Parsons

Drainage Engineer (Design)

United Arab Emirates · Work style not stated · Full time

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  • EmployerParsons
  • LocationUnited Arab Emirates
  • Work styleWork style not stated
  • Employment typeFull time
  • Employer posted

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

At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.

Job Description:

Drainage Engineer (Design)

Dubai, UAE

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Drainage Engineer to join our dynamic team! In this role you will be given an opportunity to work across a wide variety of projects and further develop skills and leadership expertise. This role will see the successful candidate being involved with a range of projects with technical expertise in stormwater drainage design, sustainable drainage design, detailed design, and hydrologic and hydraulic modeling using ICM Infoworks.

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What You’ll Be Doing

  • Independently carry out design of stormwater drainage systems for various projects.
  • Manage design of non-conventional/smart drainage systems and Sustainable Urban Drainage systems.
  • Investigating and developing stormwater drainage designs with minimum supervision, based on principles of urban drainage design, SuDS, and Water sensitive design.
  • Hydraulic and System design of the complex environment to meet site-specific requirements.
  • Understanding the biological and physical process of stormwater management.
  • Applying innovative ideas, technology, and value engineering solutions.
  • Supervision and support to junior engineers.
  • Undertake hydrologic modeling, calculations, drawings, and report writing.
  • Work across all stages of a project, taking a high level of responsibility but under the coaching and support of our senior engineers.
  • Coordinating with the CAD / BIM / 3-D modeling teams on projects.
  • Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

What Required Skills You’ll Bring

  • Degree in Civil Engineering or other relevant disciplines from a reputable university.
  • Minimum 4+ years of experience related to infrastructure and civil engineering projects, water engineering, including stormwater drainage design, catchment analysis, stormwater management, and planning.
  • Sound knowledge of principles of hydrology and hydraulics.
  • Experience of designing culverts, urban drainage systems and highway drainage is required.
  • Demonstrated understanding of hydrologic and hydraulic modeling/design software packages used in the design of surface drainage, piped networks, cross drainage, and flood analysis, i.e., CAD skills, SWMM, HEC RAS, and HEC-HMS knowledge.
  • Experience with Infoworks ICM is necessary for this role.
  • Excellent command with GIS and CAD tools such as ArcMap, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Microstation.
  • The capability of mathematics to create calculation sheets and perform further calculations where required to ensure the design is appropriate.
  • Knowledge of Water Sensitive Design and Sustainable Drainage Design (SuDS).

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

  • Master's Degree in Water Engineering/Hydrology would be an advantage.
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng) qualified (or equivalent) or well-progressed towards qualification.
  • Candidates working towards professional qualifications (PE, ICE, CIWEM, etc.) will be preferred.
  • Prior experience in UAE or GCC market/projects.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • A collegiate, team-player attitude.
  • Team player with good communication skills.
  • Good design coordination skills with other disciplines.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

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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