Professional Engineer, Civil Engineering

Do you want to help engineer what’s next? Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) is a national engineering firm committed to delivering holistic advice for our clients’ most complex challenges. We leverage our collective and diverse experience, technical expertise, and industry knowledge of structures and building enclosures, advanced analysis, performance & code consulting, and applied science & research to deliver unrivaled, comprehensive solutions that drive superior performance. With 800 employees in offices nationwide, SGH’s industry-leading teams constantly seek to advance the meaning of what’s possible. What makes careers at SGH so special? The only way to advance is to question and explore. Every member of the SGH team is both a learner and an educator, committed to advancing ourselves, our teams, and our industry. Together we are creating a community that never settles for what is but always seeks what could be. There are many reasons to love SGH: • Our Work: Our clients trust us to bring clarity and deliver outstanding solutions for their most complex projects. • Our People: We are bold thinkers and compassionate teammates, committed to lifelong learning and professional growth. • Our Commitment: We live with integrity and embrace an obligation to give back to our professions and communities. • Our Contribution: We offer a comprehensive and rich compensation and benefits package with company-paid and voluntary programs to help build healthy lifestyles, strong relationships, and future prosperity. The Position: This Civil Engineering position will be part of our multi-disciplinary team providing a wide array of engineering services. These services include land development, site improvement, adaptive reuse renovations, drainage and utility layouts, and much more. Typical project work includes: • Collaborating on multi-disciplinary projects such as slope and shoreline stabilization, retaining wall systems, foundation drainage systems, sub-slab dewatering systems, floodproofing, and plaza drainage systems. • Investigating failures and performance issues of civil engineering systems. • Designing layout, grading, and drainage for land development and site improvement projects. • Performing due-diligence and risk assessment analyses for land development projects. • Applying sustainable development concepts, including urban recharge. • Evaluating and mitigating flood exposure. • Performing utility and drainage investigations and design. • Performing hydrologic and hydraulic analysis. • Collaborating with architects, engineers, and landscape architects for plaza reconstruction. • Evaluating accessibility and developing appropriate measures for design or rehabilitation. • Analyzing and designing flexible and rigid pavements. • Evaluating and designing pump systems. • Performing data analytics with Civil3D and other software. • Observing field operations and supporting the implementation of SGH's design solutions. Job Responsibilities: This Civil Engineering position responsibilities will be generally consistent with ASCE Grade IV and will include: • Preparing proposals, including budgeting and personnel requirements. • Planning work for approval by your supervisor. • Conducting assignments requiring only general guidance on the approach to solving unusual problems. • Managing a complex project or part of a project with responsibility for supervising pertinent work, evaluating results, and preparing reports with minimal assistance. • Delegating tasks using a coaching relationship for supervising the technical work of project staff. • Managing direct client contact within existing work while building and nurturing relationships with external project team members. • Actively contributing to internal technical