Civil Engineer II

Progressive Companies•Detroit, MI

About The Position

In this role, you will stamp your own designs. Produce the design analysis, calculations, contract documents, and technical specifications in Revit and AutoCAD, and carry them to a PE-stamped set that meets the firm's Performance Based Design standards. Build work plans and schedules that account for how long permitting actually takes. Set the scope, sequence, and dates for your projects with the reviewing agencies' timeframes built in, and raise scope changes while there is still schedule left to absorb them. Own the code and regulatory review on medium to high complexity projects. Lead the zoning, environmental, and safety code review, then take the design through client and governing agency review yourself, resolving comments rather than routing them upward. Design the site systems on the harder infrastructure projects. Handle stormwater systems, utility layouts, grading, retaining structures, and foundations, along with the soil mechanics evaluations behind them, and make the calls on the structural components of the site. Run construction administration on your projects with minimal supervision. Handle RFIs, shop drawing submittals, clarifications, and field inspections, oversee material testing and read the results against the specifications, and get answers back to the contractor before the field is waiting on you. Coordinate the disciplines and outside consultants, then verify what comes back. Organize and lead the project team meetings, keep everyone current on scope and schedule changes, and review the work that comes back instead of assuming it is right. Catch documentation inconsistencies before anything leaves the office. Review your own drawings and calculations, check the specifications and junior staff work against them, and resolve the conflicts you find with the team rather than passing them to the client or the contractor. Bring the junior engineers up. Give the engineers and designers behind you technical guidance on their assignments, sit with them on work they have not done before, and take what you learn into the Lessons Learned sessions so it does not stay with one project team.

Requirements

Ability to stamp own designs.
Proficiency in Revit and AutoCAD.
Experience with Performance Based Design standards.
Ability to build work plans and schedules.
Experience setting project scope, sequence, and dates.
Experience with code and regulatory review on medium to high complexity projects.
Experience leading zoning, environmental, and safety code review.
Experience managing design through client and governing agency review.
Experience designing site systems including stormwater systems, utility layouts, grading, retaining structures, and foundations.
Experience with soil mechanics evaluations.
Experience running construction administration with minimal supervision.
Experience handling RFIs, shop drawing submittals, clarifications, and field inspections.
Experience overseeing material testing.
Experience coordinating disciplines and outside consultants.
Experience organizing and leading project team meetings.
Experience reviewing drawings, calculations, and specifications.
Experience resolving conflicts within a project team.
Experience providing technical guidance to junior staff.

Responsibilities

Stamp own designs.
Produce design analysis, calculations, contract documents, and technical specifications in Revit and AutoCAD.
Build work plans and schedules that account for permitting timelines.
Set project scope, sequence, and dates considering reviewing agency timeframes.
Raise scope changes proactively.
Own code and regulatory review on medium to high complexity projects.
Lead zoning, environmental, and safety code review.
Manage design through client and governing agency review, resolving comments.
Design site systems on infrastructure projects, including stormwater systems, utility layouts, grading, retaining structures, and foundations.
Perform soil mechanics evaluations and make decisions on structural components of the site.
Run construction administration with minimal supervision, including handling RFIs, shop drawing submittals, clarifications, and field inspections.
Oversee material testing and ensure compliance with specifications.
Coordinate disciplines and outside consultants, verifying their work.
Organize and lead project team meetings, communicating scope and schedule changes.
Review work from other team members and consultants.
Identify and resolve documentation inconsistencies.
Review own drawings and calculations, and check junior staff work against specifications.
Resolve conflicts found in specifications and junior staff work.
Provide technical guidance and training to junior engineers and designers.
Incorporate lessons learned into future project planning.