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Senior Project Engineer, Water Infrastructure

Ramboll GroupRochester, NY, United StatesPosted November 12, 2026

Job Description

1. Job Overview:

Ramboll in Americas

Ramboll has nearly 2,000 experts working across 50 offices in the Americas applying their passion to deliver innovative solutions within Environment & Health, Water, Energy and Planning & Urban Design. Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a people company. We invite you to contribute to a sustainable future working in an open, collaborative and empowering culture.

At Ramboll, our core strength is our people, and our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act. Being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. We embrace an inclusive mindset that looks for fresh, diverse, and innovative perspectives. We respect, embrace, and invite diversity in all forms to actively cultivate an environment where everyone can flourish and realize their full potential.

Why Join Us

Work at the heart of sustainable change. Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. We believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. At Ramboll, we offer flexibility as part of our positive and inclusive approach to work. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and to ensuring opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Ramboll is committed to fair and transparent compensation practices; the anticipated base salary range for this position is $120,000 to $150,000 per year. This range reflects the compensation reasonably expected to be offered at the time of posting. Actual compensation will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and internal equity.

Role Purpose

The Senior Project Engineer, Water Infrastructure will lead technical linear infrastructure designs and preparation of contract documents for municipal and industrial clients, assist in development of design concepts and criteria, perform detailed design calculations and preparation of construction plans and specifications, provide bid and construction phase services, support business development and estimating, and coordinate and mentor technical staff and project teams.

2. Key Responsibilities:

  • Leading technical linear infrastructure designs and preparation of contract documents for municipal and industrial clients, including planning, execution and close-out.
  • Assisting in the development of design concepts and criteria, analysis and design approach/methodologies, alternative design evaluations and constructability reviews.
  • Preparation of detailed design calculations; engineering computation/technical reports; construction plans and specifications for projects with medium to high levels of complexity; and QA/QC and value engineering reviews of same.
  • Performing bid phase and construction phase services.
  • Supporting business development proposal creation, project estimating and planning.
  • Coordination and mentoring of technical staff and oversight of project teams, in collaboration with other Project Managers and those with People Management responsibilities.
  • Involvement in technical societies and associations to stay current with engineering standards and practices and emerging technologies.

3. Required Qualifications:

  • BS in Civil/Environmental Engineering.
  • PE license in VA, DC and/or MD required with ability to obtain multiple licenses through reciprocity.

4. Required Skills:

  • 8+ years of experience (demonstrated expertise accepted) with technical proficiency in water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure design, including gravity pipeline design, pressure pipeline design and pipeline rehabilitation utilizing trenchless technologies.
  • Proficiency in understanding Federal, State, and local environmental regulations and how they apply to our Municipal and Industrial clients.
  • Knowledge and experience with major national and industrial engineering design codes, standards, guidelines, and best practices needed for design of complex structures and projects.

5. Preferred Qualifications:

  • No preferred qualifications or good-to-have skills are explicitly stated in the source text.

6. Experience Requirements:

  • 8+ years of experience (Mid-Senior Level).

7. Additional Job Information:

  • Employment type: Full-time.
  • Work mode: On-site (employer-provided office locations listed below).
  • Employer-provided locations: Rochester, NY, Monroe County, NY; New York State, United States; and Mid-Atlantic (Richmond, VA / Arlington, VA / Hunt Valley, MD).
  • Notice period: Not specified in the source text.
  • Application instructions: Please submit your application and be sure to include all relevant documents including your CV, cover letter, etc. For accessibility requests related to the application process, contact job.advert.accessibility@ramboll.com.

Skills & Competencies

Waterwastewater and stormwater infrastructure designGravity pipeline designPressure pipeline designTrenchless pipeline rehabilitation

Job Overview

Job TypeFull-time
Work TypeOn-site
Job FunctionEngineering
IndustryEngineering
LocationRochester, NY, United States
Posted DateNovember 12, 2026
Country Eligibility

Applications accepted from candidates residing in United States only.

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