Senior Residential Civil Engineer - Land Development (PE, 10+ Years’ Experience)

Help shape great projects—and the engineers who bring them to life.

At Landform, you'll do more than design projects. You'll help strengthen the technical expertise, design standards, and quality of work that make successful projects possible.

You'll work alongside civil engineers, planners, land surveyors, landscape architects, and development professionals in a collaborative studio environment. Drawing on your experience, you'll help guide engineering design, develop internal resources, mentor team members, and ensure our projects meet Landform's standards for technical quality and consistency.

We're looking for an experienced Professional Engineer with 10+ years of civil engineering and land development experience who enjoys solving technical challenges, sharing knowledge, and helping others grow. This role is ideal for an engineer who wants to make a broader impact by improving how our team designs, reviews, documents, and delivers projects.

Why Experienced Engineers Choose Landform:

• Make a broader impact. Use your technical expertise to improve engineering practices and project quality across the firm.
• Develop other professionals. Provide hands-on training, mentorship, and guidance to engineers and designers at different career stages.
• Strengthen quality and consistency. Help establish, maintain, and improve design standards, quality control procedures, and internal review processes.
• Solve challenging technical problems. Serve as a resource for engineers working through complex grading, drainage, utility, and site development challenges.
• Improve how we work. Identify opportunities to refine workflows, standardize deliverables, and make engineering processes more efficient.
• Stay connected to real projects. Maintain involvement in land development design while helping teams deliver coordinated, constructible solutions.
  

What You'll Actually Do:

• Provide technical guidance and engineering support to project teams throughout design and delivery.
• Review grading plans, utility plans, drainage and stormwater designs, erosion control plans, and construction documents for technical accuracy, consistency, completeness, and constructability.
• Lead or support internal quality control and quality assurance reviews at key project milestones.
• Develop and maintain internal engineering standards, design guidelines, checklists, templates, and best practices.
• Identify recurring design issues and develop training or resources to help prevent them.
• Provide hands-on training in site design, grading, stormwater management, utility coordination, Civil 3D workflows, and construction documentation.
• Mentor engineers and designers through technical questions, design reviews, project discussions, and practical problem-solving.
• Help onboard new engineering staff and support technical skill development across the team.
• Serve as an internal technical resource for complex engineering questions, design alternatives, and interpretation of applicable standards and regulations.
• Promote consistent application of engineering standards, municipal requirements, and sound engineering judgment across projects.
• Collaborate with project managers and studio leaders to identify technical training needs and improvement opportunities.
• Evaluate existing workflows and recommend improvements to design efficiency, documentation quality, and interdisciplinary coordination.
• Stay current with industry practices, regulatory changes, design tools, and emerging technologies relevant to land development.
• Participate in project work as appropriate to maintain practical design knowledge and provide hands-on technical support.

What You'll Bring to Landform.

You are an experienced engineer who enjoys helping others succeed. You take pride in technically sound designs, clear documentation, thoughtful review, and finding practical ways to improve how work gets done.

You can identify issues others may overlook, explain the reasoning behind your recommendations, and turn lessons learned into better standards and stronger team capabilities.

You are collaborative rather than hierarchical, comfortable providing constructive feedback, and motivated by the opportunity to improve the quality of work across the organization.

Required Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
2. 10+ years of progressive civil engineering experience, with a strong background in land development and site design.
3. Active Professional Engineer (PE) license in Minnesota or the ability to obtain Minnesota licensure within an agreed timeframe.
4. Extensive technical knowledge of grading, stormwater management, drainage, utilities, site design, and construction documentation.
5. Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D and familiarity with efficient design and documentation workflows.
6. Experience reviewing engineering plans and identifying technical issues, coordination gaps, and opportunities to improve constructability.
7. Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts, coach others, and provide constructive feedback.
8. A demonstrated interest in mentoring, technical training, quality control, and continuous improvement.
9. Strong organizational skills and the ability to develop practical, repeatable processes and technical resources.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience developing or implementing engineering quality assurance and quality control procedures
• Experience training, mentoring, or onboarding engineers and designers.
• Experience creating design standards, technical checklists, CAD standards, templates, or internal training materials.
• Familiarity with Minnesota land development regulations, municipal design standards, and permitting requirements.
• Experience identifying workflow improvements and promoting consistent practices across multiple project teams.
• Experience with construction administration and applying field observations and lessons learned to future designs.
  

