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Job Description

If you are looking for a place to grow your career and make a difference – RICK is the place for you! As an Assistant-Principal Project Engineer/Manager in San Luis Obispo, you will have the opportunity to work with a multi-disciplinary team on landmark projects. You will learn from and work alongside industry-leading experts to shape the future of tomorrow.

Candidates should have a BSCE degree, California Registration as a Professional Civil Engineer, and a minimum of six (6) years of water resources engineering experience. A minimum of two (2) years project management experience is required, including supervising a design team, overseeing designers, drafters, and subconsultants.

Required Technical Skills:

The candidate's technical experience must include proficiency in:

• Preparation of preliminary and final design drainage studies
• Detention basin design
• Riverine hydraulic modeling
• Stream restoration
• Sediment transport modeling
• Floodplain mapping studies
• FEMA compliance (including LOMCs)
• Drainage Master Plan preparation

Proficiency with LID design principles, HMP Compliance, Water Quality modeling, BMP design, TMDL programs, and regulatory requirements of RWQCB and SWRCB is also desired.

Good oral and written communication skills are essential.

Software Proficiency:

• SWMM
• HEC-RAS (HEC-2)
• ArcMAP v10+
• HEC-HMS (HEC-1)
• Geo-RAS/Geo-HMS
• Microstation
• LSPC/SUSTAIN
• WSPGW
• AutoCAD/Civil 3D

Project Management Skills:

The candidate must demonstrate strong decision-making, leadership, and supervisory skills, including direct supervision of water resources design staff, personnel management, reviews, training, and QC. Experience in establishing positive client/public-agency relationships is important.

Experience with contract preparation, proposal development, scope of work definition, managing multiple contracts, project scheduling, budgeting, billing, and collections is desirable. The ability to respond to RFPs/SOQs, deliver presentations, and participate in interviews for Public Works Projects is also valued.

Additional Qualifications:

Experience specific to Central Coast California, knowledge of Post Construction Requirements (PCRs), a MS in Civil Engineering or related field, programming skills, and certifications such as CFM, LEED, ENV-SP, PMP, CPESC, QSD, or QSP are a plus.

What We Offer:

• Additional compensation with overtime and bonus potential
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Profit Sharing, 401K, Life Insurance, and Personal Leave
• Company Events, Holiday Parties, and Team Building Activities

Rick Engineering Company is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

RICK is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary planning, design, and engineering firm with a 68-year history of enriching communities throughout the western United States. We offer a full range of services from initial planning through concept development, final designs, and implementation.