Senior Civil Engineer
Progressive Companies
Civil Engineer III
As a Civil Engineer III, you will lead complex civil engineering projects from concept through completion while delivering thoughtful, technically sound solutions for clients and communities. You will collaborate across disciplines, guide project documentation and design quality, and help ensure work aligns with regulatory requirements and Progressive's Performance Based Design principles. You will also serve as a technical mentor, helping junior engineers grow while supporting successful project outcomes.
Deliver Results
- Develop high-quality civil engineering designs, specifications, reports, and presentations that align with project goals and stakeholder needs.
- Lead advanced construction administration activities, including RFIs, shop drawing reviews, field inspections, and coordination with project teams.
- Collaborate with Project Managers, Team Leads, clients, consultants, and internal disciplines to define scope, schedules, budgets, and project execution plans.
- Analyze project feasibility, performance metrics, hydraulic systems, flood risk, environmental impacts, and potential risks to support resilient design solutions.
- Review complex project documentation for accuracy, consistency, quality, and compliance with applicable codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Engage clients and governing agencies throughout the project lifecycle to support reviews, approvals, and long-term project success.
- Mentor engineering staff by sharing technical expertise, supporting problem-solving, and contributing to lessons learned and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
- Professional Engineer licensure required.
- Typically 15+ years of post-graduation professional engineering experience and/or 10+ years of professionally licensed experience.
- Advanced civil engineering experience, including design of large-scale civil systems, transportation networks, water treatment systems, or infrastructure projects.
- Strong knowledge of civil engineering codes, standards, regulatory requirements, documentation practices, and quality assurance expectations.
- Experience leading complex project documentation, construction administration, field inspections, client coordination, and agency review processes.
- Proficiency with standard technology tools, search engines, Revit, and AutoCAD.
- Ability to balance stakeholder needs, make sound decisions, improve work processes, and mentor developing engineering staff.
People Matter Each individual's background, knowledge, ability, and experience contributes to strengthening our organization and projects. Our dedication to diversity includes company provided training and education, equitable recruitment, a grassroots employee DEI committee, and robust community partnerships.
Progressive Companies is comprised of people with a variety of abilities, races, colors, religions, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, ages, veteran statuses, and more. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential elements of innovative design. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. Transforming Spaces. Empowering People.
The talented professionals of Progressive Companies are designers of a bold new future, creating high-performance structures and pathways, delivering on today's needs and preparing for what's to come. We live by the idea that design isn't simply about beauty, it's about improving strategic outcomes—what we call Performance Based Design. Our work spans across the nation, allowing team members to work on a variety of exciting projects and maximize impact as trusted partners to our clients and communities. Sustainable and Inclusive
We are dedicated to human-centered, sustainable, and inclusive design practices. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to building trust, respect, and truly innovative design making spaces welcoming and accessible to all. Our sustainability approach embraces the AIA 2030 Commitment, together with a range of high performance, restorative, and regenerative strategies with a focus on climate responsive results to maximize positive impact in our industry. Employee Owned
We act like owners—because we are. From modest beginnings of four original engineering partners in 1962, to almost 300 architects, engineers, designers, and consultants across multiple regional offices today, the energy, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurial mindset you expect from a CEO come standard with every team member. Culture of Excellence
The firm is continually ranked as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation®, with comprehensive benefits including an award-winning wellness program, hybrid work schedule, summer hours, profit-sharing, and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). We take our work seriously, but have fun along the way, which fuels the creative spirit and supports a focus on work and life integration. Progressive Companies is committed to development and growth of team members through continuing education, mentorship, growth opportunities, and more. We are dedicated to giving back to our communities, with paid service-learning hours available to every employee and corporate sponsorship for a wide range of community organizations and activities.
$108.5k - $201.5k
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