Project Engineer

Sandis is currently looking for a Project Engineer to join our team in Oakland, CA. Our ideal candidate has strong technical abilities, experience in land development project design, and the ability to assist in leading a team of engineers on exciting projects throughout California. We think you will love it here!

Why you will love it here: 

• The chance to work on iconic Bay Area Projects
• Professional development, training, and mentorship
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Amazing teams of supportive and hard-working professionals  

Cool Stuff you get to do:

• Evaluate, select, and apply standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria to solve engineering challenges and create construction documents
• Understand project design and development for rough/finish grading, stormwater treatment, and utility systems from the planning phase through construction.
• Preparation of specifications, research investigations, reports.
• Plan, schedule, and coordinate detailed phases of technical work in portions of a major project or in a total project of moderate scope across multiple projects.
• Coordinate with the design team, consultants, and authorities having jurisdiction.
• Track and monitor approvals from agencies, Additional Service Requests, and contract approvals.
• Ability to adjust site plans to meet requirements and provides recommendations for more effective layouts.
• Reviews the entire project, including design done by others, before QA/QC review.
• Ability to effectively mentor, delegate, and lead Design Engineers.

What will help you be successful:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering
• 4 years’ experience in project design (Land Development Design)
• Professional Engineers license, or EIT, and actively working towards obtaining PE 
• Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D, hydrology modeling programs, and storm drainage programs.
• Excellent understanding of rough and finish grading, utility plans and stormwater management.
• Ability to problem-solve grading aspects and balance earthwork when needed
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and thrive in a fast-paced and professional environment.

A little about Sandis Benefits: 

• Competitive salaries, end-of-year bonuses, and 401k
• Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance, including life and long-term disability
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for health care, parking and transit, and dependent care expenses
• 24 days of paid time off starting at 16 days PTO, 8 paid Holidays
• 3 days paid bereavement; 10 days paid jury duty
• In-office coffee and snacks
• Education reimbursement and professional license program, Paid annual dues for professional and societal organizations
• Salary increases for attaining P.E. or PLS
• Company-sponsored sports teams and clubs, Sandis Brews, frequent company lunches, and philanthropic activities.  

Sandis is a professional services corporation specializing in civil engineering (Land Development Design), traffic engineering, land surveying, and planning, but we are much more than the services we offer. Sandis is about reliability, experience, and expertise. For over 60 years, we have been committed to innovation, excellence, leadership, and environmental stewardship. Our job and passion are to provide the foundation for the future to be built upon, always improving the communities where we live, work, and play. We service private and public clients in the high-tech, research and redevelopment, laboratory, corporate, commercial, residential, healthcare, academic, hospitality, civic, justice, and public works sectors. We are a team of experts who care about the people we work with and for. 

Sandis is an Equal Opportunity Employer.