Sr. Civil Design Engineer

Overview

Cordoba Corporation, a leading civil engineering firm based in California,seeks a highly skilled and experienced Senior Transit Engineer to play a pivotal role in our Transportation Sector.

The candidate must have a minimum of 10 years' experience in Civil engineering and managing complex multidisciplinary railway projects.

• Serve as project manager or discipline lead for railroad or civil engineering design projects and other offices to support the transportation sector and other sectors as needed.

• Support the firm by leading or participating in marketing and contracting activities.

• Manage scope, budget, and schedule, as well as the development of design criteria, specifications, project guides, project meeting notes, and cost-estimating activities.

• Perform railroad, transit, and/or civil engineering/design planning, analysis, and design aspects of rail and rail-related transportation projects.

• Lead and/or perform detailed QC reviews of projects.

• Support Project Managers by leading or participating in client and stakeholder visits, site visits, field assessments, and construction inspections as needed.

• Attend industry events and represent the firm as needed.

• Manage, supervise, mentor younger staff, and support technical development.

• Provide leadership across technical disciplines.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• Periodic travel for client visits, site visits, field assessments, and construction inspections, as needed

• Work across industries with rail, industrial, terminal, utility, agency, DOT, port, transit, and other industry clients

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

• Minimum 10 years' experience in railway engineering and managing complex multidisciplinary railway projects

• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification is acceptable.

• Skilled in technical writing, communicating and presenting to clients and the public

• Demonstrated ability to lead a team on railway projects

• Proficiency using Auto Cad, Civil 3D, Navisworks, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project Software)

• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years' experience in civil design experience with at least 5 years within the rail and/or transit engineering industry and 2 years within managing railway or civil projects

• PE (CA) license is strongly preferred. Other state license acceptable if licensure in CA is within 1 year.

• Proven, hands‑on experience in all aspects of railroad and/or civil design projects.

• Skilled in railroad horizontal and vertical alignments, earthwork modeling, drainage design, and plan production

• Knowledge of railroad analysis programs, and railroad and/or civil design software.

• Demonstrated leadership, strong communication,organizational, listening, mentoring and project management skills.

• Desire to advance technical and management skills to support the growth of the section and work within a collaborative team

• Ability to handle multiple assignments and work in a team environment with various teams.

• Experience using AutoCAD and Civil3D

Salary Range: $200,000 to $250,000 yearly

Location:

Los Angeles, CA

Work Environment:
Hybrid, expect 2 days a week remote, 3 days a week onsite at a client office in downtown LA.

Cordoba Corporation, Making a Difference

Cordoba Corporation is a nationally recognized civil engineering, construction management, program management, and planning firm. Our expertise spans diverse sectors, including education and facilities, transportation, water, and energy. Collaborating closely with our clients, we have successfully delivered complex and high-impact infrastructure projects across California.

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