Posted 27 days ago
Senior Municipal Engineer
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A Senior Civil Engineer at Houston Engineering, Inc. in Omaha, NE will lead municipal engineering projects, manage budgets and schedules, prepare design reports and cost estimates, mentor team members, and help define go/no-go proposals for private and public urban projects while developing client relationships and ensuring compliance with governing codes.
About this role
Senior Municipal Engineer
Job Location: Omaha, NE
Are you looking for more variety and growth opportunity in your civil engineer career? If you’re feeling stuck, the career and challenge you seek can be found here! We are looking to add municipal engineering as a service we offer in our Omaha, NE office.
As a Senior Civil Engineer at Houston Engineering, Inc. (HEI) you will not only help define the character of cities and neighborhoods with your work on private and public urban projects, but you will help decide on go/no-go proposals. Emphasis will be on further developing current client relationships, securing new work, and mentoring and leading team members to deliver projects.
- Assess project feasibility by analyzing technology, resource needs, or market demand.
- Prepare engineering documents, including design reports, cost estimates, project schedules, etc. in accordance with the latest governing codes.
- Effectively manage budgets, schedules, and timely completion of projects.
- Participate in pre-project presentations, interviews, client meetings, and preconstruction meetings.
- Lead and mentor other civil engineers assigned to projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering, Bioproducts and Biosystem Engineering, or related Engineering field.
- Professional Engineer license in NE or ability to obtain within six months
- 10+ years experience preferred, with recent experience in NE
- Knowledge of engineering principles and practices
- Experience with project management and budgeting
- Capability of supervising, mentoring, and evaluating staff
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team atmosphere.
- Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects and clients
- Good driving record and valid driver’s license
Additional Information
Benefits of Joining HEI
As part of our talented staff, you will enjoy competitive pay, significant annual bonuses, paid health, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability, PTO, paid holidays, parental leave, generous 401(k) match, access to HSA & FSAs, flexible schedules, annual HEI logo wear, plus more.
Additionally, view our careers page to read about HEI being selected as one of the ENR top 500 design firms and as one of the PB 50 best places to work for several years in a row!
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