Senior Designer - Public Works

Role

Description:

Huitt-Zollars has a great full-time opportunity for a Senior Designer at our El Paso office. The successful candidate is one who is committed to high-quality design and sustainable civil design practices, is an enthusiastic self-starter with a desire for learning, and possesses a collaborative spirit.

Location: El Paso, Texas

Employment type: 40 FT Hours

Education: Associates of Applied Science in Drafting

Duties:

• Prepare civil plans for projects focused on public works infrastructure, including roadways, drainage, water, sewer, utility facilities, and earthwork projects.
• Perform analysis of design and construction systems, planning studies, design layouts, and construction details.
• Conduct site and construction inspections for information-gathering purposes and prepare reports.
• Execute material selections and technical solutions.
• Analyze design and construction systems, design layouts, and construction features, which require researching, compiling, and recording information for assigned project work.

Qualifications:

• Associate of Applied Science degree or higher required.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the profession as a Civil Engineering Designer.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Demonstrated site work and construction technical experience.
• Ability to prioritize and deliver multiple projects with varying deadlines.
• Excellent verbal, written, and graphic communication skills.
• Ability to lead and coordinate consultant teams.
• Ability to interact with owners and user groups.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills.

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Role Annual Performance Goals & Expectations:

• Having a deep understanding of how your work and contributions as a co-owner add to Huitt-Zollars' mission and core values.
• Understands, follows, and enforces Huitt-Zollars' business process.
• Routinely proposes and produces more effective ways to accomplish assignments.
• Maintains a safe and hazard-free work area and operates with a 'safety first' approach to their work - even within an office setting.
• Routinely functions in a technically proficient manner on project/technical operations.
• Takes on more responsibilities and actively seeks out opportunities to grow/learn beyond their typical key responsibilities that add value to the quality, efficiency, and/or profitability of a project(s), a team(s), or the Company's performance.

This position is also required to adhere to Huitt-Zollars' Core Value Competencies

About Huitt-Zollars:

• Huitt-Zollars, Inc. is a privately held, 100% employee-owned leading Architectural and Engineering (A/E) firm since being established in 1975. Since then, our firm has been providing innovative planning, engineering, architectural and interior design, construction and program management, and design-build services to our clients.
• Located in more than 20 locations throughout 11 different US states, Huitt-Zollars holds a vision to improve the environment in which we live, work, and play. Employees/co-owners can expect to collaborate with their team, listen to client and community needs, and deliver world-class professional services. Learn more about a career with #teamHZ by viewing our LinkedIN Life page.

Benefits & Perks:

• Health insurance (BCBS TX Blue Choice PPO)
• Dental insurance (BCBS TX Blue Choice PPO)
• Vision insurance (BCBS TX Blue Choice PPO)
• MDLive Telehealth
• Employer-Paid Short- & Long-Term disability
• 8 Paid Holidays
• Employee Morale/Teambuilding events and activities
• Paid Vacation/Annual Leave
• Paid Sick Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Commuter Benefits
• Professional Societies and Registrations Fee Reimbursements
• Term Life / AD&D insurance
• Cancer and Specified Disease insurance
• Two retirement plans: 401(k) and an ESOP
• Work for an Employee-Owned firm

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer, type/key-in data
• May lift and carry up to 50 pounds, hike up and down steep slopes carrying up to 50 pounds of survey equipment
• The employee must be able to concentrate on details, work under deadline pressures, apply sound logic and judgment, and prioritize tasks and responsibilities
• Employee may be asked to walk on uneven terrain
• May work in extreme weather conditions
• Bend, squat, dig monument holes, pound in stakes and rebar monuments
• Carry and use brush cutting equipment
• May drive survey vehicle

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for Huitt-Zollars in the U.S. without employer sponsorship. Currently, Huitt-Zollars does not sponsor H1-B or any other work…