Remote-Eligible Lead Civil Engineer – Heavy-Civil Projects

Bureau of Reclamation; Lakewood (CO); Remote; USD 140,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

Bureau of Reclamation in Lakewood, CO seeks a Supervisory Civil Engineer to oversee planning, design, and construction for heavy-civil and power projects. The role includes directing staff, managing stakeholder communications, and ensuring technical quality, cost control, and schedules.

Remote telework is eligible; the posting notes a salary range of $140,239 to $182,316 per year, with a closing deadline of 2026-11-16. Applicants open under Fed Transition path are welcome.

Qualifications

• Civil Engineering: knowledge of analyses, designs, drawings, proposals, scopes of work, specifications, and cost estimates for heavy-civil and power generation projects.
• Supervise, coach, mentor, develop, and evaluate staff to build capability and ensure high performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead decision making, change management, and stakeholder communication to ensure mission success.
• Plan, organize, and allocate resources to execute projects and group workload effectively.
• Monitor, evaluate, and oversee project execution to ensure technical quality, cost control, schedule adherence, and compliance with standards.
• Lead project decision making, issue resolution, and continuous improvement to support mission success.

Skills

Civil Engineering

Staff supervision

Project planning

Stakeholder communication

Cost estimation

Job description

Bureau of Reclamation in Lakewood, CO seeks a Supervisory Civil Engineer to oversee planning, design, and construction for heavy-civil and power projects. The role includes directing staff, managing stakeholder communications, and ensuring technical quality, cost control, and schedules.

Remote telework is eligible; the posting notes a salary range of $140,239 to $182,316 per year, with a closing deadline of 2026-11-16. Applicants open under Fed Transition path are welcome.