Senior Civil Engineer

@ Valdes Architecture & Engineering
Valdes Architecture & Engineeringvaldesarchitecture&engineering.com

Senior Civil Engineer

Posted 5 months ago

This job is still taking applications, but it's been up a while.

About the job

Valdes is a civil engineering firm focusing on infrastructure projects. This role involves design, project management, site evaluation, client interaction, and mentoring civil engineers, requiring extensive technical expertise and leadership skills.

Requirements

  • Experience leading design teams
  • Design from concept to completion
  • Site development experience
  • Proficiency in Civil 3D or MicroStation
  • Knowledge of hydrology and permits

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering
  • 7+ years experience
  • Professional PE registration
  • Strong software skills
  • Excellent communication skills

Full job description

Civil Engineering professional with 7+ years of accomplishment in designing Civil projects. This individual interfaces with client engineering representatives and other Valdes discipline engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Display an advanced knowledge within the Civil Engineering discipline
  • Provide generally accepted practices with project management, design, and quality control procedures
  • Engage in design production to ensure complete, quality, and timely deliverables
  • Verify field conditions, constructability of designs, and assist in resolving problems during field construction
  • May be required to participate in short- or long-term, field assignments
  • Participate in the pursuit of new clients and project opportunities, including client interactions, fee estimating, and proposal writing
  • Provide mentorship to less experienced engineers

Technical Competencies

  • Experience leading design teams through the design, modification, and analysis of civil engineering projects
  • Design experience from initial concept through construction completion
  • Site development project experience, including generating plan sets and stormwater reports, preparing specifications and bidding documents, cost estimating, and preparing permit application documents
  • Extensive experience with site layout, grading, and drainage, utility design
  • Experience with Civil 3D CADD or MicroStation CADD software
  • Experience with hydrology and hydraulic software
  • Experience with the permitting process, including Federal, State, and Local
  • Ability to generate a Flood Study is preferred, including modeling and obtaining FEMA map changes
  • Familiarity with the IDOT standards and specifications. Familiarity with the general layout of a set of IDOT road plans is preferred
  • General familiarity with the Illinois Urban Manual and erosion and sediment control practices. Familiarity with the NPDES permit process, including generating a SWPPP, is preferred
  • General knowledge of and use of municipal ordinances is required

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Civil Engineering
  • 7+ years of experience working as a Civil Engineer
  • Must hold Professional registrations (PE)
  • Advanced knowledge of Civil Engineering
  • Strong Microsoft Office software skills
  • Strong AutoCAD / Civil 3D or MicroStation CADD software
  • Possess report writing skills to create civil evaluation and stormwater reports
  • Intermediate understanding of other disciplines' workflow and how all departments work together to complete projects
  • Must possess exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Must be able to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future
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