Civil 3D Manager

Dewberry; Fairfax (VA); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

Dewberry is seeking a Civil 3D Manager to provide enterprise leadership for Autodesk Civil 3D, AutoCAD, and related digital delivery technologies across the firm. This role supports over 1,000 practitioners and bridges technology, engineering production, and operations.

This hybrid position may be based in any Dewberry office nationwide, with a focus on expanding standards, training, and scalable workflows to improve project delivery and client service.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Civil 3D experience in planning, design, and delivery of civil projects.
• Advanced proficiency with AutoCAD and Civil 3D, including surfaces, corridors, pipes, grading, parcels, templates.
• Experience delivering civil engineering projects across transportation, land development, municipal, site-civil, or water resources.
• Strong understanding of workflows, delivery, quality control, and business considerations in an AEC environment.
• Experience developing standards, training programs, technical documentation, and workflow improvements.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise leadership for Civil 3D, AutoCAD, and related civil engineering technologies.
• Support engineering teams in effective use of Civil 3D and digital delivery workflows across units.
• Develop and deliver training, guidance, standards, and best practices to improve execution and staff productivity.
• Lead development and maintenance of firmwide Civil 3D standards, templates, and production procedures.
• Identify opportunities to improve quality, consistency, efficiency, and project delivery via technology and process changes.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, PMs, and CAD/BIM staff to address production challenges and support project delivery.

Skills

Civil 3D

AutoCAD

Training & standards development

Leadership

Communication

Project delivery

Tools

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Revit

Navisworks

InfraWorks

Esri ArcGIS Pro

Job description

Job Description

The Civil 3D Manager will provide enterprise leadership for Autodesk Civil 3D, AutoCAD, and related digital delivery technologies across Dewberry. This role will support over 1,000 engineering practitioners and serve as a bridge between technology, engineering production, and business operations. The successful candidate will combine deep Civil 3D expertise with practical experience delivering civil engineering projects and implementing scalable solutions that improve quality, efficiency, and client service.
This is a hybrid position and may be based in any Dewberry office nationwide.
Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors are our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you\'ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call \"Dewberry at Work,\" that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise leadership for Civil 3D, AutoCAD, and related civil engineering technologies.


• Support engineering teams in the effective use of Civil 3D and digital delivery workflows across multiple business units.


• Develop and deliver training, guidance, standards, and best practices that improve project execution and staff productivity.


• Lead the development and maintenance of firmwide Civil 3D standards, templates, and production procedures.


• Identify opportunities to improve quality, consistency, efficiency, and project delivery through technology and process improvements.


• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry trends and recommend practical applications for Dewberry.


• Collaborate with engineers, designers, project managers, and CAD/BIM professionals to address production challenges and support successful project delivery.

Required Skills & Required Experience

• Minimum 10 years of experience using Civil 3D in the planning, design, and delivery of civil engineering projects.


• Advanced proficiency with AutoCAD and Civil 3D, including surface modeling, corridors, pipe networks, grading, parcels, templates, and project collaboration workflows.


• Demonstrated experience supporting engineering production and developing construction deliverables for transportation, land development, municipal, site-civil, or water resources projects.


• Strong understanding of engineering workflows, project delivery, quality control, and business considerations within an AEC environment.


• Experience developing standards, training programs, technical documentation, and workflow improvements.


• Strong communication, leadership, and organizational skills with the ability to engage technical staff, project managers, and business leaders.


• Familiarity with related technologies such as Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, Navisworks, InfraWorks, ReCap, and Esri ArcGIS Pro.


• Ability to travel occasionally in support of training, implementation, and operational needs.


• At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.


• Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.


• Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry's background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Salary Range

The projected range for this position is $149,000-$192,000 annually. Depending upon other factors, i.e., skills, experience, location, market conditions, the range may vary slightly.