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Lead Civil Engineer, PE

 

 

The Firm:

Berglund, Schmidt & Associates is a longstanding provider of engineering and surveying services in the Grays Harbor region. Our clients include area businesses, private landowners, local governments, ports, utility providers, developers and individuals.

We strive to help each client achieve their goals, not only with our own work, but by assisting them with overall project development through process planning; identifying other consultants and coordinating their work; serving as ‘boots on the ground’ when working with out of area clients; and through our collective knowledge of the local area and its history, relationships with area regulators, and familiarity with local practices.

We are seeking a new engineer who will lead a small team serving as project manager and design engineer providing civil engineering services for a wide variety of small to large projects including commercial, single and multi-family, parks and other municipal works, industrial, infill and redevelopment. Beyond filling this technical engineering role, we are seeking an individual with vested interests in the region to grow with our company well into the future.

Essential Factors:

Washington registered Professional Engineer who understands not only the technical aspects but also profitability, liability, timeliness, and practicalities that must be considered for every prospective project.  

10 years’ progressive experience as lead engineer/ project manager in responsible charge of design and permitting projects including local water/sewer systems; paving, grading and drainage projects; land development and more.

Administrative Management of individual projects including planning, scheduling, and budget control and ability to prepare basic workload projections, weekly production planning and manpower scheduling

Ability to coordinate with other disciplines such as architects, electrical, structural and other to provide our clients with customized services.  

Ability to interface with a wide variety of clients to understand their needs, prepare proposals and fee estimates and serve as client point of contact for duration of projects

Direct experience with state level environmental regulations commonly impacting civil projects – ie. NPDES, JARPA, SEPA, and ability to understand city and county codes across our service area - Grays Harbor, Pacific and Mason Counties.

Autocad/ Civil 3D and/or Land Development Desktop proficiency sufficient to produce design markups and basic construction plan drawings

Ability to delegate work to engineer technicians for cost effective design and construction documents production

Basic construction observation and documentation experience

Good driving record and ability to operate a basic company vehicle for short trips across the region

Favorable Factors:

Experience and ability to lead on typical land development processes involving zoning, land use, public hearings

Familiarity with septic systems design

Minor structural design

Water wells and private water systems regulations, design and permitting and/or experience working with related specialty consultants

Ability to perform Phase 1 ESA studies for small sites (using web-based report template)

Ability and creativity to leverage our services and individual skills to grow our market footprint, including public contracts pursuit

 

The job:

Full-time Salaried position

Generous benefits

$100-112,000 DOE

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