Senior Principal Civil Designer

WorleyParsons; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

WorleyParsons is looking for a Senior Principal Civil Designer in Reading, Berks County, to provide civil design services including technical support within the civil design team.

You will prepare civil drawings, oversee design quality, and ensure coordinated systems. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in site layout and holds a technical diploma with piping design training.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in site layout design including parking lots, walkways, and drainage systems.
• Experience in project leadership roles and checking civil drawing packages.
• Strong skills with MicroStation V8i and AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

• Understand project scope, overall schedule, and deliverables.
• Prepare civil drawings with minimal supervision.
• Develop complete design drawing packages for checking.

Skills

Site layout design

Project leadership

Drawing package checking

MicroStation V8i

AutoCAD

MS Office proficiency

Interpersonal communication

Education

2-3 year technical diploma with piping design training

Tools

MicroStation V8i

AutoCAD

MS Office

Job description

Senior Principal Civil Designer (REA00MF)

Job Description - Senior Principal Civil Designer (REA00MF)

Job: Civil

Schedule: Full-time

Employment Type: Employee

Unposting Date: Sep 17, 2026

Purpose

You will provide civil design services to Worley and its customers, including technical support and supervision within the civil design team.

Responsibilities

• As a Senior Principal Designer, you will be responsible to have a full understanding of the project’s scope, overall schedule, deliverables, milestones, manhour budgets, industry standards, applicable codes, and procedures.
• Prepare civil drawings with minimal amount of supervision and engineering input.
• Develop a complete design drawing package for checking or checking the design drawing package.
• Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable drawing standards and responsible for following the proper document management procedures.
• Interface with other disciplines in the development of the drawing package.
• Assist in the preparation of bills of materials.
• Work in a team-oriented environment.
• Work closely with engineers and other disciplines to ensure coordinated design systems.
• Read and interpret supplier drawings, construction specifications and schematics.

What you will bring

Technical and Industry Experience

• Extensive experience in site layout design including parking lots, walkways, roadways, grading and drainage systems, detention/retention basins, sanitary sewer systems, and railroad siding.
• Experience working in project leadership role.
• Experience checking civil drawing packages along with coordinating civil drawing packages with all other engineering disciplines.
• Proficient in MS Office: Word, Excel and Access.
• Self-motivated, organized, able to work independently.
• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Experience with the application of MicroStation V8i & AutoCAD.
• MS Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) required.

Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training

Required

• 2 or 3 year technical diploma with piping design specific training.

Preferred

• Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.