Senior Civil Engineer (Hybrid)

VAA • Plymouth, MN

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

VAA Engineering, LLC has an opening for a Senior Civil Engineer position based out of its office in Minnetonka, Minnesota. This role involves providing direction, coordination, and distributing work to project teams, ensuring compliance with regulations, and mentoring staff. The Senior Civil Engineer will serve as the primary technical client contact, manage project scopes, schedules, and budgets, and facilitate coordination meetings. Responsibilities include preparing and editing specifications and drawings, conducting site visits during the design and construction phases, and managing project closeout. The position also involves participating in marketing efforts and providing input on personnel scheduling and workload distribution.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent foreign degree in Civil Engineering.
• At least 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience supporting and managing civil engineering projects.
• Experience working with computer aided design software including Civil 3D, AutoCAD, Revit, RAM, and/or RISA.
• Experience performing onsite observations and preparing corresponding reports.
• Experience preparing engineering reports, drawings, and designs.
• Licensure as a Professional Engineer in Minnesota.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction, coordination, and distribute work to project team.
• Direct engineering activities, ensuring compliance with environmental, safety, or other governmental regulations.
• Mentor and train engineers and technical staff to produce high quality engineering services and deliverables.
• Serve as primary technical client contact on projects.
• Prepare, review, and execute proposals.
• Research, understand, and convey client needs for project success.
• Schedule and track assigned project workflow.
• Maintain discipline-specific project scope, schedules and budgets for individual projects and coordinate with disciplines to ensure successful project delivery.
• Manage client needs and expectations throughout the project.
• Facilitate internal and external coordination meetings (clients, equipment suppliers).
• Prepare and edit specifications and drawings and ensure high-quality design services to specified VAA/client standards working directly with project team.
• Conduct periodic document reviews to ensure project scope and criteria are met.
• Communicate with clients/contractors regarding RFI's and field questions.
• Manage and direct the construction, operations, or maintenance activities at project sites.
• Perform site visits during design phase to verify existing conditions and identify engineering and coordination issues.
• Perform construction phase site observations on job sites and produce site observation reports as required.
• Inspect project sites to monitor progress and ensure conformance to design specifications.
• Manage project budget and billing; identify and prepare requests for additional services and estimate quantities and costs of materials, equipment, or labor to determine project feasibility.
• Manage project closeout.
• Keep Principal in Charge informed of project progress, challenges and successes.
• Provide weekly input on personnel scheduling; assist project manager with balanced weekly workload distribution.
• Participate in marketing efforts to develop and sustain targeted clients in key market sectors.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior