{"id":1506300,"url":"https://alion.io/job/farnsworth-water-resources-engineer-2","title":"Water Resources Engineer","company":{"id":1969940,"name":"Farnsworth Group","domain":"f-w.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/f-w","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"staff","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Champaign, United States","Chicago, United States","Lisle, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":120000,"max":197000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":197000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":15,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AutoCAD","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-21T13:42:15Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-11","last_verified_at":"2026-10-13T06:47:03Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":21,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":21},"description":"Farnsworth Group is seeking a Water Resources Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will lead and manage a variety of water resources projects, provide technical and project leadership, mentor engineering staff, oversee client relationships and project financials, and support the growth of the water resources practice through business development and strategic planning efforts.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nWork with minimal supervision to assign, review, and evaluate performance of new projects, ensuring project needs are met.\nDisplay strong leadership for the team to meet project goals and grow the water resources group in staff, clients, and projects.\nManage several projects simultaneously within the water resources discipline from inception to completion.\nManage clients and financials associated with the water resources projects\nManage and mentor younger staff in the section\nCoordinate with Farnsworth Group leadership to explore future opportunities, budget planning, and staff resourcing needs.\nDesign a variety of water resources engineering projects, including natural channel design, green infrastructure, detention projects, culvert design, and IDOT highway storm sewer systems.\nQAQC hydrology and hydraulic modeling and analysis\nReview internal floodplain and drainage studies\nPrepare reports on engineering analyses and model results\nUnderstand permit requirements and instruct junior staff on permit applications\nMaintain and enhance relationships with clients. \nForm new client relationships to win work for the section\nTake the lead on proposal development for new projects by developing fees, writing approaches and scope, and coordinating other technical disciplines or subconsultants for the project. \nWhat You’ll Need:\nBS in Civil, Agricultural, or Environmental Engineering\n15+ years experience in engineering field (or less years experienced with an advanced degree (PhD))\nProfessional Engineering License\nNice To Haves: (optional; not all jobs will have this separate list)\nProven experience successfully executing technical design tasks and driving project delivery efforts of a team, including plan preparation. \nStrong project management credentials, including scoping, establishing schedules, fee development, budget planning, plan development, and project tracking/reporting. \nProven capabilities in H&H modeling software required. Software may include EPA-SWMM, PC-SWMM, HEC-RAS 2D, HEC-HMS, and Hydraflow Hydrographs.\nSkill in Microsoft software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)\nKnowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D and GIS preferred\nExperience with IDOT regulations preferred\nProven experience designing and managing projects in the water resources engineering field, including stream restoration, bank stabilization, green infrastructure, and detention projects.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills\nStrong current client relationships with the ability to lead business development activities. \nStrong team player that can manage and contribute to several projects simultaneously\nStrong time management and organizational skills.\nPassion for water resources and stormwater management \nCompensation to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity.\nIllinois Pay Transparency\n$120,000—$197,000 USD\nWho We Are:\nJoin Farnsworth Group, a nationally recognized architectural engineering and surveying firm where your career can thrive! For eleven consecutive years, we’ve been certified as a Great Place to Work®, and our engineers, architects, surveyors, and scientists channel their passion and expertise into making meaningful contributions to the world around us. With more than 650 talented professionals across 24 offices, we collaborate with clients ranging from small communities to some of the world’s largest brands. Our success is built on our people - their passion, creativity, and commitment to excellence. Here, you’ll find a supportive culture that champions your growth, embraces challenges, values work-life balance, and empowers you to make a lasting impact for our clients and communities. Join us and move your career forward.\nA Great Place to Work Certified\nFor eleven consecutive years, Farnsworth Group has earned the prestigious Great Place to Work® certification-thanks to our employees! Each year, our staff participate in a survey administered by the Great Place to Work organization, measuring perceptions of credibility, respect, pride, fairness, and camaraderie. The results are benchmarked against the nation’s leading companies, and only top performers receive the certification. Insights from the survey help us continually enhance our work environment and foster a culture that makes Farnsworth Group an even greater place to work.\nFull-time regular employee benefits and perks include:\n401(k) with 100% Company Match up to 5%\nMedical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans\nFlexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts\nShort & Long-Term Disability\nMaternity and Paternity Leave\nProfessional Development and Training\nMentoring Program\nPaid Time Off\nWellness/Fitness Reimbursements\nPet Insurance Plan\nHybrid Work Program\nFarnsworth Group appreciates that flexibility and work-life balance are important aspects of the careers and lives of our employees. Our Hybrid Work Program offers employees a flexible work arrangement while contributing to the Company’s culture and success. Please discuss with your recruiter for details.\nStatement on Diversity and Inclusion:\nFarnsworth Group is a collection of employees with unique backgrounds and perspectives that all come together to make us a better Company. It is our goal to recruit, hire, develop, retain, and promote a diverse group of people. Join us…and let’s make a difference, together.\nFarnsworth Group, Inc. is proud to be a M/F Disabled and Veteran EEO/AA employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5866,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":15,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"phd","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Flexible schedule","Hybrid work","Professional development","Vision insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Water Resources","Civil & Structural Engineering","Architecture","Engineering Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-30T05:53:35Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":20,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.578,"p_room":0.35,"age_days":21,"expected_fill_days":6,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:tail","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-13T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":197000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/farnsworth-water-resources-engineer-2","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/farnsworth-water-resources-engineer-2.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-13T07:15:29Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":10630,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-14T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1969940},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1969940"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ffarnsworth-water-resources-engineer-2"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ffarnsworth-water-resources-engineer-2"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ffarnsworth-water-resources-engineer-2"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/farnsworth-water-resources-engineer-2\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ffarnsworth-water-resources-engineer-2"}]}