Hydraulic Engineer

Welcome to Verdantas, where innovation meets sustainability and your career finds purpose. As a vital member of the Verdantas River Design and Fisheries team, you’ll join a group of world-renowned engineers, scientists, biologists, and knowledgeable support staff dedicated to pushing the boundaries of environmental consulting, sustainable engineering, and cutting-edge digital technology.At Verdantas, we focus on supporting diverse industries, ranging from power generation, and manufacturing to critical infrastructure, defense, and biopharmaceuticals. Our services encompass a breadth and scope not commonly found in one location. From conceptual design to detailed design, fisheries studies, stream restoration, sediment transport and geomorphic analyses, analytical modeling, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), field assessments, physical modeling, precision flow meter calibrations, and field testing – all of these specialized services are found within our Verdantas team.When you join the Verdantas team, your expertise will contribute to the ongoing expansion of our services and the exploration of innovative solutions. WE value team members with unique skills and offer an environment where your contributions play a crucial role in advancing our commitment to excellence in environmental consulting, engineering, and digital technology services.Become a part of our legacy of expertise and dedication, where your contributions play a vital role in shaping the future of hydraulic modeling, flow-related engineering, and environmental challenges.We are seeking a Hydraulic Engineer with 5-10 years of experience in civil engineering hydraulics and its application in water resources, especially with hydraulic modeling, river mechanics, erosion control/bank stabilization, sediment transport, flood mitigation, and channel restoration and design. Our goal is to find a highly qualified individual who is driven and interested in joining our family of engineers, biologists, and scientists and being instrumental in the expansion of our water resources services. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of hydraulics, solid experience with 1-D and 2-D hydraulic modeling, and a history of performing riverine-based projects. The ability to communicate complex concepts to clients through oral, written, and graphical communication is key. Experience involving riverine flows, hydraulic structures, fish passage, channel design, sediment transport, and geomorphology is highly preferred. Experience with CFD modeling of civil hydraulics projects is also highly desired. The candidate must be a team player but be comfortable working independently. This position will work closely with our Fort Collins, CO office, where current staff have a range of in-office and remote preferences. This position is hybrid and can be local to one of our 60+ office locations .This is an opportunity to work with colleagues who pride themselves on the quality of their work and to focus on unique, one-of-a-kind projects with clients throughout a range of geographies and industries.Responsibilities:

Actively collaborate with our team and provide technical excellence in areas such as river/stream restoration, sediment transport, flood mitigation, fish passage, bridge hydraulics and scour countermeasure design.

Field data collection

Technical execution of water resource engineering projects

Develop technical approaches and costing, analysis of field and modeling data, interpretation of modeling results, and hydraulic design

Technical writing (proposals, memos, reports, presentations, conference papers, etc.)

Application of modeling tools in hydraulic assessments and design

Attendance and presentation at industry conferences and trade shows

Collaboration with technical staff

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Hydraulic or Civil Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

5-10 years of industry experience in civil hydraulic engineering

Hydrologic and Hydraulic modeling and analysis (HEC-RAS or SRH-2D)

Sediment-transport modeling and analysis preferred

CFD experience is a plus

EIT

Professional Engineer preferred

Experience with commonly used software for water resource modeling

Must be able to pass a background check

Benefits:

Flexible Work Environment

Paid Parental Leave

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life and AD&D Insurance

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

401(k) with Company Match

Paid Time Off + Holidays

Verdantas strives to develop new ways to increase diversity awareness within our organization. We recruit and reward our employees based on capability and performance — regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, or physical ability. For us, it is imperative to build balanced teams from all walks of life and we believe that a diverse workforce is a stronger workforce.Verdantas is an EOE race/color/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/vet