Principal Drainage Engineer

Job Description

Principal Drainage Engineer

Doha, Qatar

Responsibilities

• Civil and Transport infrastructure drainage design.
• Detailed analysis and review of hydrological and hydraulic models.
• Provide technical design expertise for drainage and stormwater quality systems, including piped networks and major transverse drainage structures. Embrace and promote a leading digital work environment and delivery culture.
• Hydraulic and system design of complex environments to meet site‑specific requirements.
• Apply knowledge and experience of the biological and physical processes of stormwater management.
• Apply innovative ideas, technology, and value engineering solutions.
• Supervision/mentoring and support to intermediate and junior engineers including responsibility for the QA/QC of deliverables.
• Undertake hydrologic modelling, calculations, drawings, report writing, design review, and supervision.
• Lead projects, take high‑level responsibility, act as a project lead and build strong relationships with clients to obtain design approvals.
• Coordinate with the CAD/BIM/3‑D modelling teams on projects.

Required Skills

• A Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Hydraulic, Hydrology, Water and/or Environmental Engineering.
• Minimum 12 years experience in water engineering, including stormwater drainage design in civil and transport projects, stormwater management, and planning.
• Sound knowledge of principles of hydrology and hydraulics.
• Demonstrated understanding of hydrologic and hydraulic modelling/design software packages used in surface drainage, piped network, cross‑drainage, and flood analysis (e.g., CAD, SWMM, HEC‑RAS, HEC‑HMS).
• Experience with Infoworks ICM, 1D/2D is compulsory.
• Excellent command of GIS and CAD tools such as ArcMap, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and Microstation.
• Mathematical capability to create calculation sheets and perform necessary calculations to ensure design appropriateness.
• Knowledge of Water Sensitive Design and Sustainable Drainage Design (SuDS).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• A collegiate, team‑player attitude.
• Chartered Engineer (CEng) qualified (or equivalent) or well‑progressed towards qualification.
• Ability to work within a multi‑disciplinary team and encourage collaboration.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and deliver results within the project timeline.

Desired Skills

• A Master’s degree in Water Engineering or Hydrology would be an advantage.
• Experience working in Doha and wider GCC countries, including knowledge of local standards and processes.
• Hands‑on experience in the automation of design workflows using tools such as large language models (AI chatbots), Python, Ruby scripts, VBA, Dynamo, and Grasshopper.

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.