Senior Civil Land Development Engineer

Job Description

Why join us?

Are you stuck at a company with no real opportunity or variety as a civil engineer?  AtkinsRéalis seeks a highly motivated self-starter to join our Austin, Texas Civil Engineering Group as a Senior Civil Land Development Engineer. Our civil engineers do it all – grading, site plans, roads, utilities, stormwater. They also work on local, state and federal projects that include small, medium and large planning, design-bid-build, and design-build projects.  Our civil engineers work on, and travel to, federal projects throughout the US, as well as Europe and the Middle East.  They also work with other civil engineering groups in numerous offices across the US.  Come join AtkinsRéalis, where opportunities abound.

About Us

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies. AtkinsRéalis has been providing infrastructure planning, engineering, construction, environmental consulting, urban planning, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients across the United States for more than 50 years. AtkinsRéalis has the depth and breadth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time-critical infrastructure projects and the urgent transition to a low-carbon economy.

Our Austin office works on a variety of exciting projects for Federal agencies such as the Department of Defense, the US Army Corps of Engineers, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency; State agencies such as Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and Texas Department of Transportation; local municipalities including Travis County, Williamson County, and the City of Austin; local school districts such as the Leander Independent School District; local and national land developers; and many more clients too numerous to list.

How will you contribute to the team?

• Performs project design, sketching design concepts to be developed by junior engineers, CAD designers or technicians.
• Plans and reviews the production of engineering drawings and specifications.
• Plans and reviews the production of engineering investigations or planning work.
• Develops and evaluates plans and criteria for new projects, weighing alternatives and selecting the most cost-effective solution.
• Analyzes technical problems, assessing the feasibility of proposed techniques and procedures, and devising new approaches and alternative solutions.
• Analyzes project scopes and prepares or oversees the preparation of cost and manpower estimates, schedules and job budgets.
• Coordinates work with project manager and guides junior professionals and technical personnel on the design and drafting of preliminary and final plans.
• Is responsible for quality control, maintaining quality standards in all work produced, and checking computations or reviewing designs and drawings performed by others.
• May occasionally manage projects.
• Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.

Special Skills

• Ability to lead and prepare civil engineering projects consisting of construction plans, specifications,  and/or design calculations.
• Experience with roadways, sanitary sewers, water distribution systems, storm drain facilities, site grading, stormwater management, earthwork, erosion & sediment control, environmental compliance, ADA compliance, and/or pavement markings & signage.
• Conduct periodic site visits, responses to RFI’s, shop drawing review, and more.
• Ability and willingness to work on private, municipal, state and federal projects.
• Proven technical writing and communication skills.
• Local experience working in the Denver Front Range area.
• AutoCAD and Civil 3D knowledge and understanding required.
• ProjectWise, Bluebeam, SharePoint, and MS Project knowledge and understanding a plus.

Education and Experience

• B.S. or M.S. in Engineering. M.S. or graduate level technical coursework preferred.
• Four to Ten years of experience.

Professional Registrations

• Texas P.E. license is required (or ability to obtain within 6 months).

What we offer at AtkinsRéalis:

AtkinsRéalis realizes that health, mental and financial wellbeing, are all equally needed to achieve balance in life. We are pleased to offer a robust rewards package that help our employees have peace of mind in and outside of work. 

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