Municipal Engineer

Clark Dietz•Milwaukee, WI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

At Clark Dietz, we're more than an engineering firm. We're employee-owners committed to improving the quality of life in the communities we serve. As an ENR Top 500 design firm with offices across Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, and Wisconsin, we provide transportation, civil, environmental, structural, mechanical, electrical, and construction engineering services that make a lasting impact. We currently have an opportunity available for a Civil Engineer to join our Civil/Environmental Team in our Milwaukee, WI office. The selected candidate will assist with planning, design, and construction for a wide variety of municipal infrastructure projects including local roads, trails, water, sewer and storm water projects.

Requirements

B.S. degree in Civil Engineering.
IL or WI PE license along with 6+ years of experience with the design and construction of municipal infrastructure (roads, trails water, sewer, and stormwater) are required.
Ability to research and specify materials/equipment, develop/review cost estimates and bid documents and to understand and interpret local building/zoning codes and review plans.
Ability to follow through on tasks to completion, research and recommend solutions, collaborate with other team members, and delegate tasks to Jr. staff and technicians.
Strong verbal and written communication skills to draft correspondence, reports and communicate effectively with all project stakeholders.
Proficiency with AutoCAD (Civil3D) is required.
A valid driver’s license with the ability to travel to local project sites is required.

Nice To Haves

WaterCAD, SWMM, GIS, hydrologic/hydraulic analysis software including HEC-HMS, HEC-RAS, HEC-GeoRAS, XP-SWMM, Biowin and/or other similar software packages is desired.

Responsibilities

Performs design tasks including computations and analysis for municipal infrastructure including, local roads, water mains, sanitary sewers and storm water facilities.
Applies engineering principals to develop solutions and evaluate performance and life cycle cost of municipal infrastructure improvements.
Creates drawings and models following the company’s design standards and utilizing the designated CAD or modeling software with limited guidance.
Assists with the preparation of reports, plans, specifications, cost estimates, supporting documents and permit applications.
Provides construction phase services for local roads, trails, sanitary sewer, potable water, and storm sewer infrastructure projects.
Interprets construction plans and documents for the contractor and client, interfaces with owners/operators regarding potential interference with operations.
Performs full or preliminary review of shop drawings, submittents, change orders, punch lists and contractor as-builts.
Maintains project documentation, daily reports of construction site activity, project files, RFIs and submittals as needed.
Drafts correspondence, reports, participates in project meetings and communicates effectively with all project stakeholders.
Participates in securing work from new and existing clients and maintains client relationships.