Why Landform:

• Multidisciplinary collaboration: Work with civil engineers, planners, surveyors, landscape architects, and development professionals.
• Technical influence: Help establish the standards and practices that support quality work across the firm.
• Professional development: Contribute directly to the growth and confidence of our engineering team.
• Meaningful projects: Stay connected to diverse residential, retail, commercial, mixed-use, and community-focused developments.
• A collaborative culture: Work with experienced professionals and leadership in a studio-based environment that values knowledge sharing and practical solutions.
• A strong foundation: Join a firm with more than 30 years of experience helping clients bring successful projects to life.
  

You'll be expected to do/job responsibilities/tasks:

Familiarize yourself with Landform's Mission, Vision, and Values in your everyday work, such as:

• QUALITY: consistently seek to exceed industry expectations.
• LEADERSHIP: leverage our experience, relationships and expertise to strengthen our communities and professional affiliations.
• RELATIONSHIPS: assist other team members; communicate appropriately with clients, jurisdictional staff, and contractors.
• MENTORSHIP: be a mentor to less experienced designers and team members, work with others in a learning capacity, and be willing to learn.
• ENTHUSIASM: positive attitude, punctuality, strong work ethic, high utilization.

Using the software and tools provided, become familiar with and use Landform's systems and standards to:

• Lead planning projects, including project management, community engagement and design
• Lead public meetings and other community engagement efforts
• Advocate for planning processes within a multidisciplinary environment
• Actively participate in marketing and business development for the studio
• Lead preparation of ordinance updates, master plans and comprehensive plans
• Provide planning support to other Studios and their development clients.
• Prepare site investigation due diligence reports
  
• Support other Planners with municipal clients
• Review development applications on behalf of municipal clients, including preparation of staff reports
• Prepare development applications and narratives for the other Studios
• Prepare ordinance updates, master plans and comprehensive plans.
• Provide planning support to other Studios and their private development clients.

Let's talk about your future path with the Landform team.

Job seekers who match with Landform appreciate fast-paced and diverse work, a well-appointed and flexible work environment, collaborative teams of specialists prioritizing a job well done, and the importance of environmental sustainability.

A few of our benefits include the following:

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• Life/Disability
• Paid holidays
• FTO
• 401K employer contribution
• Technology reimbursement
• Professional registration renewal fees
• Educational allowance
• Supplemental life
• Mental health care
• Career Advancement
• Profit-sharing
• Charitable gift matching
  
• Fun and flexible hours (4 x 10-hour day option)
• Volunteer time
• Free lunch or snacks
• Employee Assistance
• Job training
• Tuition assistance

Plus, here are a few of our excellent social benefits:

• Annual employee appreciation nights
• Annual family events
• Fully stocked juice and pop
• Monthly happy hours
• Popcorn Machine (Minneapolis Home Office)
• Monthly birthday & anniversary celebrations
• Volunteering opportunities
• Networking opportunities
  
• Professional development
• Socially responsible
• Diversity Commitment
• Pledge to thrive
• Fair chance pledge
• Pet friendly

Important Information:

• This is an on-site position based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• We believe collaboration, hands-on learning, and direct interaction help our team produce better work. This role will be based in the office to support real-time technical guidance, design reviews, training, and coordination with project teams.
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship requirements.
  

At Landform, you can:

• FORM YOUR PATH. Put your experience to work in a role that values your technical expertise, judgment, and contributions to developing others.
• FORM YOUR TEAM. Share knowledge, strengthen collaboration, and help colleagues develop the skills and confidence to do their best work.
• FORM YOUR FUTURE. Help shape the engineering standards, training practices, and quality processes that support Landform's continued growth.

Learn more about Landform.

• In 1994, Landform was created to redefine civil engineering firms' function by forming multidisciplinary studios focused on specific market segments. We began providing a comprehensive design approach, grounded in our commitment to learning about our clients' businesses and helping them succeed and grow.
• For more than 30 years, our philosophy has helped us build strong client relationships through our commitment to quality, leadership, relationships, mentorship, and enthusiasm at every step.
• Now, we are looking forward to another 30 years of helping our clients succeed and create memorable places.

Job seekers who match with Landform appreciate fast-paced and diverse work, a well-appointed and flexible work environment, collaborative teams of specialists prioritizing a job well done, and the importance of environmental sustainability.

Apply today, because great careers aren't found - they're formed.