Land Development - Senior Project Engineer / Project Engineer
SENIOR PROJECT ENGINEER / PROJECT ENGINEER - LAND DEVELOPMENT - ROCHESTER HILLS, MI
About the Company Our client is an established, employee-owned surveying, planning, and civil engineering firm with 170+ employees and a long track record in the Michigan market. Over several decades, they've built their reputation on great service and a team of skilled, innovative professionals. Their land development group works across a wide range of private development projects. The firm rewards strong performance, and team members can grow as far as their abilities take them. [sda-eng.com]
About Your Manager You'll report directly to the Director of the Land Development Department. You'll work alongside an interdisciplinary team of civil engineers, project planners, and CAD designers. Leadership values technical excellence and gives people real responsibility on projects, and employee ownership means your work feeds directly into the firm's success. [sda-eng.com]
Position Overview This is a great opportunity for a land development engineer or senior designer who wants to lead technical design on site development projects. You'll guide the design team through utility design, grading, stormwater management, and sustainable site design. You'll also manage permitting and agency approvals. The role is client-facing: you'll work closely with owners and developers, architects, landscape architects, and contractors from concept through construction. The position is full-time and hybrid, with three days a week in the office once your probation period is complete. [sda-eng.com]
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead the technical design of land development projects for an interdisciplinary team
- Prepare project drawings, calculations, and specifications, and direct others in producing them
- Complete engineering analysis, design, calculations, and reports
- Evaluate land use and zoning requirements, and guide projects through site plan approval
- Prepare permit applications and take projects through agency review to approval
- Make occasional site visits during construction to check progress and quality
- Work with owners, developers, architects, landscape architects, engineering trades, and contractors
- Attend client meetings and travel for projects as needed
Qualifications
- 5+ years of civil engineering experience, including at least 3 years designing land development projects
- Strong experience with utility design, grading plans, and stormwater management design
- Knowledge of design and permitting requirements for development projects
- Familiarity with zoning ordinances and site plan approval processes
- Proficiency in Civil 3D and Microsoft Office
- Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred but not required
- K-12 site design experience a plus
Why Join
- Ownership: As an employee owner, you share in the success you help create
- Technical leadership: You'll lead design on land development projects and direct a multidisciplinary team, not just produce plans
- Growth: In this performance-driven culture, your progress depends on your abilities, not a fixed timeline
- Client exposure: You'll work directly with developers, owners, architects, and contractors on every project
- Meaningful work: You'll deliver projects that shape and strengthen communities across Southeast Michigan
- Flexibility: You'll work a hybrid schedule once probation is complete [sda-eng.com]
Benefits
- Base salary of $90,000 - $130,000
- Performance-based bonus opportunities
- Employee ownership
- Paid time off and company holidays
- 100% Employer covered medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Professional development and industry certification support
- Relocation assistance for candidates living more than 120 miles away
- Hybrid schedule (three days a week in the office after probation)
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