Senior Staff Environmental Engineer

Brown And Caldwell • Los Angeles, CA

3d • $79,000 - $108,000

About The Position

Our Los Angeles office has an opening for a self-motivated engineer with 6 to 10 years of experience to work on projects related to water/wastewater design, conveyance pipeline infrastructure, as well as provide as needed construction support. Brown and Caldwell has an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated Environmental Engineer to join our Civil Design Team. This is a great opportunity to work in a growth-oriented professional consulting firm. The successful candidate will work on various projects for municipal, industrial, and federal clients. We offer a collaborative, multi-discipline environment to develop innovative, cost-effective designs for new facilities, expansions, upgrades, and retrofits. In this position, you will work on 3D, multi-discipline designs for facilities primarily serving the water and wastewater industries utilizing Autodesk software (AutoCAD Civil 3D). You will be responsible for providing support and/or leading the civil design effort on small to large projects working directly with engineers and other design staff; and collaborating with our structural, mechanical, process, and electrical engineers and designers on those designs. Projects include both conventional design/bid/build and alternative delivery such as design/build. You will be responsible for working effectively with local and remote design team members to meet and exceed project schedule and quality goals. You will assist in the civil discipline portions of business development activities. This includes developing civil scope and engineering level of effort estimates as well as maintaining project budgets and schedules. You will find that we offer a non-hierarchical, collaborative, and supportive environment, allowing you to do your best work. You will be trusted to do the right thing by our project managers and external clients and given the flexibility to manage your schedule to achieve this. When you join Brown and Caldwell you will enjoy a unique and welcoming culture and we are proud that many of our employees have been with us a decade or more. The work we do is interesting, challenging, and wide-ranging in nature, and so is our client base. Our ideal candidate will have strong verbal and written communication skills, be highly organized, and be capable of working in a diverse team environment and handling multiple tasks with competing priorities. You will be working with technical staff and executing the following types of work: Perform engineering work in coordination with the Civil Design Discipline team on a variety of water and wastewater projects; including pump stations, linear utilities, site improvements, and retrofits for municipal and private industrial clients. Assist in project scope and budget development, as well as, assisting in project design. Support PM and or PM providing technical leadership on civil-site projects including preparation of grading, drainage, site layout, utility, and erosion control plans. Review the work of others for quality and resolving design issues. Assist in the preparation or modification of reports, specifications, plans, permits, and designs. Undertake technical and feasibility studies including site investigations. Use a range of computer software for developing detailed designs. Assist in client contact, communication, and attends client meetings. Ability to lead civil engineering designs, preparing reports, construction drawings, specifications, and calculations for a variety of project elements. Knowledge and understanding of hydrology and hydraulics associated with the design of both open channels, closed conduits, stormwater management facilities, reservoirs, and erosion control practices. Support the creation of studies, permitting application documents, and alternative analyses. Oversee and complete data collection, manipulation, analysis, and documentation. Conduct field work, such as site investigations, as necessary for various projects, including on occasion, visiting job sites for construction observation duties. Check performance or conformity with plans and specifications through field inspections as part of engineering services during construction. Perform submittal reviews, requests for information, correspondence, change requests, and change orders for construction projects. Communicate effectively and coordinate with project teams including other disciplines (Engineers, Designers). Coordinate civil project work with surveyors, geotechnical, architectural, process, mechanical, and electrical engineers, and consultants. Contribute to company standard detail and specification development and updates. Strong sense of urgency and self-initiative to meet client deadlines. Additional duties may include marketing and business development, and project management. assistance, professional development, proposal preparation, and other business-related functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil/Environmental Engineering or related engineering field required; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in municipal and/or industrial civil design including water and wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations, pipelines, and site work; construction administration preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D (or newer) software is required.
• A Professional Engineering license is required, plus the ability to obtain a license in additional states as needed.
• Experience working with local and area permitting agencies to obtain site and stormwater permits for industrial/municipal site development required.
• Demonstrated ability to use standard computer programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, and PowerPoint required.
• A valid driver's license and a good driving record are required.
• Good technical skills with the ability to articulate ideas and concepts both visually and verbally.
• Good written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred.
• construction administration preferred.
• Experience with ProjectWise, BIM 360, and Bluebeam is desired.
• Experience with Navisworks 2013 (or newer) software is a plus.
• Experience coordinating with staff performing Civil 3D is a plus.
• Experience using engineering calculation software (e.g. MathCAD) is a plus.
• Experience using hydrology and hydraulic calculations/modeling software (e.g. HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, Hydraflow Storm Sewers, etc.) is a plus.
• Field/construction experience is a plus.
• GIS experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering work in coordination with the Civil Design Discipline team on a variety of water and wastewater projects; including pump stations, linear utilities, site improvements, and retrofits for municipal and private industrial clients.
• Assist in project scope and budget development, as well as, assisting in project design.
• Support PM and or PM providing technical leadership on civil-site projects including preparation of grading, drainage, site layout, utility, and erosion control plans.
• Review the work of others for quality and resolving design issues.
• Assist in the preparation or modification of reports, specifications, plans, permits, and designs.
• Undertake technical and feasibility studies including site investigations.
• Use a range of computer software for developing detailed designs.
• Assist in client contact, communication, and attends client meetings.
• Ability to lead civil engineering designs, preparing reports, construction drawings, specifications, and calculations for a variety of project elements.
• Knowledge and understanding of hydrology and hydraulics associated with the design of both open channels, closed conduits, stormwater management facilities, reservoirs, and erosion control practices.
• Support the creation of studies, permitting application documents, and alternative analyses.
• Oversee and complete data collection, manipulation, analysis, and documentation.
• Conduct field work, such as site investigations, as necessary for various projects, including on occasion, visiting job sites for construction observation duties.
• Check performance or conformity with plans and specifications through field inspections as part of engineering services during construction.
• Perform submittal reviews, requests for information, correspondence, change requests, and change orders for construction projects.
• Communicate effectively and coordinate with project teams including other disciplines (Engineers, Designers).
• Coordinate civil project work with surveyors, geotechnical, architectural, process, mechanical, and electrical engineers, and consultants.
• Contribute to company standard detail and specification development and updates.
• Strong sense of urgency and self-initiative to meet client deadlines.
• Additional duties may include marketing and business development, and project management. assistance, professional development, proposal preparation, and other business-related functions.

Benefits

• We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees