Senior Municipal Infrastructure Engineer — Planning & Design

Houston-Engineering,-Inc; Grand Forks (ND); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

PTO

Holidays

Parental leave

401(k) match

HSA & FSAs

Flexible schedules

HEI logo wear

Job summary

HEI is seeking a Civil Engineer (PE) to join our Municipal Infrastructure Planning and Design team in Grand Forks, ND. You will contribute to water, wastewater, and utility master planning, capital improvement programming, and implementation on rural and municipal projects.

The role emphasizes the full lifecycle from planning to design and construction, with opportunities to influence funding, project sequencing, and long-range infrastructure decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related Engineering field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in municipal engineering.
• Professional Engineer license or ability to obtain within 6 months.
• Excellent leadership and project management skills.
• Working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local codes.
• Ability to communicate effectively with groups both internally and externally.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the development of water, wastewater, stormwater, and utility master plans.
• Evaluate existing infrastructure systems and identify long-term improvement needs.
• Support capital improvement planning, project prioritization, and infrastructure investment strategies.
• Perform data analysis, asset management evaluations, service area reviews, and system performance assessments.
• Develop planning-level opinions of probable construction cost and support funding-related project documentation.
• Prepare or assist with technical memorandums, facility plans, reports, specifications, construction schedules, and design documents.
• Assist with planning and design for water distribution systems, sanitary sewer collection systems, lift stations, water storage facilities, utility extensions, replacement projects, and rural water infrastructure.
• Perform hydraulic analyses, engineering calculations, feasibility evaluations, and alternatives analyses.
• Prepare plans, specifications, bidding documents, and construction cost estimates.
• Support bidding, construction administration, field observation coordination, change orders, pay applications, and project closeout activities.
• Collaborate with city staff, public works departments, utility operators, rural utility boards, elected officials, and internal project teams.
• Participate in client meetings, workshops, planning discussions, and public engagement efforts.
• Help communicate technical concepts in a clear and practical way for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build trusted client relationships from project conception through planning, design, construction, and implementation.
• Work on large-scale master planning and capital improvement programming projects.
• Influence funding, project sequencing, and long-term infrastructure decisions.
• Gain experience at the intersection of engineering, asset management, finance, and public policy.
• Develop client-facing, technical writing, project management, and leadership skills early in your career.
• See projects progress from initial planning through final design and construction.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

ArcGIS

AutoCAD

Discipline-specific software

Job description

HEI is seeking a Civil Engineer (PE) to join our Municipal Infrastructure Planning and Design team in Grand Forks, ND. You will contribute to water, wastewater, and utility master planning, capital improvement programming, and implementation on rural and municipal projects.

The role emphasizes the full lifecycle from planning to design and construction, with opportunities to influence funding, project sequencing, and long-range infrastructure decisions.