Senior Civil Engineer

The Planet Group; Jackson (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Planet Group seeks a Senior Civil Engineer to lead civil engineering for natural gas capital projects, including gas distribution and storage facilities. You will work with multidisciplinary project teams to scope, design, and oversee construction, coordinating contract documents and technical specs for consultants and contractors.

You will regularly report project status and risks, climb into confined spaces when required, and travel up to 3–5 days per week to project sites in support of

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Civil Engineering degree from an ABET accredited program.
• Working knowledge of civil design. Relevant topics could include site design, stormwater management, pre-engineered metal building design, foundation design, storage tank design, environmental permitting (wetlands, soil erosion, culverts, etc.).
• Professional Engineering licence in the State of Michigan is preferred.
• Design experience in one of the above topics is preferred.
• Experience coordinating and developing contract documents, specifically engineering drawings and technical specifications for both consulting and construction services
• Working knowledge of Civil/Structural codes, including, but not limited to: IBC/MBC, AISC Steel Construction Manual, ACI 318, AWS D1.1, and ASCE 7.
• Ability to work safely,
• Ability to work independently,
• Communication of project status and risks,
• Engineering leadership and problem solving.
• The Senior Civil Engineer will be involved in several projects and to varying degrees of involvement. The role will be to (1) Identify/scope the civil engineering design and construction scope necessary to complete the project (2) contract engineering services necessary to complete the scope (3) provide engineering review and technical leadership (4) assist the Project Manager in contracting construction services to complete the scope of work (5) complete closeout activities (record drawings, test records, etc.)
• The Civil Engineer will be expected to regularly provide project updates to their supervisor including project status and risks to scope, quality, cost and schedule.
• The Civil Engineer must be able to tolerate a heavy industrial environment. Natural gas facilities present many loud, hot, and oily locations. The Civil Engineer should able to climb stairs and/or fixed ladders to elevated platforms, able to enter/crawl-into small/tight spaces (access hatches), and be able to walk a rough construction grade as required.
• The Civil Engineer will be required to travel to to construction projects on average 3 days per week and as much as 5 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Lead civil engineering leadership for natural gas capital projects, including gas distribution, transmission, city gates/regulator stations, compression and storage facilities.
• Identify/scope the civil engineering design and construction scope necessary to complete the project; contract engineering services; provide engineering review and leadership.
• Assist the Project Manager in contracting construction services to complete the scope of work; closeout activities (record drawings, test records).
• Provide regular project updates to supervisor on status and risks to scope, quality, cost and schedule.

Skills

Civil design knowledge

Contract documentation coordination

Project status communication

Engineering leadership

Safety consciousness

Independent work

Site travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s Civil Engineering degree

Professional Engineering licence in Michigan (preferred)

Job description

• The Senior Civil Engineer provides civil engineering leadership for natural gas capital projects, including gas distribution, transmission, city gates/regulator stations, compression and storage facilities. This individual will reside in the civil engineering group and support capital upgrade projects. The individual will be assigned to project teams consists of a multidiscipline group of project engineers, project managers, operations and others to support projects.
• Must Have: Working knowledge in civil design. Relevant topics could include site design, stormwater management, pre-engineered metal building design, foundation design, storage tank design, environmental permitting (wetlands, soil erosion, culverts, etc.).
• Nice to Have: Professional Engineering license in the State of Michigan is preferred

Senior Civil Engineer | Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Civil Engineering degree from an ABET accredited program.
• Working knowledge in civil design. Relevant topics could include site design, stormwater management, pre-engineered metal building design, foundation design, storage tank design, environmental permitting (wetlands, soil erosion, culverts, etc.).
• Professional Engineering licence in the State of Michigan is preferred.
• Design experience in one of the above topics is preferred.
• Experience coordinating and developing contract documents, specifically engineering drawings and technical specifications for both consulting and construction services
• Working knowledge of Civil/Structural codes, including, but not limited to: IBC/MBC, AISC Steel Construction Manual, ACI 318, AWS D1.1, and ASCE 7.
• Ability to work safely,
• Ability to work independently,
• Communication of project status and risks,
• Engineering leadership and problem solving.
• The Senior Civil Engineer will be involved in several projects and to varying degrees of involvement. The role will be to (1) Identify/scope the civil engineering design and construction scope necessary to complete the project (2) contract engineering services necessary to complete the scope (3) provide engineering review and technical leadership (4) assist the Project Manager in contracting construction services to complete the scope of work (5) complete closeout activities (record drawings, test records, etc.)
• The Civil Engineer will be expected to regularly provide project updates to their supervisor including project status and risks to scope, quality, cost and schedule.
• The Civil Engineer must be able to tolerate a heavy industrial environment. Natural gas facilities present many loud, hot, and oily locations. The Civil Engineer should able to climb stairs and/or fixed ladders to elevated platforms, able to enter/crawl-into small/tight spaces (access hatches), and be able to walk a rough construction grade as required.
• The Civil Engineer will be required to travel to to construction projects on average 3 days per week and as much as 5 days a week. Typical reasons for site visits include: pre-engineering kick off, pre-bid walk downs, pre-construction reviews, construction milestones, answering construction questions, construction quality inspections, requested regular site visits, and red-line walk downs