Senior Bridge Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineer (PE)

Atlas is a nationwide leader in civil engineering, materials testing and geotechnical consulting services for environmental, industrial and infrastructure construction projects. Headquartered in Austin, TX, Atlas currently has over 3,500 employees with offices throughout the US, including Alaska & Hawaii. It's no accident that Atlas creates a better experience for infrastructure and environmental projects. It's how we are built - with the best people in the industry, with the reach and expertise to help at any and every step of the project, and with a heart-led approach that puts quality and safety at the center of everything we do. We're just built to be better. We are a great company.

We are seeking a Senior Bridge Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineer (PE) to join our Duluth, GA team! Come join us!

Lead the Future of Transportation Infrastructure

Atlas is seeking an experienced Senior Bridge Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineer to serve as a technical leader supporting major bridge, highway, and transportation infrastructure projects. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys solving complex hydraulic challenges, leading technical delivery, mentoring engineering staff, and collaborating with bridge and roadway teams on nationally significant projects.

The successful candidate will have expertise in hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, bridge scour evaluation, drainage design, floodplain studies, and hydraulic modeling for DOT, municipal, and transportation clients.

What You'll Do

• Lead hydrologic and hydraulic analyses for transportation infrastructure projects.
• Perform bridge and culvert hydraulic design and evaluations.
• Develop drainage reports and drainage design packages.
• Conduct bridge scour assessments and countermeasure recommendations.
• Prepare floodplain impact analyses and FEMA-related studies.
• Utilize HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HY-8, Bentley OpenFlows, ArcGIS, and other hydraulic modeling software.
• Support bridge, roadway, and transportation design teams during project development.
• Provide quality reviews and technical oversight for hydraulic deliverables.
• Mentor junior engineers and support staff development.
• Coordinate with DOT clients, municipalities, regulatory agencies, and project stakeholders.
• Support proposal development, client presentations, and project pursuits.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• 10+ years of experience in transportation hydraulics, water resources, or bridge engineering.
• Experience delivering DOT transportation projects.
• Strong understanding of bridge hydraulics, scour analysis, drainage systems, and floodplain management.
• Experience with hydraulic modeling software including HEC-RAS and HEC-HMS.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Civil Engineering or Water Resources Engineering.
• DOT hydraulic design experience with agencies such as IDOT, GDOT, FDOT, INDOT, TxDOT, or similar.
• Experience serving as a technical lead or project manager.
• Knowledge of FEMA requirements and floodplain permitting.
• Experience with resilience, climate adaptation, and risk-based hydraulic design.
• Project development and business development experience.

Why Atlas

• High-visibility transportation and bridge infrastructure projects.
• Opportunity to lead technically challenging hydraulic and water resources programs.
• Career path toward technical leadership, project management, and practice leadership.
• Collaborative multidisciplinary teams including bridge, roadway, geotechnical, and environmental experts.
• Flexible work arrangements and strong growth opportunities.

Other miscellaneous qualities:

• Ability to travel maximum of 25% of the time

Benefits:

Atlas offers a comprehensive benefit program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, Atlas benefits include health, dental, vision, life, AD&D, voluntary life / AD&D, disability benefits, leaves of absence, 401k, paid time off, paid holidays, employee assistance program, educational assistance program.

Who We Are:

We strive to be the most sought-after infrastructure and environmental solutions company, known for our unique, values-driven approach and brought to life by the industry's most exceptional people.

Atlas provides professional testing, inspection, engineering, environmental and consulting services from more than 100 locations nationwide. We deliver solutions to both public and private sector clients in the transportation, commercial, water, government, education and industrial markets.

With a legacy of providing consistent quality and results, Atlas creates a better experience at every stage of an infrastructure project. We connect the best experts in the industry to deliver value from concept to completion and beyond. This means doing everything our clients expect and then raising the expectations in a way that only our people can.

Our Values:

Life: We enhance quality of life. We value people and safety above all else.

Heart: As our hallmarks, we act with compassion, empathy and respect.

Trust: We work together as partners, doing what we say with full accountability.

Mastery: Always striving for the highest quality, we ensure greatness inspires all our work.

Atlas EEOC Statement

Atlas is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Atlas makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. For more information, read through our EEO Policy https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

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