What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineer II - Natural Gas position at Dewberry?
Job Description
Dewberry has an immediate full-time opening for an experienced Engineer II – Natural Gas in the Richmond, VA office. The selected candidate will become part of a growing team that practices total project consulting and provides comprehensive services to a wide variety of energy and commercial infrastructure clients.
This position requires natural gas distribution and transmission system subject matter knowledge, including local, state, federal, DOT 192, and ASME requirements. Have experience and knowledge of typical natural gas utility applications such as GIS, system modeling, and work management systems. This position is responsible for engineering varying size projects related to distribution and transmission and related facilities including gate stations, pressure reducing stations, accelerated replacement programs, new business, TIMP, DIMP, and FIMP.
Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.
Responsibilities
- Prepare engineering plans, profiles, specifications, equipment/bill of materials, calculations, reports, and perform quality control review.
- Prepare bid and construction packages.
- Prepare RFI responses and review shop drawings.
- Work with other engineering and planning disciplines for project permitting and easement acquisitions.
- Prepare routing studies and plans for gas distribution and transmission pipeline projects.
- Prepare other supporting plans and computations such as maintenance of traffic and sediment and erosion control plans
- Prepare and complete quality management system checklists, document management and project audits.
- Represent Dewberry and projects with city, county, state and federal agencies.
- Project work will span regulated gas utility projects, private commercial projects, and advance of pavement projects.
- Assists with scope and fee determinations for proposed engineering services.
- Assists with preparation of weekly schedules and task coordination.
- Assists with training/mentoring of staff.
- Coordinates design review process and permitting through outside agencies and assistance with client coordination.
- Performing miscellaneous job-related duties as necessary
Required Skills & Required Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited university or equivalent technical degree
- Registration as a professional engineer in DC, MD or VA or ability to obtain licensure.
- Minimum of 3 years of engineering work experience in the natural gas or liquid pipeline industry. Preferred experience at pipeline operating company or at an engineering consulting firm.
- Collaborative approach to problem solving
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to build relationships with clients and staff members
- Strong project management skills
- Strong knowledge of the regulated gas industry
- Unquestioned business and personal integrity
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.
*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.
*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.
*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.
