Senior Civil Engineer - Water Resources

Mead & Hunt, Inc.; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401K with company match

Paid time off and sick leave

Job summary

Mead & Hunt, Inc. is seeking a client-focused civil engineer to join our water resources team in California.

The role involves leading design for flood risk reduction, water conveyance, and dam/hydropower rehabilitation projects, with responsibilities spanning project management, technical leadership, and client relations. The ideal candidate will have a PE license, a civil/geological engineering degree, and 8+ years of relevant experience, including CA-specific knowledge and strong mentoring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in civil or geological engineering from an accredited program.
• PE license in any state with ability to obtain CA within 12 months of start date.
• Strong experience leading multi-discipline civil engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Act as project manager or project engineer on complex multi-discipline projects.
• Mentor junior staff and serve as technical resource.
• Review and approve final plans with professional engineering seals for multiple projects.

Skills

Project management

Mentoring

Client relations

Technical leadership

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil/geological engineering

PE license (any state)

Tools

Civil 3D

Microsoft Project

Job description

Mead & Hunt, a nationally recognized professional services consulting firm, is seeking a client focused problem-solver to join our collaborative and innovative water resources team. This civil engineer will serve as a technical leader for design of flood risk reduction, water conveyance, and dam/hydropower rehabilitation projects.

Responsibilities include:

• Serves as project manager and/or project engineer on complex multi-discipline projects
• Serves as a technical resource and/or mentor
• Serves as engineer in charge to review, approve, and apply professional engineering seals to final plans and specifications on multiple projects concurrently
• Establish and maintain client relations, leads marketing pursuits and/or acts as a client contact.
• Assists with development of engineering agreements for projects
• Responsible for schedules, work in progress, and timely completion of projects
• Prepares forecast of workload for projects, coordinates and/or prepares pricing, budget estimating, and scoping for proposed projects
• Prepares or directs preparation and modification of reports, specifications, plans, schedules, studies, permits and designs for projects
• Develops probable construction cost estimates for projects
• Responsible to the project manager and/or project team for quality system tasks as defined in the quality manual
• Leads and/or assists with contract administration
• Visits project site to monitor progress and other duties per the contract documents, as needed

The successful candidate must have:

• A bachelor’s degree (or higher) in civil or geological engineering from an accredited college or university
• At least eight (8) years of relevant work experience
• PE license in any state with the ability to obtain in CA within 12 months of start date

The ideal candidate will have any/all of the following:

• At least four (4) years of experience with technical design and development of project plans and specifications
• At least two (2) years of experience designing projects in Civil 3D
• At least two (2) years of experience with project and/or construction management of relevant projects.
• Knowledge of and experience with flood risk reduction design (levees, pump stations, canals, flood walls) and/or dams and hydropower (dam design or rehabilitation, hydropower plant design or rehabilitation) in California
• Mentoring experience
• Engineering support during construction or construction field experience
• Water resources and/or hydropower project experience
• USACE, DWR, flood control agencies, PG&E, local irrigation and reclamation districts and other water agency/district and utility client experience

Mead & Hunt proudly offers medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, paid sick leave, parental leave, a 401K plan with a generous company match, life and disability insurance, and an employee assistance program.

Salary Range: $117,000 - $166,000 – Actual compensation may vary due to other factors such as: experience, skill set or location.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of applicable pre-employment screening requirements.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

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