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Water Resources Engineer II

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States; Orlando, Florida, United States

At RES, we’re looking for purpose-driven individuals who are passionate about restoration and sustainability, and who want their work to make a lasting environmental impact. Our team members go above and beyond, bringing initiative, integrity, and a strong work ethic to every project. Collaboration is key—we thrive on teamwork, open communication, and diverse perspectives. In a field that constantly changes, we value those who are resilient, adaptable, and resourceful in the face of challenges. If you're intellectually curious, eager to learn, and ready to help restore ecosystems and protect natural resources, you’ll find your place here.

RES is looking for a Water Resources Engineer with two to four years of experience in water resources field to support the design and implementation of restoration, stormwater, and nature-based infrastructure projects. This role is ideal for an engineer with strong fundamentals in hydrology, hydraulics, and ecological design who’s ready to contribute to meaningful, field-tested solutions—and grow into technical leadership. You’ll be based out of one of RES’s Florida offices in Orlando, DeLand, or Fort Lauderdale and work closely with our internal engineers, scientists, and project managers. You’ll spend most of your time focused on design, modeling, and technical analysis, with occasional travel to project sites for assessments, construction support, and QA/QC review.

Why You’ll Love This Job

  • You’ll help design and deliver real-world ecological solutions
  • You’ll gain exposure to restoration, stormwater, and nature-based design
  • You’ll learn from senior engineers, PMs, and scientists across diverse regions

A Day in the Life

Working for RES means having a career that truly makes an impact and a job that improves nature and our communities. We foster a team environment while enriching individual growth. 

As a member of our team, you will focus on projects for ecosystem restoration, water quality improvements, coastal resiliency, and improvements in complex watersheds, as well as solving unique ecological and hydrologic issues in various complex watersheds across Florida. Opportunities may include projects for large landscape-level flood mitigation; urban, sub-urban and rural stormwater retrofits; stream and wetland restoration; living shorelines; canal retrofits and nutrient reduction projects related to EPA’s Impaired Waters Rule/Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and Florida’s Basin Management Action Plans (BMAPs).

Your day to day design tasks and projects may include feasibility assessments, water resources design, plan development, cost estimating, post design, and seeing projects that you had a hand in designing built in the field.

You will have the opportunity to interact and work on innovative designs that require developing new and/or improved techniques and procedures.

 

We would love to talk to you if you have many of the following:

  • Bachelor's and/or Master’s degree in Civil, Environmental, Water Resources, or Coastal Engineering with a water resources focus.
  • Engineer In Training license with the expectation to sit for the Florida Professional Engineering Exam within one to two years of hiring.
  • Two to four years of experience with stormwater management, watershed and floodplain management and planning, natural systems mitigation, living shorelines and restoration design and management, and/or stream and wetland design.
  • Experience with Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling software (ICPR 3, Storm Wise (ICPR 4), HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, and XPSSWMM). Stormwater BMP Design.
  • Experience with AutoCAD/AutoCAD Civil 3D
  • Knowledge of basic civil site design fundamentals (i.e. grading, drainage, topography, coordination with survey, stormwater management, culvert/pipe sizing, open channel design, permeable pavements/surfaces).
  • Ability to research and analyze different treatment techniques and propose innovative restoration design approaches for water quality treatment and their impacts on nutrients and feasibility for water quality improvement at sites. 
  • Familiarity with jurisdictional design standards and basic permitting requirements
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS) skills
  • Ability to support occasional fieldwork, including site assessments, QA/QC, and construction observation

What will make you stand out?

  • Experience preparing project estimates, floodplain analyses, H&H investigation and modeling, evaluating groundwater hydrology, and assessing and restoring stream and wetland biological functionality.
  • Experience with AutoCAD/AutoCAD Civil 3D
  • Knowledge of field survey and data collection techniques for streams, wetlands, shorelines; monitoring wells, water quality and flow monitoring.
  • Living shoreline design experience.
  • Low Impact Development (LID) design experience.
  • Direct experience with Federal/State/Local environmental regulations and understanding of the Federal Clean Water Act, State Stormwater Rule, and other state and federal environmental regulations, and permitting processes.
  • Problem-solving skills for developing solutions for projects.

Apply now and help us engineer the future of ecological restoration—one project at a time.

 

Please note that the “Day in the Life” section is not intended to be an exhaustive list of job duties, but rather a representative snapshot of typical responsibilities and work experiences at RES.

RES is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

 

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