Civil Engineer in San Diego

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Job Description

Now Hiring: Civil Engineers (Assistant PE → Senior PE)

Location: San Diego, CA

Full-Time | Multiple Levels (Assistant, Associate, Senior)

Salary Range: $100k–$200k+ (DOE, with Principal-track potential at senior level)

We are expanding our civil engineering team in San Diego and seeking talented professionals—from experienced Assistant Project Engineers to Senior Civil Project Engineers—who want to contribute to high-impact land development and public infrastructure projects. These roles offer mentorship, growth, and the chance to work with a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team shaping the region’s future.

What You’ll Do

• Depending on level, responsibilities may include:
• Supervise and mentor engineering and design staff; assign tasks and ensure quality.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, contracts, scopes, and deliverables.
• Support or lead client and public-agency coordination.
• Prepare proposals, bid packages, and regulatory documentation.
• Conduct preliminary engineering studies, constructability reviews, and design development.
• Oversee or prepare plans for land development, public works, grading, utilities, stormwater, drainage, pipelines, and capital improvement projects.
• Provide construction support services and field coordination.

Qualifications (by role level)

Assistant / Associate Level:

• BSCE degree; California PE required or
• 5–10+ years of experience in land development or public works
• Strong communication, decision-making, and client-interaction skills
• Proficiency in AutoCAD/Civil 3D
• Ability to manage tasks, support design teams, and coordinate with agencies

Senior Level:

• BSCE degree; California PE required
• 15+ years of experience in land development and/or public infrastructure
• Proven leadership, client management, and business development skills
• Expertise in California codes, standards, and local jurisdictional procedures
• Experience producing and reviewing conceptual, preliminary, and final engineering designs
• Ability to mentor teams and potentially grow into principal ownership track

Technical Experience (Combined)

• Land development: tentative tract maps, subdivisions, site development plans, grading, drainage, utilities
• Public works: capital improvement, design-build, pipeline, and infrastructure projects
• Preliminary engineering studies, zoning and site constraint analysis
• Construction support, plan/spec reviews, technical report preparation
• AutoCAD/Civil 3D expertise required

Why Join?

• Competitive compensation packages
• Flexible work schedules
• Professional development and mentorship
• Collaborative, growth-focused team environment
• Opportunity to work on meaningful, high-visibility projects across the San Diego region
• Principal ownership potential for senior-level candidates

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