Hydraulics Manager

When you join Forsgren Associates, a newly acquired Apex Company, you won’t just be ‘going to work’. You’ll be helping grow a longstanding business while receiving the recognition and support your commitment to professional growth deserves. This candidate can sit remotely in the intermountain west.

Your Responsibilities as a Sr Hydraulic Engineer:

- Serve as the Hydraulics Engineering Manager and discipline lead for Forsgren’s Hydraulics Practice, providing technical and operational leadership for the hydraulics team.

- Lead, mentor, and develop hydraulic engineering staff, including setting goals, providing performance feedback, supporting career development, and identifying training opportunities.

- Manage team workload and resource allocation, balancing project demands, staff capacity, schedules, and priorities across multiple projects.

- Build and grow the hydraulics practice by identifying opportunities, supporting proposals and pursuits, and strengthening relationships with existing and prospective clients.

- Provide oversight of technical quality, project delivery, and adherence to company standards and industry best practices.

- Partner with office and company leadership on staffing needs, strategic growth initiatives, forecasting, and development of the hydraulics practice.

- Manage projects including scope, schedule, budget coordination, project delivery, and client relations.

- Provide technical leadership on 1D and 2D hydraulic and surface water modeling for bridge openings, culverts, and floodplains; bridge scour evaluation and mitigation design; floodplain analysis and permitting; drainage, gravity, and irrigation system modeling and design; and stormwater management analysis considering control of water quantity and quality.

- Coordinate with design teams, environmental staff, clients, contractors, and regulatory agencies to support project design, permitting, and delivery.

- Serve as a technical resource and mentor to project teams across Forsgren, supporting staff on complex hydraulic and hydrologic challenges.

- Represent Forsgren with clients and at industry events, helping strengthen the company’s reputation and expand its presence in the hydraulics market.

What we're looking for:

- B.S. in Civil Engineering (or related field)

- Professional Engineer (PE) registration in Idaho (or ability to obtain within 6 months)

- 10+ years of Civil Engineering experience with a focus in hydraulic modeling and design

- A strong understanding of hydraulics and hydrology in engineering design, including runoff calculations, open-channel hydraulics including application to bridge hydraulic and scour analysis, culvert design, and detention structure/BMP design principles

- Experience in hydraulic modeling using 1D/2D HEC-RAS and SMS SRH-2D

- Familiarity with HEC-18, HEC-20, and HEC-23

- Experience in HY-8

- Experience with FEMA floodplain management, modeling, and permitting (LOMR/CLOMR)

- Experience with Aquatic Organism Passage (AOP) desirable

Why you'll love working for us:

- Company-subsidized medical and dental.

- Company-paid life, short, and long-term disability.

- 401k match, tuition assistance, and more.

- Cross-training and the ability to work on a variety of projects.

- Performance-based bonuses or other incentives.

- Working with the best and brightest in the industry.

- 2,000+ employee national firm with 70+ locations across the US.

Apex Job Title: Engineer 5 - Sr Engineering Manager

Req ID: 12014

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Annual Expected Pay Range $125,000 — $135,000 USD