The Senior Civil Engineer is responsible for overseeing civil engineering projects from start to finish, including preparing project-related documents, participating in field services, and ensuring compliance with applicable codes and industry standards. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, team player, and experienced in managing and mentoring less experienced staff.

Job Requirements

Highly experienced with Civil Engineering design tasks such as planning, site layout, pavement design, grading design, drainage design, water distribution design, sewer collection design, road design, erosion and sediment control design, stormwater management design and hydrology studies, etc.
Self-starter, motivated, team player, honest, trustworthy, track record of continued learning and capable of being productive with limited supervision.
Experience and comfortable training, coaching, and mentoring less experienced staff.
Experienced directing, training and managing others to perform civil engineering design and plan production using Autodesk Civil 3D, specification writing, technical report writing and construction observation work.
Ability to learn federal UFC, DOD and VA criteria or prior experience with these documents.
Experience observing construction, reviewing engineering design work and providing technical engineering written documents to clients.
Experienced with procuring services of geotechnical engineers, environmental engineers, traffic engineers, surveyors, arborists, and landscape architects and managing their quality, schedule and budget.
Excellent skills and experience communicating (verbally and in writing) with regulatory agencies, architects, structural engineers, surveyors, environmental engineers, geotechnical engineers, and other project team members.
Experience and confidence making oral engineering and project presentations.
Experience in generating project fees, leading large project teams, and interfacing with multidisciplinary project groups.
Experience managing team workloads and project budgets.
Ability to obtain new clients and track record of bringing new clients to a firm.
Education (one of the following):
- Graduate of an ABET/EAC-Accredited four-year engineering program with a bachelor’s degree in engineering.
- Graduate of equivalent non-American four-year degree program, subject to review.
Experience:
- 15+ Years of experience with completion of ABET/EAC-Accredited four-year bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in civil engineering.
- 18+ Years of experience with ABET/EAC-Accredited four-year bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
- 20+ Years of experience (minimum of 2 in the USA) with completion of a non-American four-year degree program and fluency in English language speaking and writing.
Ability to travel. Ability to attend local client or company meetings with one’s own transportation.
Credentials:
- Passed the FE exam administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).
- Passed the PE exam administered by the NCEES.
- Licensure as a Professional Engineer in the United States.
- Active and up-to-date record with NCEES.
- Able to produce a list of at least 18 courses or books one has read on communication, management, leadership of people, and business.

