Civil Design Engineer (Entry Level)

Position Summary

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Perform preliminary pile designs, takeoffs, and quotations:

• Review and understand the project plans, specification, and geotechnical report.
• Coordinate project pile/foundation designs.
• Provide design and/or material recommendations including Value Engineering (VE) pile design alternates.
• Collaborate with the Team to understand client and project needs to offer most economical design.
• Coordinate and participate in conference calls between the project teams.
• Prepare the preliminary design and coordinate material estimates with the team for package distribution to the customer

Manage execution of signed & sealed design submittals:

• Verify all project information (plans, specification, and geotechnical report) is available and adequate for the design process.
• Coordinate submittal completion with engineering firm within project schedule.
• Review and coordinate any revisions that may be requested.
• Address design RFIs
• Provide supporting documentation as required.
• Create and provide CAD drawings

Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive. Employees are required to follow appropriate supervisory direction and perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering required
• Geotechnical and structural engineering experience preferred
• Ability to work (independently and in a team setting) under pressure with challenging deadlines.
• Advanced computer program skills specifically with various CAD programs (including Inventor), Salesforce.com, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SmartSheet
• Previous experience in the deep foundation/construction industry a plus

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Ability to work in an open office environment.
• Ability to sit for several hours at a time.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

IDEAL Group is an equal employment opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs and not on race, color, citizenship status, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. IDEAL is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for handicapped and disabled employees.

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