Engineering Designer

This position is open to candidates located near any of our four Southern California offices: Irvine, Corona, Murrieta, or San Marcos.

KWC Engineers is a professional services company, providing Civil Engineering, Planning and Surveying, and other engineering construction services to clients in the private and public sectors throughout Southern California. Through a strategic approach, valued relationships, resolute team members, a culture of leadership development, and career growth. KWC Engineers is committed to providing innovative solutions with a consistent level of quality.

We are seeking a full-time Civil Engineering Designer to work under the guidance of a Project Manager. The annual salary ranges from $93,000 to $120,000, depending on licensure and experience. In this role, you will be responsible for creating design layouts, preparing engineering plans and specifications, and assisting with cost estimates for residential, commercial, and public works projects. Success in this position requires a strong commitment to design standards, agency approval processes, and meeting client expectations.

Job Duties:

• Prepare preliminary and final engineering plans for residential, commercial and industrial projects in Southern California: grading, street and utility improvements.
• Drainage design experience, along with Water Quality mitigation for low impact development applications.
• Preparation of technical reports and calculations (i.e., hydrology/hydraulics, WQMP, SWPPP, and water & sewer).
• Ensure quality of design and implement innovative ideas through supervision, participation, plan reviews and training of junior staff.
• Mentoring less experienced staff
• Use originality and ingenuity to provide technical innovations by devising practical and economical solutions to problems in our own or closely related disciplines.
• Manage technical aspects of projects showing strong proficiency in the preparation of construction plans, reports, and documents for land development projects.
• Aid project manager in client/agency interaction, endeavor to build lasting relationships.
• Monitors project budgets and hours assigned to specific tasks.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in Civil Engineering and/or a Minimum 3 years of experience with managing multi-disciplined land development engineering tasks.
• Engineer in Training (EIT) certification.
• Experience in working with survey data to prepare base maps.
• Experienced in preparing and checking infrastructure improvement plans for public agencies.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Civil Design, H2OMap Sewer, and Water is highly desired.
• Experience in engineering design for land development projects.
• Problem solving, sound judgment, decision-making, communication, and team building skills.

Benefits:

KWC Engineers offers a robust total rewards package, including 100% employer-paid health coverage for employees, vision, dental, a 401(k) plan, paid holidays, and competitive PTO. We are a family first organization and provide a flexible, hybrid work schedule to accommodate personal time. Our benefits package continually evolves to find new ways to support and care for our team.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

KWC is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with KWC is based on merit, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status.

We regret that relocation assistance is not available and that we are unable to consider applicants residing outside of the Southern California area.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for this position. We are not able to sponsor work visas for this role.