Principal Engineer - Site Design
About the role
Job Description
Olsson provides multidisciplinary, preliminary, and construction design services for mixed-use, commercial, and residential land development projects, along with industrial, sports, schools, and other site development types.
The Lead Engineer role oversees high-level project design and manages the overall design tasks within a team. The Lead Engineer makes influential recommendations and decisions regarding advanced engineering activities and specialized client-type standards and has full technical responsibility of design assignments. This role manages the delivery of advanced project designs that provide purposeful, high-quality solutions to successfully solve engineering and design needs.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Leads large-scale project design by serving as a technical lead for complex assignments and managing the design from initial design to project completion.
- Executes high-level analysis and review of project documents ensuring compliance with applicable standards, codes, and regulations.
- Oversees and regularly monitors engineering processes and resources to maximize productivity and efficiency.
- Develops and implements standards and guidelines for diverse engineering activities to ensure high-quality results.
- Elevates the level of technical expertise within the team through technical design training and mentoring.
- Supports project management objectives by providing leadership and direction regarding organizing technical resources for key projects and utilizing resources effectively.
- Collaborates with project managers to ensure technical aspects of projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet established objectives.
- Demonstrates an elevated degree of creativity, decision-making, and responsibility for design tasks within a specific discipline.
Qualifications
You are passionate about:
- Working collaboratively with others.
- Having ownership in the work you do.
- Using your talents to positively affect communities.
You bring to the team:
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to contribute and work well on a team.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
- 8 or more years of related Civil Engineering experience.
- Must be a registered professional and have at least four years of experience supervising technical personnel.
- Proficiency in site layout, grading, utility design, erosion control, regulatory approvals, etc.
- Working knowledge of Civil 3d.