Civil Engineer in Training

Strong communities don’t just happen. They’re thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home.

If you’re passionate about empowering communities, join us to discover a career with endless opportunities to make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable. 

Your Opportunity

The role of a Civil Engineer in Training in our Community Development Business Line is to work as a team member on projects under the close guidance and supervision of a senior engineer/designer. You will work closely with a project engineer to learn how best to assist the project manager and design team with land development permitting and site design. Over time, you will take on more responsibility and increasingly work directly with project managers. You will perform a variety of tasks which may include calculations and field work.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Supports project team in development of design documentation, plans, and reports for relevant project design elements.
• Prepares and revises documentation required for land development permitting through local, state and federal jurisdictions.
• Performs quality reviews for documents in various project phases including construction plans, reviewing agency submittal packages, and engineering calculation reports.
• Assist in preparing engineering calculation reports including but not limited to: stormwater design, potable water design, sanitary sewer design, and irrigation design.
• Attends project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants.
• Takes sufficient notes at all meetings in order to organize efforts and follow through with requested deliverables
• Coordinates and keeps consistent communication with other disciplines to ensure entire design team has same design intent and is on schedule
• Prepares and coordinates submittals to permitting entities
• Assists in the review of shop drawings and submittals, responds to request for information, prepares site observation reports, and performs other construction administration tasks.
• Assists in the evaluation and selection of civil systems and materials.
• Participates in value engineering and basic cost estimating.
• Performs calculations to analyze and design civil system components using company standard software and proprietary manufacturer software.
• Ready to step in and assist with any of design teams tasks in order to complete project on time and with quality design.