A professional who designs and directs construction of power and other hydraulic engineering projects for control and use of water. Responsibilities include:

• Computes and estimates rates of waterflow.
• Specifies type and size of equipment, such as conduits, pumps, turbines, pressure valves, and surge tanks, used in transporting water and converting water power into electricity.
• Directs, through subordinate supervisors, activities of workers engaged in dredging, digging cutoffs, placing jetties, and constructing levees to stabilize streams or open water ways.
• Designs and coordinates construction of artificial canals, conduits, and mains to transport and distribute water; and plans reservoirs, pressure valves, and booster stations to obtain proper water pressure at all levels.
• Frequently builds laboratory models to study construction and flow problems.