Project Engineer: Retaining Walls & Geotechnical Design

Kingfisher Recruiting; North Carolina; Vor Ort; USD 75.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Kingfisher Recruiting has partnered with a Raleigh-area Retaining Wall Builder to recruit a Project Engineer. The role focuses on practical, code-compliant design for segmental block walls and site conditions, combining engineering judgment with clear communication.

The successful candidate will lead calculations, drawings, and specs, collaborate with clients and contractors, and support permitting and field questions while traveling to project sites as needed.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, geotechnical, structural engineering, or a closely related discipline.
• Experience with retaining walls, earth-retention systems, foundations, reinforced soils, slopes, drainage, land development, or related geotechnical/structural design.
• Ability to prepare and interpret engineering calculations, construction drawings, specifications, geotechnical reports, and site-development plans.
• Working knowledge of building codes, permitting requirements, and construction practices.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD or Civil 3D and standard engineering calculation tools.

Aufgaben

• Develop and review engineering calculations, plans, details, specifications, and submittals for segmental block retaining walls and related site improvements.
• Evaluate project drawings, grading plans, geotechnical reports, soil parameters, surcharges, utilities, drainage conditions, and construction constraints.
• Perform or coordinate analyses involving stability, bearing capacity, sliding, overturning, settlement, and wall drainage.
• Translate engineering requirements into buildable construction documents and recommendations for estimating and field teams.
• Coordinate with clients, developers, general contractors, civil engineers, geotechnical consultants, architects, municipalities, material suppliers, and inspectors.
• Support permitting, design revisions, RFIs, substitutions, value-engineering reviews, and construction-phase questions.
• Visit active project sites to review conditions, observe installation, troubleshoot field issues, and document conformance with plans.
• Help prepare project scopes, budgets, schedules, material quantities, and technical proposals.
• Maintain organized design files, calculation packages, revision records, inspection docs, and project correspondence.
• Identify technical or construction risks early and propose practical safety/quality/cost solutions.
• Support multiple projects simultaneously while communicating priorities and deadlines.

Kenntnisse

Strong written and verbal comms

Ability to visit construction sites

Travel-ready; valid driver’s license

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering

North Carolina P.E. license (preferred)

Engineer Intern certification (preferred)

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Jobbeschreibung

Kingfisher Recruiting has partnered with a Raleigh-area Retaining Wall Builder to recruit a Project Engineer. The role focuses on practical, code-compliant design for segmental block walls and site conditions, combining engineering judgment with clear communication.

The successful candidate will lead calculations, drawings, and specs, collaborate with clients and contractors, and support permitting and field questions while traveling to project sites as needed.