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Drainage Engineer

EXP
Tampa, FL Full Time
POSTED ON 1/28/2026 CLOSED ON 2/26/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Drainage Engineer position at EXP?

Job Description

EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Drainage Engineer in our Tampa, FL Office

Your work environment at EXP

EXP is currently seeking a talented full time Drainage Engineer for our Tampa, FL team. The candidate will work on a variety of transportation and site civil related projects performing hydraulic/hydrologic analyses and designing appropriate drainage systems in close coordination with Roadway, Site Civil, and Structural Engineers. The candidate will be responsible for assuring that the planning and design are according to the governing agency’s requirements with emphasis on FDOT and municipal projects, and the construction plans, specifications and cost estimates are prepared following client’s standards and requirement, and generally accepted industry procedures and practices.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

  • Assist project managers with scoping and budgeting for drainage work
  • Assist project civil, roadway and structural engineers with planning and layout of drainage structures
  • Analyze and design drainage infrastructure and perform floodplain analyses for both transportation and site civil projects including roadway, bridge, coastal, site design, alleviation of flooding issues, storm water and watershed planning, best management practices for water quality and sustainable development
  • Develop drainage design approach including design criteria and methodology
  • Lead drainage design team for large/complex projects
  • Perform various drainage engineering tasks for smaller projects
  • Responsible for project deliverables such as design calculations, construction plans, specifications and cost estimates
  • Coordinate and obtain permits for stormwater, water quality, floodplain, and simple wetland impacts
  • Responsible for quality assurance of deliverables
  • Assist with business development activities
  • Assist with other discipline deliverables as required.

What Your Experience Looks Like

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably with a focus on water resources engineering or civil engineering
  • Minimum 4 years related experience
  • EIT or PE required
  • Thorough understanding of hydrologic and hydraulic analyses
  • Prior use of MicroStation, Civil3d, ICPR/StormWise, HEC HMS, HEC-RAS, XP SWMM, Hydraflow, HY8, and other related software
  • Understanding of FDOT Drainage requirements
  • Experience permitting projects through Water Management Districts and FDEP; USACOE and knowledge of the various county stormwater ordinances within Florida

About Us

Our story

With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, EXP provides engineering, architecture, design and consulting services to the world’s built and natural environments.

Our heritage dates back to 1906, when the earliest of EXP’s predecessor companies started its engineering infrastructure practice. Today, thousands of creative professionals across EXP work together to deliver extraordinary experiences year after year.

What Makes Us Different

The passion, enthusiasm, diversity and industry-leading capabilities of our employees make us who we are. We’re committed to providing a challenging work environment that cultivates career growth, encourages creativity and rewards excellence.

Find out more about life at EXP by visiting www.exp.com .

About The Team

EXP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who fully and actively supports equal access for all people regardless of Race, Color, Sex, Religion, Gender, Age, National Origin, Veteran Status, Disability, Genetic Information or Testing, Family and Medical Leave, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression.

Should you need any special accommodations, please feel free to contact us at hrsupport@exp.com and we will arrange for the most suitable accommodations based on your needs.

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