Job Details

Project Engineer - Water/Wastewater

Department: Water/Wastewater

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Reporting To: Shane Cunningham

Description

Wilson Engineers is an Arizona-based firm with a staff of more than 180 personnel specializing in water and wastewater engineering and construction management services. We are dedicated to delivering ethical, reliable, high quality services to our clients based on innovation, while sustaining a challenging and rewarding work environment for our greatest assets, our employees. We are seeking an experienced Design Engineer to join our team. This position requires 40 hours per week in our Las Vegas office. (This job is not remote.)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

This is an experienced position involved in non-routine and complex assignments. The Project Engineer works with the Principal Engineer or Engineering Manager to develop design concepts which are incorporated in final product by Staff Designers and Engineers. The Project Engineer, in role of project leader, may begin to handle some project management tasks but will primarily work on technical aspects.

• Serves as project engineer with significant autonomy for project related tasks and as a designated client contact. May have project manager responsibilities on smaller, less complex projects.
• Prepares and monitors project budgets for smaller, less complex projects.
• Responsible for project schedules and timely completion of smaller, less complex projects.
• Assists in the coordination of pricing, estimating, scoping and marketing strategies for proposed projects.
• Assists in the preparation of engineering agreements for his/her projects within the department.
• Prepares design computations and quantity estimates.
• Prepares or modifies reports, specifications, plans, construction documents, studies, permits and designs for various projects.
• Develops construction cost estimates for his/her projects.
• Attends client and public meetings-days or nights.
• Handles routine contract administration.
• Responsible for control of work-in-process, ensures accurate client billings, and monitors outstanding accounts receivable and collection efforts on his/her projects.
• May direct and/or supervise the work of other engineer's activities on his/her projects.
• Uses computer assisted engineering and design software and equipment to prepare engineering and design documents.
• Instructs CADD technicians to reduce designs to working drawings.
• May serve as onsite project representative.
• Visits construction site to monitor progress and other duties per the contract documents.
• Responsible for project team quality system tasks as defined in the quality manual.

Requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work effectively with supervision and as a part of a team.
• Ability to operate a computer and software necessary to support job function, including AutoCAD, HEC RAS, and other engineering programs.
• Working knowledge of word processing applications preferred.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Attention to detail required.
• Sound judgment to identify and report problems to supervisors and contribute to resolving them.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering from an accredited four-year college or university and a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience
• P.E. license preferred but not required

Benefits

The comprehensive benefits plan offered by Wilson Engineers exceeds industry standards, and is aimed at meeting each employee's personal and professional expectations. Benefits include personal time off, paid holidays, medical, dental and vision coverage; plus a flexible spending plan and short and long-term disability. Wilson Engineers also helps in securing your financial future by offering 401k plans with employer matching.

Benefits plan offered to our full-time employees:

• Medical Plan
• Vision Plan
• Dental Plan
• Group Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• Liberty Mutual Insurance
• Personal Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• 401(K) Retirement Plan
• Section 125 Flexible Benefits Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Referral Bonus