Land Development Senior Civil Engineer

OWN, Inc.; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

401(k) with company contribution

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

PTO 16 days + 8 holidays

Parental leave

Life & disability insurance

Leadership development programs

Job summary

OWN, Inc. is growing its Land Development team in the Kansas City area and seeks a Senior Civil Engineer to lead projects and the people working on them. You will own projects from concept to built, with real ownership and a pathway to leadership as your career advances.

You’ll guide site design for various developments, manage construction documents, and mentor junior engineers while building lasting client relationships in a collaborative, employee-owned environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of land development or site civil experience.
• PE license (or ability to obtain in KS or MO within a few months).
• ABET-accredited B.S. in Civil Engineering.
• Strong site design, grading, drainage, and utility design knowledge.
• Experience taking projects through municipal review and permitting in the KC area.

Responsibilities

• Lead land development projects from planning through construction with clients, municipalities, and internal teams.
• Own construction documents from sketch to final set.
• Guide projects through permitting and municipal approvals.
• Support projects in construction and resolve field issues.
• Mentor and review work of junior engineers.
• Build client relationships for repeat work.

Skills

Site design

Project leadership

Ownership mindset

Education

ABET-accredited Bachelor's in Civil Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Job description

We're growing our Land Development team in Kansas City and looking for a Senior Civil Engineer to help lead our projects and the people working on them.

This role is for an engineer who loves the work: solving site challenges, getting the details right, and seeing a project go from concept to built. You'll have real ownership of your projects and a hand in developing the engineers around you. If you're thinking about team leadership down the road, there's a path here for that too.

What You'll Be Doing:

You'll lead land development projects from early planning through construction, working directly with clients, municipalities, and our internal teams. Along the way, you'll:

• Lead site design for commercial, residential, and mixed-use developments, including grading, drainage, utilities, and stormwater
• Own construction documents from first sketch to final set
• Guide projects through permitting and municipal approvals
• Support projects during construction and solve issues as they come up in the field
• Mentor and review the work of engineers earlier in their careers
• Build relationships with clients who come back to work with us again

What We're Looking For:

• [6+] years of land development or site civil experience
• PE license (or the ability to obtain one in Kansas or Missouri within [X months])
• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from ABET accredited program
• Strong working knowledge of site design, grading, drainage, and utility design
• Experience taking projects through municipal review and permitting in the Kansas City area
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and/or Civil 3D
• A sense of ownership: you care about the work, your team, and your clients

Why OWN?

• At OWN, ownership means something. We’re 100% employee-owned, equitably, and we help our OWNers understand how the business performs, how their work impacts it, and how that connects to the value they’re building.
• Trust and autonomy. You’re empowered to make decisions and take ownership of your work without unnecessary layers.
• Room to make an impact. Your ideas are heard, and you’ll have a real say in how your team works, improves, and grows.
• Flexibility that’s real. The freedom to be a professional. The freedom to be a person.
• People you actually enjoy working with. We take the work seriously, but not ourselves. Good people, low egos, plenty of laughs along the way.

Benefits

We take care of the people who take care of the work. That includes:

• Employee ownership (ESOP) at no cost to you
• 401(k) with a 3% company contribution
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 16 days of PTO plus 8 paid holidays, growing with tenure
• Paid parental leave
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Training and leadership development programs

About OWN

OWN, Inc. provides civil engineering, land surveying, and field services for private development and public infrastructure clients across Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and beyond.

With nearly 200 employee-owners across 10 offices, we're built on employee ownership and driven by people who care about the work, each other, and the communities we're part of.

Interested?

Don't overthink it.

It is the policy of OWN, Inc. to provide equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to their race, age, color, physical handicap or disability, military service record, religion, sex, national origin or any other categorization protected by law, and to promote the full realization of equal employment opportunity through a positive continuing program.