Drainage Design Engineer

Industry

Transportation

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The Jacobs Virginia Transportation team is searching for a motivated Drainage Design Engineer who can utilize their technical and design skills to deliver roadway-related infrastructure projects. This opportunity is your chance to work on multi-disciplined transportation projects that focus on highway, roadway, and interchange projects.

In this role you will provide drainage design for roadway and highway projects throughout Virginia. Work at this level requires the ability to work in a team, collaborate, and keep pace with a fast-paced environment. Typical work assignments may include storm drainage analysis and design, cross drainage design, erosion and sediment control, temporary drainage, quantity and cost estimates, preparation of technical reports and memorandum, and preparation of construction plans, estimates, and specifications as required.

When you join us, you’ll work in a team environment with other project engineers on the detailed drainage design of urban and rural transportation projects. You’ll conduct storm drainage analysis and design per the requirements of the project and various transportation public agencies such as VDOT.

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Here's what you'll need

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

• Previous experience working on transportation and drainage design projects within the state of Virginia

• Ability to communicate effectively and coordinate all drainage design phases of a project with other team disciplines

• Previous experience utilizing Bentley OpenRoads Drainage and Hydraulic Modeling software

• Previous experience creating technical documentation, reports, and/or memorandum

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Master’s degree in civil engineering

• Registration as Professional Engineer (PE) or able to obtain within 1 year

• Previous experience with PS&E, schematic and alternative delivery (i.e. Design-Build and PPP) transportation projects is a plus

• Experience in utilizing Bentley Geopak Drainage, StormCAD, CivilStorm, and other modeling software is a plus.

Posted Salary Range: Minimum

95,300.00

Posted Salary Range: Upper

145,000.00

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about. Your health. Your well-being. Your security. Your future. Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount. Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan. Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave. And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

The base salary range for this position is $95,300.00 to $145,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Job posted on May 12, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

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Locations

City State Country
Reston	Virginia	United States