Citizens Who Are Qualified And Suitable For Available Positions. For Purposes Of This Section, “qualified” Means That The Applicant Meets The Technical And Experiential Needs For Employment; And “suitable” Means That The Candidate Appears To Be The Best Fit Considering Present Circumstance And Conditions. Targeted Preference Is In The Following Order

First, to qualified Pokagon Band citizens; and

Second, to qualified spouses, and qualified custodial parents; and
Third, to other qualified Native Americans; and
Fourth, to all other qualified applicants

Any determinations as to the applicability of the Pokagon hiring preference are at the discretion of each Company President.

Reporting Branch:

Infrastructure Services

Reporting Entity:

WBK Engineering

Fair Labor Standards Act Status:

Exempt

Hours Per Week:

40

Reporting Status:

Hybrid (St. Charles, IL Office)

Reports To:

Water Resources Practice Lead

Manages Others:

No

Overnight Travel:

Up to 5% Annually

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