Water Resources Design Engineer
Johnson, Mirmiran, and Thompson Inc.
Raleigh, NCJobSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Water Resources Design Engineer will apply general engineering principles to analyze survey data, support watershed and drainage design, assist with project design and cost estimating, and prepare engineering documents and stormwater reports, working primarily in an office environment with occasional field work.
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Full job description
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals, providing a full range of multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. JMT is currently ranked #45 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 Design Firms.
Position summary: Responsible for engineering design using knowledge of general engineering principles and practices to interpret, organize, execute and coordinate assignments.
Essential Functions and rResponsibilities
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Analyze survey reports, maps, drawings, aerial photography and other topographical or geologic data to support engineering tasks
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Support watershed delineation, drainage area mapping, and hydrologic computations for stormwater management and drainage design
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Assist in designing projects in accordance with client specifications and guidelines using design software and drawing tools
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Assist with developing the project quantities and construction cost estimate.
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Assist in the preparation of engineering documents for advertisement and construction
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Support preparation of stormwater reports, permit exhibits, design calculations, and design narratives
Nonessential Functions and Responsibilities
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Required SkillsRequired Experience
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Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or a related field from an ABET accredited engineering program
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0-5 years of experience in civil engineering or related field
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Proficient in Microsoft Office
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Written and oral communication skills
Qualifications Preferred
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Engineer-in-training (EIT) certification
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Related stormwater and drainage design experience
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Experience working with local clients at the county and state level
Working Conditions
Work is performed within a general office environment 95% of the time. Work is generally sedentary in nature but may require occasional standing and walking. Lighting and temperature are adequate and there are no hazardous or unpleasant conditions caused by noise, dust, etc. within the office environment.
Field work is required on occasion where work may be conducted outside in heat/cold, wet/humid, and dry/arid conditions. Some lifting (up to 25lbs) may be required as needed.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,850 open Design Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- North Carolina median$100–144K/yr35 salary ranges
- US median$43–55/hr97 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 58 open Design Engineer jobs in North Carolina and 2,850 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Kiewit16 open
- Sargent & Lundy6 open
- Cadence Design Systems, Inc.4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Design Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,309 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,087 of the 2,850 open Design Engineer jobs (73%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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