Senior Civil Engineer

Job Title: Senior Civil Engineer

Job Description

The Senior Civil Engineer serves as a Discipline Lead, providing engineering leadership and management across cross-discipline teams on a wide range of industrial and utility projects. This role oversees departmental project aspects including resources, work scope, schedules, and budgets. Typical work scopes include site planning, land development, and underground utility design for water, stormwater, and wastewater systems from conceptual design through construction. Projects range from smaller, single-discipline assignments such as utility extensions and minor roadways to large, complex, multi-discipline infrastructure, building, and site improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Collect and prepare engineering data and information, and perform detailed design and calculations with support from a licensed professional engineering manager.
• Develop comprehensive technical specifications and detailed work scopes for civil engineering projects.
• Assist with and provide leadership for field work related to design development and problem-solving activities.
• Support collaboration and coordination for Owner, Vendor, and Contractor submittals, and communicate effectively with Owner representatives, Contractors, and other project stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.
• Interact with other internal departments and external suppliers to obtain necessary technical and project information.
• Serve as the Discipline Lead on complex, multi-discipline projects by estimating work hours, developing scopes of work, making staffing recommendations, and checking drawings for quality and accuracy.
• Self-perform and collaborate with others using software and design tools to produce engineering deliverables that comply with accepted engineering principles, company standards, and customer contract specifications.
• Apply value engineering principles to develop designs that meet client requirements for operability, reliability, maintainability, and safety.
• Design industry rail access and yard track layouts when required by the project.
• Prepare permit applications and supporting documentation for review agency permitting processes.
• Coordinate work activities with the broader project team to maintain alignment on scope, schedule, and deliverables.
• Coordinate and direct survey services performed by external providers or internal teams.
• Prepare clear and professional exhibits for client or public presentations, including plans, diagrams, and supporting visuals.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• Minimum of Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification, with Professional Engineer (PE) licensure strongly preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience planning and designing civil engineering plans, including site grading, land development, water and wastewater systems, and underground utility layouts.
• At least 10 years of experience creating engineering plans, specifications, exhibits, scopes of work, and design calculations.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D, including use for land development, site planning, grading, drainage, and utility design.
• Experience using Civil 3D with Building Information Modeling (BIM) capabilities.
• Proficiency with BIM modeling software such as Revit.
• Strong background in stormwater and wastewater design and utility design.
• Ability to lead discipline-specific efforts on multi-discipline projects, including estimating hours, defining scope, and reviewing drawings.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with owners, vendors, contractors, and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to perform detailed engineering calculations and prepare technical documentation in accordance with engineering standards and client specifications.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred in addition to EIT certification.
• Experience with industrial projects from the ground up, including large-scale site development and infrastructure.
• Experience preparing permit applications and supporting documents for regulatory agencies.
• Experience coordinating survey services and integrating survey data into design.
• Experience designing industry rail access and yard track layouts.
• Experience preparing exhibits and visual materials for client and public presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to apply value engineering to optimize designs for operability, reliability, maintainability, and safety.

Work Environment

The role is based in an office environment with flexibility for remote work. Candidates may work from offices in locations such as Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, North Carolina, or Greenville, SC, with a hybrid schedule of three days in the office and two days from home for those local to an office. Candidates who are not near an office may work fully remote. The work involves regular use of engineering design software, including AutoCAD Civil 3D and BIM tools such as Revit, and collaboration with cross-discipline teams in a professional, project-driven setting.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Cleveland, OH.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $44.00 - $61.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 24, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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