Essential Job Functions

Technical Skills
- A strong understanding of Civil Engineering Fundamentals.
- Software experience
  - Experience using Microsoft Suite (Word, MS Teams, Outlook, Excel)
  - Experience with Autodesk Civil 3D.
  - Experience with Hydrology and Hydraulics software.
- Technical Calculations
- Plan Production
- Specification Writing
- Design and Analysis
- Construction Knowledge
Soft Skills
- Ability to work in an interpersonal team environment to complete projects and solve problems creatively. Be courteous, kind, actively listen, and consider the perspective of others.
- Problem Solving: Ability to identify and solve complex engineering problems and ability to justify one’s solutions.
- Critical Thinking: Ability to analyze various forms of information, ask appropriate questions, evaluate options, and make informed engineering decisions.
- Communicate clearly with others via verbal or written communication.
- Time Management: Ability to effectively manage time and prioritize tasks.
- Adaptability: Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to different projects, clients, and team members.
- Leadership qualities: Ability to learn to communicate with and lead people on projects as directed.
Project Tasks
- Plan projects to prepare them for more junior team members to efficiently work on. Various tasks to prepare projects may include research, limited concept design, client communications, prepare written narratives, and schematic design.
- Lead projects from conception through completion, ensuring adherence to project goals.
- Assist with client interaction and communication related to civil engineering with the Project Manager or as directed by your supervisor.
- Review project design and drafting. Ability to make drafting and design corrections if needed.
- Specification writing and editing as necessary for project completion and review of specifications prepared by others.
- Review Analysis and Calculation work prepared by others. Ability to assist with calculations or analysis as needed to facilitate project progress.
- Field Work would involve occasional meetings with contractors/owners or directing more junior team members to important elements of construction. Review field reports prepared by others.
- Report Writing would involve preparing narratives, reports on existing and new construction and problem-solving. This would also involve reviewing reports prepared by others.
- Prepare project fees.
- Perform marketing and obtain new clients with Business Development team members.
Responsibilities
- Lead your team to complete work within their budgets and scopes. Encourage team members to ask questions as necessary and communicate proactively well in advance if there are risks to the budget or perceived upcoming scope changes.
- Encourage proactive communication by your team.
- Lead team members to communicate with members of their project teams ensuring they know the direction designs are taking, and other team members have the input they need from the civil team to continue to develop their designs.
- Lead team members to complete work on time or ahead of schedule submitting documents to the Project Manager as directed.
- Reliably be able to find records of team member calculations, drawings, client communications, and any field observations.
- Advocate for yourself, your team and teach your team members to self-advocate.
- Keep project managers, one’s supervisor and team members informed well in advance such that they can make decisions and take appropriate actions they are responsible for as needed.
- Perform project technical quality reviews and constructability reviews of others to ensure they meet codes, industry standards, and client goals, etc.
- Be prepared to sign and seal engineering work products (drawings, specifications, calculations, reports, etc.).
- Be responsible for scheduling recurrent training CEU hours, etc. in accordance with maintaining one’s engineering registrations and other licenses.
- Be responsible for any other tasks or actions as may be assigned by your supervisor.
Administrative Tasks
- Complete and submit time sheets as requested on time.
- Complete internal company management tasks (such as the Two Week Look Ahead, or other, etc.) as directed.
- Complete and submit expense reports as requested on time.
- Manage and keep passwords secure.
- Be good stewards of company resources.
Client/Project Management
- Responsible for managing civil engineering large clients and/or projects.
- Responsible for working with the client to identify the scope of work on civil engineering projects. When necessary, provides a written proposal for the civil engineering scope of work to include a cost proposal.
- Responsible for maintaining a direct communication line with clients on civil engineering projects.
- Responsible for maintaining civil engineering project schedules and coordinating appropriate coverage for client and/or project.
- Responsible for reviewing the weekly Time by Job Detail report and instructing the Accounting Department to generate invoices in a timely manner for civil engineering projects.
- Responsible for reviewing and approving assigned project invoices, once generated by the Accounting Department and ensuring that all approved invoices are sent out by Friday of each week when this involves civil-engineering-related subcontractors such as surveyors, arborists, geotechnical engineers, etc.
Systems Evaluation
- Responsible for gathering data collection for existing systems from the client and others, to include record drawings, personnel interviews, etc.
- Responsible for visual observation and photographic documentation of the systems to include, but not limited to, materials, motor data, placarded performance, condition evaluation, etc.
- Responsible for sketching and taking accurate measurements related to civil engineering work.
- Responsible for creating or overseeing the creation of drawings utilizing Civil 3D software.
- Responsible for creating written reports summarizing findings and issuing recommendations and conclusions.
- Responsible for reviewing reports generated by other disciplines and consultants.
- Responsible for monitoring and maintaining budgets.
Contract Administration
- Responsible for conducting pre-bid meetings as related to civil engineering scope.
- Responsible for conducting bid-opening meetings related to civil engineering scope.
- Responsible for reviewing shop drawing submittals and providing detailed written feedback related to civil engineering scope.
- Responsible for conducting pre-construction meetings and recording meeting minutes as related to civil engineering scope.
- Responsible for providing clarification and answers to Requests for Information (RFI) related to civil engineering scope.
- Responsible for processing change order requests, RFI’s, and pay requests as related to civil engineering scope.
- Responsible for processing close out documents as related to civil engineering scope.
- Responsible for monitoring and maintaining budgets related to civil engineering scope.
Additional Duties
- Generate proposals as required as related to civil engineering scope.
- Responsible for staying up to date with current Civil Engineering discipline applicable Codes and Standards.
- Responsible for scheduling recurrent training hours in accordance with PE licensing requirements.
- Responsible for working with the Project and Management Team in all projects.
- Responsible for any other duties that might be temporarily or permanently assigned.

We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, as well as opportunities for professional development and career advancement. If you are a highly motivated and skilled Civil Engineer ready for a challenging and rewarding opportunity, we encourage you to apply.

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