Project Engineer / Senior Project Engineer – Water Resources

May 14, 2026 Auto Import

Project Engineer / Senior Project Engineer – Water Resources Own Your Future at Psomas Join a 100% employee-owned firm built for long-term thinking, shared success, and meaningful impact. As our Project Engineer or Senior Project Engineer supporting our Tucson AZ Engineering team, you will work remotely from the Salt Lake City, UT office while contributing to a variety of stormwater, flood control, and drainage projects. You'll collaborate with clients, regulatory agencies, and internal teams to deliver high-quality water resources projects, with increasing responsibility based on experience. Why Psomas <ul> <li style="line-height: normal;">Shared Success: An ownership culture that rewards long-term thinking and doing what's right.</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Retirement Benefits: Company-funded ESOP + 401(k) with immediate match.</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Career Growth: Clear pathways, coaching, and leadership development.</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">People-First Culture: Collaborative teams that invest in your development.</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Meaningful Work: Community-impact projects plus ways to give back.</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">An office environment second to none with a full-service gym, an indoor basketball court, dedicated training rooms, a cafeteria, and fully equipped game room that includes a blowing alley!</li> </ul> What You'll Do You will support or lead water resources & flood control related projects and provide related technical efforts to multi-disciplinary engineering projects on water resources projects, including hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, drainage design, and stormwater management. <ul> <li style="line-height: normal;">Technical Design & Analysis: Develop hydrologic and hydraulic models using industry-standard tools and contribute to or lead stormwater and flood control planning, studies and design.</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Project Delivery & Documentation: Prepare technical reports, memoranda, construction plans, specifications, and cost estimates, while also supporting or leading project scoping, budgeting, and schedule development.</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Client & Agency Coordination: Coordinate with clients, regulatory agencies, and internal teams, and support municipal drainage reviews and development permitting processes.</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Quality Control & Technical Review: Perform technical reviews and provide quality control support for project deliverables.</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Mentorship & Team Contribution: Participate in mentoring, knowledge sharing, and overall team development initiatives.</li> </ul> Required Qualifications <ul> <li style="line-height: normal;">Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from an accredited university</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Arizona Professional Engineer (PE) license, or ability to obtain within 6 months.</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">4–10+ years of progressively responsible experience in water resources engineering </li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Experience with hydrology and hydraulics, stormwater, water and wastewater design, estimating, and permitting</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Exposure to or proficiency with hydrologic and hydraulic analysis tools such as HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, FLO-2D, HY-8, Hydraflow Storm Sewers, Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Sewer Analysis, and/or XPSWMM, GIS software.</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Proficiency with Civil3D (preferred) or OpenRoads</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Strong written and verbal communication skills</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Ability to work effectively in both independent and team environments</li> </ul> Preferred Qualifications <ul> <li style="line-height: normal;">Experience with MicroStation and ArcGIS</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Municipal or public-sector project experience</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Interest in technical leadership, mentoring, and client-facing responsibilities</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Ability to grow into increased project management or technical oversight roles </li> </ul> Compensation & Benefits <ul> <li style="line-height: normal;">Employee Stock Ownership Program</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">401(k) with match</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Incentives: Discretionary bonus and recognition programs</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Time Off: 3 weeks PTO plus 8 paid holidays</li> <li style="line-height: normal;">Total Rewards: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family, along with employee ownership and retirement benefits.</li> </ul> Our Hiring Approach Our recruiting team reviews every application personally and will keep candidates informed throughout the process. If a candidate's background aligns with what we need, we'll reach out to discuss next steps. Equal Opportunity Employer We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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