Civil Engineer III #1007876
Job Description:
· If you're looking for a career that will provide a challenging work environment and many opportunities to learn, our company is the place for you. Join our team and become part of a company full of exciting opportunities.
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· Substation Engineering provides multi-discipline engineering design & leadership for high voltage electric distribution projects at or relating to company owned/operated electric substations across the Company service territory of Michigan's lower peninsula.
· The focus of the team is perform in-house design and consultant-designs for new substations as well as repairs, upgrades and other evolutions related to existing substations. The team has a wide focus on structural and civil designs as well as project development, spill compliance, permitting, code compliance, geotechnical, analysis, standard development, procurement support, construction support, and project support.
· This individual will reside in the civil engineering group and support capital projects.
Role Summary:
· The Sr. Civil Engineer will be involved in several projects and to varying degrees of involvement.
· The role will be to
· (1) Identify/scope the civil engineering design and construction scope necessary to complete the project
· (2) contract & collaborate engineering services necessary to complete the scope
· (3) provide engineering review and technical leadership/authority
· (4) collaborate with the Project Manager and Project Engineer with procurement, contracting construction services, and other project steps to complete the scope of work
· (5) complete closeout activities (record drawings, test records, etc.).
· The purpose of this role is to be the civil subject-matter-expert and design authority representing us.
· The Sr. Civil Engineer will be expected to regularly provide project updates to their supervisor including project status and risks to scope, quality, cost and schedule.
· The Sr. Civil Engineer must be able to tolerate a heavy industrial environment.
· Site conditions include uneven ground of undeveloped wood sites, rough terrains of active civil construction, and rocky/ballast rock surfaces.
· Safety is paramount: environments include working in electric substations and around unguarded live electrical equipment.
· The Sr. Civil Engineer will be required to travel to construction projects on average 1 day per week and as much as 5 days a week.
· Typical reasons for site visits include: pre-engineering kick off, pre-construction reviews, construction milestones, technical problem solving for construction, construction quality inspections, requested regular site visits, and red-line walk downs.
Skills:
· Working knowledge in civil/structural design.
· Relevant topics could include site design, stormwater management, pre-engineered metal building design, foundation design, structural steel design, environmental permitting (wetlands, soil erosion, culverts, etc.).
· Design experience in multiple of the above topics is preferred.
· Experience coordinating and developing contract documents, specifically engineering drawings and technical specifications for both consulting and construction services
· Working knowledge of Civil/Structural codes, including, but not limited to: NESC, NEC, ASCE MOP 113, ASCE 7, IBC/MBC, AISC Steel Construction Manual, ACI 318, and AWS D1.1.
· Software experience with RISA, L-Pile, Civil3D, Microstation, ProjectWise, SAP
Personal Skills:
· Ability to work safely,
· ability to work independently,
· communication of project status and risks,
· engineering leadership and
· problem solving.
Education:
· Bachelor's Engineering degree from an ABET accredited program; ideally in Civil / Structural Engineering
· Professional Engineer required
Skills and Experience:
Required Skills:
· Civil engineer
· Civil/structural
Additional Skills:
· Environmental engineering
· Maintenance
· Geotechnical
· Organizational skills
· Amazon web services
· Civil engineering
· Government contract
· Problem solving
· ACI
· Pre-construction
· Technical specifications
· AISC
· Sound engineering
Languages:
· English
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Minimum Degree Required:
· Bachelor's Degree