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Job Description:
Drainage Engineer (Design)
Dubai, UAE
Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Drainage Engineer to join our dynamic team! In this role you will be given an opportunity to work across a wide variety of projects and further develop skills and leadership expertise. This role will see the successful candidate being involved with a range of projects with technical expertise in stormwater drainage design, sustainable drainage design, detailed design, and hydrologic and hydraulic modeling using ICM Infoworks.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Independently carry out design of stormwater drainage systems for various projects.
- Manage design of non-conventional/smart drainage systems and Sustainable Urban Drainage systems.
- Investigating and developing stormwater drainage designs with minimum supervision, based on principles of urban drainage design, SuDS, and Water sensitive design.
- Hydraulic and System design of the complex environment to meet site-specific requirements.
- Understanding the biological and physical process of stormwater management.
- Applying innovative ideas, technology, and value engineering solutions.
- Supervision and support to junior engineers.
- Undertake hydrologic modeling, calculations, drawings, and report writing.
- Work across all stages of a project, taking a high level of responsibility but under the coaching and support of our senior engineers.
- Coordinating with the CAD / BIM / 3-D modeling teams on projects.
- Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.
What Required Skills You’ll Bring
- Degree in Civil Engineering or other relevant disciplines from a reputable university.
- Minimum 4+ years of experience related to infrastructure and civil engineering projects, water engineering, including stormwater drainage design, catchment analysis, stormwater management, and planning.
- Sound knowledge of principles of hydrology and hydraulics.
- Experience of designing culverts, urban drainage systems and highway drainage is required.
- Demonstrated understanding of hydrologic and hydraulic modeling/design software packages used in the design of surface drainage, piped networks, cross drainage, and flood analysis, i.e., CAD skills, SWMM, HEC RAS, and HEC-HMS knowledge.
- Experience with Infoworks ICM is necessary for this role.
- Excellent command with GIS and CAD tools such as ArcMap, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Microstation.
- The capability of mathematics to create calculation sheets and perform further calculations where required to ensure the design is appropriate.
- Knowledge of Water Sensitive Design and Sustainable Drainage Design (SuDS).
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
- Master's Degree in Water Engineering/Hydrology would be an advantage.
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) qualified (or equivalent) or well-progressed towards qualification.
- Candidates working towards professional qualifications (PE, ICE, CIWEM, etc.) will be preferred.
- Prior experience in UAE or GCC market/projects.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- A collegiate, team-player attitude.
- Team player with good communication skills.
- Good design coordination skills with other disciplines
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Skills Required
- Degree in Civil Engineering or relevant discipline
- Minimum 4+ years experience in infrastructure/civil engineering and water engineering including stormwater drainage design and catchment analysis
- Sound knowledge of hydrology and hydraulics principles
- Experience designing culverts, urban drainage systems and highway drainage
- Experience with hydrologic and hydraulic modelling/design software (SWMM, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS) and CAD skills
- Experience with Infoworks ICM
- Proficiency with GIS and CAD tools such as ArcMap, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, MicroStation
- Ability to produce calculation sheets and perform engineering calculations
- Knowledge of Water Sensitive Design and Sustainable Drainage Design (SuDS)
- Master's degree in Water Engineering/Hydrology
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) or working towards professional qualifications (PE, ICE, CIWEM, etc.)
- Prior experience in UAE or GCC projects
- Strong verbal and written communication and organizational skills
- Team-player attitude and good design coordination skills with other disciplines
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
