Principal Civil Engineer

Geosyntec Consultants - Charlotte, NC

Full-time - Senior

Onsite - Charlotte, NC

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Principal Civil Engineer at Geosyntec is responsible for leading and expanding civil engineering and land development services in Raleigh or Charlotte, NC. This role involves collaboration with various engineering disciplines to manage innovative projects in both private and public sectors, focusing on areas such as greenfields and brownfields redevelopment, landfills, and water containment systems. The position emphasizes business development, technical project management, and mentoring early-career engineers.

Responsibilities

• Development of new business for land development projects in collaboration with other Geosyntec practice areas.
• Cross sell services to support other practices within the Carolina's and Mid-Atlantic region.
• Help broaden our reputation via publishing and visibility at prominent industry conferences.
• Developing and/or reviewing technical drawings, specifications, engineering documents, and analyses for civil design, site development and grading, stormwater management, and erosion and sediment controls.
• Completion or review of civil and stormwater management design packages.
• Providing construction engineering support to large civil-design projects.
• Completing construction quality assurance (CQA) tasks for large civil-design projects.
• Providing oversight and project management of multi-disciplinary projects and assistance in managing Client Programs.
• Developing and maintaining strong collaborative internal and external relationships.
• Mentoring and developing early career engineers.
• Recruiting, training, and mentoring early-career engineers.
• Preparing task orders and proposals including scope of work, cost/fee estimates, schedule, presentations, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in civil or geotechnical engineering or closely related discipline (required).
• Professional registration (i.e., PE) (required).
• Minimum 10 years (15+ preferred) of progressive experience in consulting industry or equivalent combination of education and experience (required).
• Managing complex interdisciplinary projects for private and public sector clients (required).
• Effective business development and client management skills (required).
• Technical leadership for civil design, landfill design, and site layout (required).
• Performing civil design and site grading (required).
• Task and project management (required).
• Strong oral and technical writing skills (required).
• Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing (required).
• Valid U.S. driver's license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel (required).

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced degree in civil or geotechnical engineering (preferred).
• Performing hydrologic/hydraulic analyses and designing stormwater infrastructure (preferred).
• Relevant engineering software experience (e.g., AutoCAD Civil3D, SWMM, HydroCAD, and ArcGIS) (preferred).

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Well-being programs to support employees and their families
• Professional development opportunities including in-house seminars, webinars, and mentoring