Senior Designer, Civil Engineering

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.•Frisco, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Designer to join our team in our Frisco, TX office. In this role you will take the lead on engineering design efforts for public infrastructure projects including grading, roadway, drainage, water, and sewer design. Westwood is a national civil engineering consulting firm that provides a variety of career opportunities across multiple disciplines for both public and private infrastructure projects. Our employees benefit from a comprehensive package that includes excellent health care, 401(k) matching, profit sharing, paid time off, professional career resources, significant growth opportunities, and an outstanding company culture.

Requirements

Able to prepare grading plans with little direction from supervisor or team leader
Understands drainage, water, sewer design elements
Understand surveying mapping
Competent technical skills required to complete basic engineering tasks
Pro-actively pursues design solutions
Exercises sound independent judgement
Strong understanding of local and agency standards, codes, and policies
Strong understanding of client requirements
Ability to estimate man-hours for specific tasks
Advanced knowledge of CAD software
Able to identify and obtain necessary data to complete design
Able to maintain organized CAD drawings and draws with precision
Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and able to write, send, and process email
Able to maintain a task list and set the priority of tasks to achieve project milestones and deadlines
Able to write justification letters for elements of designs and submittal packages
5+ years of experience working with AutoCAD Civil 3D
High School Diploma or equivalent and 5+ years relevant experience

Nice To Haves

Associates Degree preferred
Public Infrastructure experience a plus

Responsibilities

Selects, recommends, performs, and directs procedures and preparation of preliminary and final design
Assist in coordination with other in-house disciplines and sub-consultant services
Prepares plan documents and supporting design calculations
Demonstrates knowledge and application of engineering principles and suggests design changes
Qaulity check drawings and plans of substantial complexity and may perform some multifaceted calculations
Adhere to Westwood CAD document control standards and file organization structure
Able to delegate CAD assignments and determine methods and procedures
Independently performs assignments on basic design elements
Provides training and coordination with CAD Technicians, Grad Engineers, and Engineering Interns
Coordinates work activities to maintain project deadlines, budgets, and ensure projects are completed on schedule
Prepare grading designs, plan, and profile of roadways and utilities
Prepare complete civil construction documents/improvement plan sets
Review and understand jurisdictional code requirements and implement in the design
Prepare construction cost estimates/quantity takeoffs
Perform Quality Assurance/Quality Control of work product
Assist in the submittal of project document
Assist in jurisdictional coordination, response to comments, and preparation of submittal documents
Maintain open communication with Project Manager and design team