Description

SINCE 1976, CANNON has provided creative solutions to clients in the energy industry, water resources, public infrastructure, and commercial and residential development. We work hard. We play hard. We have fun.

JOIN CANNON as a PRINCIPAL CIVIL ENGINEER as an Office Lead in our BELLEVUE WASHINGTON office. Bellevue is located 10 miles east of Seattle and offers a high quality of life, a thriving downtown area, world-class shopping, dining, and entertainment options. It is ideal for many to call home.

PRINCIPAL CIVIL ENGINEER JOB SUMMARY

This is a leadership role in the development and growth of Civil Engineering services in the Western Washington area. The Principal Civil Engineer will report to the Director of Development. The successful candidate will conduct business development, establish new contacts, maintain existing clients, market civil engineering and design services for residential-commercial and mixed-use development for land development projects in the Puget Sound area.

The Principal Civil Engineer will provide daily supervision, coordination, technical support, and training to engineers and designers. Responsible for project management, budgeting oversight, mentoring, leading, and managing talented staff, preparing engineering reports and analyses, design and preparation of plans, specifications, and cost estimates for a variety of clients and great projects, residential-commercial and mixed-use development, for land development projects.

PRINCIPAL CIVIL ENGINEER JOB DUTIES

• As the Principal Civil Engineer, you will establish and foster client relations and develop proposals and budgets.
• Concurrently manage a variety of civil engineering land development projects.
• Ensure projects are delivered on schedule and within scope and budget.
• Participate in professional and-or technical organizations.
• Use technical knowledge to design plans for grading, drainage, water quality such as, SUSMPs, LIDs, WQMPs and-or SWPPPs, utility, street, off-site improvements, sanitary sewers, and water lines and provide construction assistance and support services.
• Analyze and recommend solutions to complex drainage problems.
• Communicate effectively with various departments, clients, and agencies.
• Mentor, direct, manage, and supervise design associates on technical matters and procedures and act as a technical and management resource to staff.
• Effectively manage quality assurance and quality control.
• Manage and coordinate with various jurisdictional agencies to obtain approvals of improvement plans.
• Is actively involved in business development and expanding opportunities in the Puget Sound area.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil engineering from an accredited college.
• Civil P.E. license.
• 9 years experience in civil engineering specifically pertaining to land development projects.
• 3 years demonstrated experience supervising and successfully managing projects within the constraints of scope, schedule, budget, and providing technical oversight for projects and all related project phases and tasks, to include quality assurance reviews.
• Experience in business development, obtaining new and repeat business.
• Experience in management of client relationships.
• Experience reviewing and managing employee performance and mentoring a team of 2 or more direct reports.
• Proven expertise in land development design.
• Proven experience in processing improvement plans with jurisdictional agencies in Western Washington.
• Highly proficient with code principles and able to convey them to others.
• Working knowledge of computer software programs used for civil engineering design such as, AutoCAD, Civil3D, AES, WSPG, Flowmaster, etc.

WE OFFER competitive salaries, relocation assistance, excellent benefits package, remote work flexibility, and an active and positive team building, work environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity-M-F-disability-protected veteran status