What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Civil Engineer position at EXP?
At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.
Ready to design your future?
Be our next Senior Civil Engineer - Roadway, Port & Rail.
Your work environment at EXP
In this role, you will be a part of the Transportation team based in our New Orleans, Louisiana office in a hybrid capacity having the opportunity to work on a variety of transportation and infrastructure projects with a focus on highway, railway and transit structures including bridge, culverts and retaining walls. You will be a part of the Civil team focusing on Roadway, Port & Rail projects.
What a day at EXP has in store for you
- Prepares engineering analysis, design, and calculations for a portion or all of a project
- You will have prior experience managing design build rail, roadway and infrastructure projects in urban & rural environments.
- Skill sets include designing or overseeing the design of all elements in site development including grading and earthwork, erosion control, hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, drainage design for gravity and pressure systems, utility design, permitting and environmental compliance
- Understands surveying and can interpret survey data required to complete designs
- Works with dynamic and diverse multi-discipline design teams across multiple sectors and geographies
- Prepares project drawings, calculations, specifications and cost estimates
- Prepares scope and fee estimates on projects or portions of projects, may be required to help prepare proposals for project pursuits
- Performs construction phase assistance tasks including responding to RFI (Requests for Information), visiting job sites, reviewing submittals, and coordinating with the design team to resolve field related issues
- Familiar with all aspects of construction document preparation and capable of independently making design decisions and preparing the construction document package
What your experience looks like
- BS Degree in Civil Engineering
- PE certification required in Louisiana
- Experience with Port, Rail and Roadway projects in Louisiana
- Experience with proposals and business development activities.
- Ability to work on several projects concurrently
- Strong sense of urgency and self- initiative to meet client deadlines
- Proficient in CADD – AutoCAD/MicroStation, Civil3D, etc.
- Ability to mentor Civil engineers
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to direct and supervise staff engineers and technicians
- Strong leadership, project management skills and the ability to work in a team environment
- 10 years progressively responsible relevant experience in a Civil Engineering role
- Exhibits strong verbal and written communication skills
- Proficient with the use of computers including spreadsheets, word processing, and engineering software and ability to prepare electronic design calculation documents
- Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively within multi-discipline project teams that may be remote
- Ability to plan ones’ own time and manage the time of others, as needed, demonstrates good time management skills
- Ability to problem solve, complete assigned tasks efficiently, and exercise sound engineering judgment
