Principal Civil Engineer

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative international engineering firm seeks a Principal Civil Engineer to lead impactful projects in civil engineering and land development. This role involves collaboration across various disciplines, focusing on both private and public sector projects. You will contribute to greenfield and brownfield redevelopment, landfill design, and stormwater management. The ideal candidate will have over a decade of experience, strong business development skills, and a passion for mentoring the next generation of engineers. Join a team that values your unique contributions and offers professional development opportunities to enhance your career.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Well-being programs

Professional development opportunities

Mentoring programs

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in consulting with strong project management skills.
• Expertise in civil design, hydrologic analyses, and client management.

Responsibilities

• Lead business development for land development projects and manage client relationships.
• Mentor early career engineers and oversee multi-disciplinary project teams.

Skills

Business Development

Client Management

Technical Writing

Project Management

Civil Design

Site Grading

Hydrologic/Hydraulic Analyses

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil or geotechnical engineering

Advanced degree in civil or geotechnical engineering

Professional registration (PE)

Tools

AutoCAD Civil3D

SWMM

HydroCAD

ArcGIS

Job description

Overview

Do you want to build an impactful career to change the world for the better?

Geosyntec has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Civil Engineer to grow our civil engineering and land development services in Raleigh, NC or Charlotte, NC through collaboration with our environmental, water resources and geotechnical services. This position is well-suited for a talented, highly experienced individual who is interested in being a leader and contributing to innovative and challenging private and public sector projects involving greenfields and brownfields redevelopment, landfills, dams, public utility and energy, geostructural construction support, and other water and waste containment systems.

Geosyntec is an innovative, international engineering and consulting firm serving private and public-sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, scientists, technical and project employees serve our clients from offices across the world. Ranked by ENR as one of the top environmental engineering design firms, Geosyntec is internationally known for its technical leadership, broad experience, and exceptional client service.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Geosyntec will be too. We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Collaboration and mentoring are cornerstones of Geosyntec’s culture. We operate under a sell-manage-do culture, and so we expect that you’d work on challenging technical projects while leveraging your existing knowledge and experience to help Geosyntec expand its current practices and capabilities through business development and client management. Essential skills and responsibilities include:

1. Development of new business for land development projects in collaboration with other Geosyntec practice areas.
2. Cross sell services to support other practices within the Carolina’s and Mid-Atlantic region.
3. Help broaden our reputation via publishing and visibility at prominent industry conferences.
4. Developing and/or reviewing technical drawings, specifications, engineering documents, and analyses for civil design, site development and grading, stormwater management, and erosion and sediment controls.
5. Completion or review of civil and stormwater management design packages.
6. Providing construction engineering support to large civil-design projects.
7. Completing construction quality assurance (CQA) tasks for large civil-design projects.
8. Providing oversight and project management of multi-disciplinary projects and assistance in managing Client Programs.
9. Developing and maintaining strong collaborative internal (i.e., within Geosyntec) and external (i.e., clients and subcontractors) relationships.
10. Mentoring and developing early career engineers.
11. Recruiting, training, and mentoring early-career engineers.
12. Preparing task orders and proposals including scope of work, cost/fee estimates, schedule, presentations, etc.
13. Training: This position requires OSHA health and safety, boater certification, defensive driving certification, first aid, and CPR training and medical monitoring, paid for by the firm. We also offer professional development opportunities including in-house seminars, webinars, and mentoring, that allow our professionals to build the technical and business skills necessary to become successful consultants.

Education and Licensure

• Bachelor's degree in civil or geotechnical engineering or closely related discipline. (required)
• Advanced degree in civil or geotechnical engineering. (preferred)
• Professional registration (i.e., PE) (required)

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years (15+ preferred) of progressive experience in consulting industry; or equivalent combination of education and experience. (required)
• Managing complex interdisciplinary projects for private and public sector clients.
• Effective business development and client management skills.
• Leveraging multidisciplinary capabilities to win new work.
• Technical leadership for civil design, landfill design, and site layout.
• Managing successful practice growth.
• Performing civil design and site grading. (required)
• Performing hydrologic/hydraulic analyses and designing stormwater infrastructure. (preferred)
• Task and project management. (required)
• Strong oral and technical writing skills. (required)
• Relevant engineering software (e.g., AutoCAD Civil3D, SWMM, HydroCAD, and ArcGIS). (preferred)
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing. (required)
• Valid U.S. driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel. (required)