Civil Project Engineer (PE)

Selectek; Alexandria (MN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Selectek is seeking a Civil Project Engineer (PE) in Alexandria, MN to lead planning, design, permitting, and construction administration of land development projects.

The ideal candidate will hold a PE license, a BS in Civil Engineering, and experience with commercial, retail and residential site development, stormwater modeling, Civil 3D, and coordinating with municipalities and multidisciplinary teams on complex projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering and PE license required.
• Experience in commercial, retail, and residential site development.
• Proficiency with stormwater modeling software and Civil 3D.
• Experience preparing grading, drainage, utility, and site plans.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and regulatory familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Routinely designs subdivisions, grading plans, earthwork, storm drainage and utilities.
• Reviews code requirements and design procedure manuals for compliance.
• Prepares cost opinions, quantities, pay estimates, and bid documents.
• Participates in meetings with Sr. Project Manager and clients.
• Mentors junior staff and reviews design plans during QA/QC.
• Manages project scope and supports profitability through task delegation.

Skills

Site development

Communication skills

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Civil 3D

HydroCAD

Hydraflow

PondPack

GIS

Job description

Civil Project Engineer (PE) Alexandria, MN | On-Site Full Time | $75 - 87K, depending on experience

Summary: We are seeking a motivated Civil Project Engineer with a PE License and experience in commercial, retail, and residential site development projects. This role will support the planning, design, permitting, and construction administration of land development projects while collaborating with project managers, clients, municipalities, and multidisciplinary design teams. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical design skills, a solid understanding of site development principles, and the ability to manage project tasks from concept through construction.

Responsibilities:

• Routinely produces accurate and actionable professional design of subdivisions, grading plans, earthwork volumes and storm drainage calculations, design of utilities, including storm and sanitary sewers, paving, watermain, waterlines, waterline sizing, and street improvements.
• Researches and applies code requirements and standard design procedure manuals.
• Completes and verifies design computations/calculations and plan detailing for conformance with codes, manuals, and design considerations.
• Prepares opinions of cost, quantities, periodic reports, pay estimates, and data necessary to document acceptability of materials and quantities for final payment.
• Attends internal project team and external client/jurisdictional authorities’ meetings with a Sr. Project Manager.
• Assists SR. Project Engineers in preparing project proposal scope, fees, and additional service requests.
• Assist Sr. Project Team members to track project scope and support project profitability by assisting and managing internal project team members time and task delegation.
• Lead staff through task delegation and oversight of project work including preparing quantity take-offs, bid tabs, opinion of probable cost estimates and other related bidding documents.
• Provides mentorship, technical assistance, training, and oversight to peers/junior staff engineers as needed.
• Performs peer-to-peer QA/QC of design plans, calculations, storm water management design and documents as a cursory review during formal QA/QC process.
• Effectively and respectfully communicates with project team members, client representatives, review agencies, and others as appropriate to project.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Commercial, retail, and residential site development experience
• Stormwater modeling software (HydroCAD, Hydraflow, PondPack, or similar)
• Civil 3D proficiency
• Experience preparing grading, drainage, utility, and site layout plans
• Knowledge of municipal development regulations and permitting processes
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred:

• Experience working with developers, municipalities, and landowners
• Familiarity with GIS software
• Experience in construction administration and site inspections
• Knowledge of state and local stormwater regulations
• Project management experience on multiple concurrent projects