Who we are

Here at KLJ, we are Safe, Inclusive, Learners, Performers and Owners. We care that you get home safely. Every person, every idea, and every voice matters. We encourage personal and professional growth. We celebrate performance. As a 100% employee-owned firm, your decisions and efforts will help shape OUR great company.

Why work at KLJ

KLJ Engineering might be just the company you have been looking for. We are that perfect size – not so big that you become a number, not so small that our resources are limited. Here, you can be you, in all your engineering, surveying, planning and scientist glory. Just as you are. We embrace how much you love engineering, because we love it too. We love it when a road curves just right, when we see a familiar water tower on our drive home, or when we consider the fiber in the ground connects us to our friends and family. If you are looking to join a great firm, with amazing technical talent, we know just the place, here at KLJ.

Your growth opportunity

• Serve as a technical resource to project teams by applying engineering principles and standards and lead and directing design tasks under the direction of a professional engineer
• Development of construction and bid documents in accordance with organization and client processes
• Responsible for construction administration process and directing onsite construction observation
• Ensure compliance with KLJ quality standards
• Serve as project or task manager for large scale projects with minimal support
• Quality assurance and quality control review to ensure compliance with KLJ quality standards
• Effectively communicate internally and externally to project teams, customers, and the public
• Position will be responsible to prepare and lead public, customer, and/project team meetings
• Lead and direct scope, fee, and schedule development
• Increase design competency in software(s) associated with typical project requirements
• Effectively convey engineering analysis and results in written reports and documentation
• Lead construction administration duties such as documenting activities and providing oversight

What do I need?

• Associates Degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or similar degree. Applicable experience will also be considered.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

The employee is regularly required to:

• Sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, and crawl
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms
• Talk or hear and communicate clearly

The employee must:

• Frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

What else you need to know

This job description is not meant to be all-inclusive or restrictive and other duties may be assigned. It is a description of the job as presently defined and is subject at any time to revision. This document is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. Individuals may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities, as needed.

At KLJ, we have a vested interest in the personal, financial, and professional goals of our employees. We offer a competitive full suite benefit package including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, performance bonus, 401k, employee stock ownership program, and a flexible work environment that gives you options to support excelling both professionally and personally. The options available for the current plan year are described at www.kljeng.com/careers.

All applicants must be authorized to work in the US, without employer-sponsorship. KLJ does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas and does not participate in any OPT training program.

KLJ will not be partnering with third-party recruiters on this position. Please review our third-party recruiting policy at www.kljeng.com.

Position will be posted until filled.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)