Civil Engineer III; Industrial Construction

Civil Engineer III (Industrial Construction) Job Summary

Dennis Group Civil Engineers focus on land development and infrastructure for our industrial projects that involve designing and building new food and beverage process facilities. Our civil engineers have strong technical and design ability and excellent communication skills in designing land development plans, building pads, infrastructure for new buildings, landscaping, and everything from the foundation and below. Civil engineers are part of our Building Systems department and work closely with structural engineers and architects/designers.

They are also involved with bid evaluation and local contractor initial contact in multiple project locations. The role is highly valuable at Dennis Group and faces engineering challenges that require strong calculation skills and for experienced engineers to have a Professional Engineer License (PE). Early in the project you will have to:

• Apply standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform assigned tasks as part of a broader assignment
• Perform moderate design tasks; receive guidance when necessary on unconventional or complex problems; use modified techniques and new approaches on assignments with conflicting criteria
• Prepare partial to complete project documentation, including complete CAD drawings
• Perform procurement tasks such as bid list development, contractor initial contact, bid tabulation, and preliminary bid evaluation
• Understand discipline‑specific plan elements and how to navigate a set of drawings
• Perform construction administration tasks including complex submittal review
• Respond to RFIs
• Serve as primary client technical contact on small to mid‑size projects
• Develop site basis of design documents
• Edit project specifications
• Develop parking lot layout that satisfies development ordinances and regulations
• Analyze and detailed design of institutional, industrial, and commercial building sites
• Review historical site drawings to determine if site objectives align with existing conditions
• Understand pavement materials, design of pavement sections, and construction methods
• Determine land use characteristics and assign runoff coefficients
• Calculate times of concentration
• Conduct pre‑development hydrologic analysis for simple sites
• Delineate complex watersheds and determine how to model them
• Develop design approach for site factoring in topography, existing drainage conditions, outfalls, site constraints, etc.
• Design detention ponds and outlet control structures to meet pre‑development discharge rates
• Design channel linings
• Advance site grading using Civil 3D
• Calculate pressure system head losses and related calculations
• Understand BMPs for environmental protection and sustainability compliance
• Prepare storm drainage reports
• Prepare engineering calculations and sketches
• Prepare land development plans, site grading, utility and drainage design for planning, permitting and construction of food and beverage processing facilities
• Review drawings and coordinate the project team
• Prepare bid packages and provide construction administration
• Develop bidder lists
• Visit project sites to observe field conditions
• Evaluate design constraints and resolve problems
• Research civil engineering materials and best practices
• Support talent growth within our organization
• Provide coaching and/or mentoring to a subordinate group when directed by supervisor

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• 7+ years of experience in civil engineering tasks involving industrial construction projects (foundation and below aspects – design land development, building pads, and infrastructure for new builds)
• 7+ years of experience in drainage, grading and utility design for industrial or commercial projects
• 7+ years of experience with AutoCAD and Civil 3D
• Ability to travel to project sites as needed (15 days a year)
• License: EIT (Professional Engineer License (PE) is preferred)

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times

• Up to 15% travel required to visit project sites and other offices

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