Project Civil Engineer

Engineering Oakland,California

Salary: USD 90000.Annually

GEI’s Oakland, California office is seeking a Project Civil Engineer to join our growing water resources engineering practice. This is an opportunity to take a meaningful technical and project leadership role on complex water infrastructure projects throughout Northern California and across the United States.

You’ll work on dams, spillways, outlet works, levees, pipelines and open-channel conveyance systems, water storage and recharge facilities, and other heavy civil infrastructure, from planning and design through construction. You’ll lead technical tasks, coordinate and mentor junior staff, work directly with clients and senior technical experts, and grow toward increasing project management and technical leadership responsibility.

• Serve as a Task Manager and technical lead for engineering tasks and project elements, managing assigned scope, schedule, budget, and staffing.
• Perform and lead civil engineering analyses, calculations, 3D modeling, and design for dams, spillways, outlet works, levees, conveyance systems, water storage and recharge facilities, and other heavy civil infrastructure.
• Develop engineering solutions from planning and conceptual design through final design and construction.
• Prepare and coordinate technical memoranda, engineering reports, design calculations, construction drawings, technical specifications, cost estimates, schedules, and other project deliverables.
• Take technical deliverables through final-draft completion, applying GEI’s QA/QC procedures and reviewing calculations, drawings, reports, and other work prepared by project staff.
• Delegate and coordinate subtasks, schedule and mentor junior staff, review their work, and provide technical direction to project team members.
• Anticipate technical and project delivery challenges, evaluate alternatives, develop practical engineering solutions, and proactively communicate project status and needs to Project Managers and senior technical staff.
• Coordinate and prepare engineering drawings using AutoCAD and Civil 3D and provide technical direction and review of design documents.
• Participate in client meetings and work with Project Managers to understand client needs, communicate technical information, and deliver responsive client service.
• Support construction-phase engineering and field activities, including submittal and RFI review, field observations, construction coordination, work planning, and resolution of design and construction issues.
• Support proposal development and business development efforts, including technical approaches, scopes of work, staffing, schedules, cost estimates, and identification of opportunities to provide additional services to existing clients.
• Travel to project sites and other GEI offices as required, including occasional overnight travel and temporary out-of-area assignments.

• B.S. degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of California, or ability to obtain California PE registration within an agreed-upon timeframe.
• Typically 5–8 years of relevant civil engineering experience; demonstrated capability and level of responsibility will be considered in addition to years of experience.
• Experience in the planning, analysis, design, and/or construction of water resources facilities, hydraulic structures, or comparable heavy civil infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to independently formulate and execute technical assignments with limited oversight, manage multiple priorities and deadlines, and effectively coordinate with Project Managers and senior technical staff.
• Experience leading technical tasks, managing task-level scope, schedule, and budget, and coordinating and mentoring junior staff.
• Ability to review technical work and consistently produce high-quality calculations, drawings, specifications, reports, and other engineering deliverables.
• Working knowledge of applicable engineering principles, codes, design standards, and industry practices.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical…