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Senior Designer - Civil Engineering

SAN DIEGUITO ENGINEERING INC
Carlsbad, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/2/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/31/2026
Civil engineering designer

San Dieguito Engineering (SDE) is a looking to hire a full-time Civil Engineering Designer with a minimum of 5-8 years’ experience in land development and civil engineering design/plan preparation.   Established in 1974, SDE is an award-winning civil engineering firm located in Carlsbad, California providing professional services in land planning, land surveying, and civil engineering for the private and public works sectors.  We believe we are only as good as the passionate people who work for us and through collaboration we can exceed our clients’ expectations.

 
About The Position
SDE is looking for an AutoCAD Civil 3D and MicroStation designer to work within our Engineering Department. Job responsibilities will include preparing drawings for all types of engineering projects including grading and improvement plans, tentative subdivision maps, utility and storm drain plan and profile, erosion control plans, traffic control plans, and exhibits for technical studies.
 
Additional experience in preparing survey maps, records of surveys, corner records, survey plats, including but not limited to, ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys, topographic surveys, right-of-way maps, easement dedication, vacation, and annexation plats is a plus. You may also be responsible for preparing survey calculations for construction projects from civil engineering and architectural plans if you are familiar with survey mapping.
 
Additional Responsibilities
ž   Analyzing sketches, notes and other input material to determine best approach to complete a drawing set
ž   Managing production of drawing sets from creation, markup and modification based on overall design
ž   Working collaboratively with other CADD practitioners to prepare design drawings and details and reviewing completed work products to ensure quality
 
Candidate Qualifications
ž   5-8 years of full-time experience preparing CADD drawings. (required)
ž   Equivalent combination of education, experience and training that provides the prerequisite knowledge, skills, and abilities, including those described above. (required)
ž   Proficiency in the use of AutoCAD Civil 3D (release 2022 or above). (required)
ž   Experience developing and working with grading plans, cross-sections, alignments, profiles, three-dimensional surfaces, and earthwork volumes for land development and other large civil design projects. (required)
ž   Experience using/incorporating land or aerial surveying/mapping data and files. (required)
ž   Experience with stormwater management design. (preferred)
ž   Experience with ArcGIS and MicroStation. (preferred)
ž   Strong reasoning, mathematical, and geometrical skills. (required)
ž   Understanding of Microsoft Office applications, including Windows, Outlook, Word, and Excel. (required)
ž   Good organizational skills & team player
Applicants must be competent in generating alignments, profiles, corridors, grading, annotation, and pipe networks and must be able to modify styles. 

Salary : $45 - $55

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