Senior Civil Engineer
Grand Rapids, MI
Full Time
Experienced
Join our team at TowerPinkster and open the door to an exciting and rewarding career. TowerPinkster is a multidisciplinary architecture, engineering, and interior design firm with offices across Michigan, Indiana, and Kentucky. We are seeking a talented Senior Civil Engineer with fifteen plus years of professional experience in the AEC industry. This role is ideal for a senior technical professional who enjoys hands-on design and project execution while working in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.
The position includes providing technical direction, coordinating work efforts, and mentoring junior engineers and designers assigned to your projects. Some exposure to project management is helpful but not required, and experience with Civil 3D is considered a bonus rather than a requirement.
POSITION EXPECTATIONS
CULTURE
POSITION RESPONSIBILITES
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
WHAT WE OFFER
We take a holistic approach to ensure the wellbeing of our team members. TowerPinkster is proud to support its team members with a robust compensation and benefits package, which includes:
TowerPinkster is a firm of architects, engineers, and interior designers committed to design integrity, quality, and environmental responsibility. Our doors opened in 1953 with just six people, and now we have more than 250 of the best employees in Michigan, Indiana, and Kentucky. At our firm, it’s our people who make us different. We have the freedom to explore new ideas, the tools to create innovative strategies, and the talent to inspire our clients through interactive design.
We strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture that empowers each person to be their genuine self. We are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. For more than 70 years, we have made significant contributions to our communities through our commitment to quality, sustainability, and equitable design. Our active DEI committee is focused on driving initiatives within three areas: people, purpose, and process.
Our expertise and collaborative, client-centered approach means the best ideas rise to the top. TowerPinkster received the 2025 National 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for Award and the 2025 Best Firm Award from Zweig Group. We are proud of this achievement and are thankful for our client relationships, our generous communities, and all the employees who contribute to TowerPinkster’s exciting and creative culture! Our supportive work environment helps employees reach their career goals, and we have fun doing it!
The position includes providing technical direction, coordinating work efforts, and mentoring junior engineers and designers assigned to your projects. Some exposure to project management is helpful but not required, and experience with Civil 3D is considered a bonus rather than a requirement.
POSITION EXPECTATIONS
CULTURE
- Encourage positive communication among team members and across disciplines.
- Create opportunities to enhance teamwork, create inclusion, and a positive work environment.
- Strive to cultivate equity, respect, integrity, humor, and the celebration of talent.
- Promote a positive work culture by leading by example and supporting the TowerPinkster Leadership Team.
- Play a part in maintaining long-standing relationships with clients.
- Assist in business development functions, including networking to create connections with potential department candidates, and maintain involvement in professional organizations.
- Participate in the process of interviewing prospective new clients to understand their needs.
- Collaborate with the client in planning design, determining solutions and scope of the project to develop a structural approach to meet client needs.
- Lead and coordinate project efforts with other disciplines, clients, and construction partners to meet schedule milestones.
- Provide civil design concepts, calculation, layout and good construction practices for a variety of projects.
- Coordinate and schedule civil team design and permitting efforts.
- Assist with quality checks and ensure the reviews of all projects.
- Conduct field assessments, and engineering studies.
- Lead and coordinate project efforts with other disciplines, clients, and construction partners to meet schedule milestones.
- Mentor team to share experiences, knowledge, skills, and lessons learned for continuous improvement.
- Assist the Manager of the Department in creating training and mentorship opportunities for individuals and the team.
- Lead, teach, and guide other project team members to assist in their growth and development.
- Guide young professionals through the Licensure Process.
- Provide input on work priorities and project scheduling.
- Conduct quality control reviews on various projects
- Serve as a civil engineering subject matter expert to resolve project issues.
- Provide input to department standards and procedures.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITES
- Perform and lead civil/site design for commercial, industrial, K–12, higher education, and public-sector projects, including site layout, grading, drainage, utilities, and paving.
- Collaborate closely with in-house architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, and MEP engineers to integrate civil design with building, utility, and campus/site improvements.
- Serve as the lead civil engineer on assigned projects, coordinating civil scope internally and externally.
- Direct and review work performed by junior engineers and designers assisting on projects; provide clear technical guidance, and mentoring.
- Prepare and oversee stormwater management designs, hydrologic and hydraulic calculations, detention/retention systems, and regulatory compliance.
- Develop technical calculations, drainage reports, specifications, and permit submittal packages for agency review.
- Coordinate with surveyors, geotechnical engineers, utility providers, and regulatory authorities.
- Perform and/or lead construction-phase services including RFI responses, submittal reviews, site observations, punch lists, and record drawings.
- Participate in internal project coordination meetings and contribute to scope development, design schedules, and fee development as needed.
- Support QA/QC efforts by reviewing deliverables for accuracy, constructability, and compliance with firm standards.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from an ABET- accredited program.
- Professional Licensure in Michigan ability to transfer licensure.
- Fifteen (15) + years’ experience in the A/E Industry is preferred.
- In-depth knowledge of A/E construction documents and the construction industry.
- Strong working knowledge of stormwater regulations, municipal codes, and public-agency approval processes.
- Ability to work independently while contributing effectively in a team-oriented, multidisciplinary environment.
- Ability to lead and support a talented team.
- Participation in professional organization memberships.
- Knowledge and experience in AutoCAD Civil 3D software, as well as standard civil engineering software.
WHAT WE OFFER
We take a holistic approach to ensure the wellbeing of our team members. TowerPinkster is proud to support its team members with a robust compensation and benefits package, which includes:
- Industry-leading compensation package, including paid overtime, performance bonuses, and profit sharing.
- National award-winning culture and a supportive work environment that empowers employees to stay healthy, fulfill their interests and passions, and balance work and life goals.
- A collaborative work environment along with many culture connection events and wellness activities, to include walking challenges, fitness challenges, book clubs, in-office chair massages, and more. We offer a Thrive program providing incentives up to $400.00 annually.
- Flexible work hours with a work-life balance program providing six additional days off per year, and a healthy paid time off program.
- A comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, 401(k), life insurance, short-term and long-term disability benefits, and paid community service hours.
- Annual team training, professional development opportunities, and career growth planning.
- The opportunity to reach your career goals with an award-winning firm. We highly encourage licensure, certification, and professional organization memberships, which are fully paid.
- Continued educational opportunities and a tuition reimbursement program.
- Firm-paid life and wellness coach for individuals and families in partnership with Ulliance.
TowerPinkster is a firm of architects, engineers, and interior designers committed to design integrity, quality, and environmental responsibility. Our doors opened in 1953 with just six people, and now we have more than 250 of the best employees in Michigan, Indiana, and Kentucky. At our firm, it’s our people who make us different. We have the freedom to explore new ideas, the tools to create innovative strategies, and the talent to inspire our clients through interactive design.
We strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture that empowers each person to be their genuine self. We are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. For more than 70 years, we have made significant contributions to our communities through our commitment to quality, sustainability, and equitable design. Our active DEI committee is focused on driving initiatives within three areas: people, purpose, and process.
Our expertise and collaborative, client-centered approach means the best ideas rise to the top. TowerPinkster received the 2025 National 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for Award and the 2025 Best Firm Award from Zweig Group. We are proud of this achievement and are thankful for our client relationships, our generous communities, and all the employees who contribute to TowerPinkster’s exciting and creative culture! Our supportive work environment helps employees reach their career goals, and we have fun doing it!
www.towerpinkster.com. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
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