Senior Drainage Engineer

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Job Description:

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!

If you’re a drainage and stormwater expert who wants to lead designs, mentor others, and make a lasting impact on transportation infrastructure, we’d like to talk to you.

Apply today to join Parsons as a Senior Drainage Engineer and help us deliver the infrastructure that connects and protects communities.

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Drainage Engineer to join our team growing team in Salt Lake City and lead critical infrastructure design projects in Utah and across the nation. In this role, you’ll lead drainage and stormwater design on high‑impact transportation projects, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team that is shaping the future of mobility, safety, and resilience in our communities.

You’ll be backed by the resources of a global firm and a culture that values technical excellence, ownership, and growth—while enjoying flexibility, strong benefits, and opportunities to advance your career as a technical lead and project leader.

Why This Role is Different

• High impact & visibility: Take ownership of complex drainage and stormwater designs that directly improve safety, mobility, and sustainability on major transportation projects.
• Technical leadership: Serve as a go‑to drainage expert, leading design efforts and guiding junior staff in best practices and modern tools.
• Collaboration & variety: Work closely with roadway, structural, utilities, and other disciplines on a diverse mix of projects, including alternative project delivery (design‑build, CM/GC) work.
• Career growth: Build your profile with client interaction, proposal and business development support, and opportunities to grow into broader leadership roles. This is a unique opportunity to take charge of our growing technical practice in Utah.

What You’ll Be Doing

You will lead and support the planning and design of drainage and stormwater systems for transportation infrastructure projects, with responsibilities that include:

Technical design & analysis

• Prepare hydraulic and hydrologic calculations for storm drains, detention facilities, culverts, water quality (BMP/LID) features, and other related items.
• Develop storm drain plans, profiles, details, and specifications.
• Apply standard DOT/FHWA drainage, hydraulic, and hydrology standards and practices in your designs

Leadership & coordination

• Work in a team environment to help deliver transportation infrastructure design projects.
• Provide daily task management of junior engineers, assigning work, reviewing deliverables, and ensuring quality and efficiency.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior staff in standard engineering practices and methodologies, including CAD modeling software for drainage and stormwater engineering.
• Coordinate with counterparts in other design disciplines (roadway, structural, utilities, etc.) to develop comprehensive, integrated project designs.
• Lead the design effort for local projects as well as segments of larger alternative project delivery projects.

Quality, client interface & business support

• Implement quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) standard practices to ensure accurate, constructible designs.
• Interface with clients to address review comments, design issues, and constraints, acting as a trusted technical resource.
• Support and participate in proposal and business development activities, bringing forward innovative drainage and stormwater solutions.

What You’ll Bring (Required)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering (or related field) and typically 8+ years of related work experience.
• Fundamentals of Engineering (FE/EIT) Certification and ability to obtain a PE license.
• Experience in storm drain and water quality design directly related to transportation projects.
• Experience with MicroStation, OpenRoads Designer, and/or Civil 3D.
• Ability to work in the Salt Lake office a minimum of two to three days per week.

Desired / Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred.
• Experience with CAD and other software associated with transportation design (Bentley and/or Autodesk).
• Knowledge of standard DOT/FHWA drainage, hydraulic, and hydrology standards and practices.
• Experience with hydraulic/hydrologic modeling tools, including (but not limited to):
  • SWMM Modeling (e.g., EPA‑SWMM, XP‑SWMM, InfraWorks, PC‑SWMM)
  • StormCAD
  • HEC‑RAS
  • HEC‑HMS
  • ArcMap
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to clearly convey technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Experience writing drainage reports for transportation projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading drainage design
• Experience working on Alternative Project Delivery (design‑build, CM/GC) projects.
• Ability to work independently and assume responsibility for technical quality, schedule, and coordination.

Security Clearance Requirement:

None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next!

Salary Range: $88,400.00 - $154,700.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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