Senior Drainage Engineer

Parsons Corporation

The Role

Overview

Design and manage storm drainage systems for transportation infrastructure projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • design delivery
  • hydraulic analysis
  • storm drain
  • cad modeling
  • qa/qc
  • client interface

Tasks

-Work in a team environment to help deliver transportation infrastructure design projects. -Support and participate in proposal and business development activities. -Interface with the client to address review comments and design issues or constraints. -Implement quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) standard practices. -Daily task management of junior engineers. -Lead the design effort for local projects as well as segments of larger alternative project delivery projects. -Coordinate with other design disciplines counterparts (roadway, structural, utilities, etc) to develop a comprehensive project design. -Prepares calculations for the hydraulic and hydrologic analysis of storm drains, detention facilities, culverts, water quality (BMP/LID) features, and other related items. -Provides mentorship and guides development of junior staff with standard engineering practice/methodologies, including CAD/CAE modeling software for drainage and stormwater engineering. -Develop storm drain plans, profiles, details, and specifications under the direction of senior drainage engineers.

Requirements

  • pe license
  • civil engineering
  • swmm
  • hec-ras
  • bentley
  • arcmap

What You Bring

-Ability to work independently and assume responsibility. -Experience in storm drain and water quality design related directly to transportation projects. -Experience on APD projects. -Experience leading drainage design. -Knowledge of standard DOT/FHWA drainage, hydraulic, and hydrology standards and practices. -Experience with, but not limited to, SWMM Modeling (e.g. EPA-SWMM, XPSWMM, InfoWorks, PC-SWMM), StormCAD, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, ArcMap. -Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred -Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering (or related field) and typically 8+ years of related work. -Strong communication skills. -Experience with CAD and other software associated with transportation design (Bentley and/or Autodesk). -Fundamentals of Engineering Certification and ability to obtain a PE license required. -Experience writing drainage reports. -Experience with MicroStation, OpenRoads Designer, and/or Civil3D.

The Company

About Parsons Corporation

-Over decades it expanded into oil, petrochemical, water and infrastructure projects across the US and globally. -It leverages digital tools such as AI platforms, utility data systems, and drone integration alongside traditional design and construction. -Parsons completed high‑profile projects like major bridge, tunnel, and transit works. -Specializing in transportation, energy, environmental remediation, urban development, industrial, and cybersecurity projects. -The firm has delivered hundreds of mega‑projects worldwide, including infrastructure in the Middle East and environmental cleanup contracts.

Sector Specialisms

National Security

Defense

Cybersecurity

Intelligence

Transportation

Environmental Remediation

Urban Development

Geospatial Solutions

Energy

Water/Wastewater

Construction

Infrastructure

Systems Integration

Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Design

Project Management

Information Technology

Maritime

Intermodal Transportation

Security Consulting

Crisis Management

Counter-Terrorism

Counter-Drug Support

Advanced Signal Processing