Civil Engineer

Civil Engineer

Working with our business partners to create, improve and sustain industry and infrastructure.  Orbital Engineering has been driven by this core purpose for more than 50 years - energizing Orbital team members and helping our clients solve challenging and complex problems with innovative engineering, inspection, and construction solutions.  Orbital team members are guided by the fundamental principles of building trusted relationships, personal accountability, innovation, and excellence in everything we do.  Orbital is looking for others to join our team to continue activating our purpose and embrace our values.

Orbital is seeking a senior Civil engineer with 10+ years of experience to support projects in our Heavy Industrial vertical.  This position is fully remote. This person would provide technical and project execution oversight for various projects.  The position requires project experience in a consulting environment, and well-rounded expertise in retrofit engineering projects in the utilities, water, infrastructure, steel, construction, manufacturing, petrochemical, chemical, mining, materials processing, and/or power generation industries.  ​​Orbital is evaluating candidates based upon their technical depth of knowledge, field experience and construction/engineering management experience in applications such as:

• Underground pipelines
• Water distribution systems
• Sewer collection systems
• Storm water management
• Natural gas T&D
• Roadways & transportation
• Excavation, soils, & geotechnical
• Field construction management
• Surveying & staking
• Grading design
• Rail and water crossings
• Casings and cathodic protection
• Permit review & compliance
• Working with review agencies
• Working with municipalities & utilities
• Local ordinances & industry codes
• Excavation and shoring
• Construction methods
• Design for safety

The ideal candidate will be a high performing, critically thinking, analytical, and experienced self-starter with excellent leadership skills, written and oral communication skills, customer service skills, and the ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others. Orbital culture values safety, communication, accountability, professionalism, integrity, and respect.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Review client requests for proposals and scopes of work.  Act as Orbital representative at bid walkdowns.  Prepare manhour estimates and proposals.
• Lead Civil projects and develop contractor construction packages including grading, paving and drainage plans, and scopes of work.  For larger projects, coordinate with other engineers and designers as required to execute the scope. Prepare and/or review calculations and deliverables for completeness and accuracy prior to issuance to client. 
• Support regional business development initiatives as a technical resource
• Lead internal and external quality and design review meetings throughout the course of the project
• Develop, maintain and upgrade technical standards/specifications to be used on specific projects
• Complete all tasks in accordance with design and project execution procedures and guidelines as set forth in corporate Quality Management System

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) License is required.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience working as an engineer in environments similar to the marketplaces served by Orbital is required. 
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills with clients and engineering personnel are essential.​​ 
• Thorough understanding and aptitude in the use of current computer software including business enterprise and discipline-specific technical software suites such as AutoCAD Civil 3D and Geopak

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree, Project Management Training, and/or PMP Certification
• Project management experience including an understanding/use of project management and project control principles/tools
• Knowledge of land surveying, 3D design, and Lidar

A commitment to excellence and hard work will be rewarded with a competitive salary, and an excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, 401(k), and supplemental insurance.

Orbital Engineering, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EEO/AA/M-F-V-D.  Orbital Engineering, Inc. seeks diversity among its employees. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential job functions.

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