Civil Designer

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 Civil Designer is to work collaboratively and interdependently and as a team member on a wide range of Community Development projects under the guidance of a Senior Engineer / Project Manager. Our Sacramento and Irvine Community Development teams also work with and support projects from other disciplines in the local areas and are part of a team that works on projects across the western US. A Civil Designer will perform a variety of tasks which may include analysis, calculations, preparation of exhibits, and construction documents. The projects that a Civil Designer may be assigned to may be broad, varied, and diverse in scope. Join us to be part of a highly skilled team working on the region’s most exciting projects.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Perform and assist with civil engineering design including layout/geometry, grading, drainage, paving, water, sewer, and erosion control on residential/commercial site development, campus development and residential subdivision projects.
• Assist with preparing complete submission packages, supporting calculations, and quantity and cost estimates for project entitlement and construction documents.
• Assist with preparing permitting related applications and perform agency follow-up/coordination during the review approval process.
• Participate and assist with consultant and project team coordination.
• Prepare concept design and perform study phase activities, including project research, existing site constraints, assessment of project feasibility, and provide input to project team on civil engineering related issues.
• Utilizes technologies in development of three-dimensional models of civil systems.
• Check own work for quality assurance and quality control on projects and assist with facilitating overall project QA/QC.
• Assists in the development of new standards, enhancing production workflow, and refining design details.