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Senior Project Engineer

Shimmick Corporation
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/7/2026
Shimmick is seeking a highly talented Senior Project Engineer to be based in the San Diego area to support our North City Pure Water Facility Project, part of the PURE program to upgrade San Diego's water treatment system. This challenging position will provide long-term growth opportunity beyond the initial effort to support a large and successful project.

At Shimmick, we are problem solvers. Creative thinkers. Innovators. We approach each project with fresh ideas and big thinking in pursuit of better answers, better outcomes, and better experiences for our clients. We are resourceful, nimble and resilient. We work hard together—and with our clients—to deliver high-quality projects that are on time, on budget and beyond expectations.

Southwest Division

Shimmick’s Southwest Division, headquartered in Irvine, California, focuses on large public owners in Southern California, across water resources, water treatment, transportation and transit markets. Over the past decade, the division has grown tremendously, securing major projects, including the $350 million North City Pure Water Facility in San Diego at the $200 million Groundwater Replenishment System in Orange County.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Perform various management, leadership, and people accountability responsibilities for a specific technical group or department.
  • Responsible for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating technical assignments.
  • Plan and develop engineering tasks concerned with unique or controversial problems. This involves exploration of subject area, definition of scope and selection of problems for investigation and development of novel concepts and approaches.
  • Maintain liaison with units within the organization and individuals inside and outside of the organization.
  • Responsible for acting independently on technical matters pertaining to the field.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related field 10 years of heavy civil construction experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in heavy civil construction projects, preferably in excess of $50 million.
  • Water / Wastewater treatment plant construction projects highly preferred.

Additional Information

  • Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.
  • This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization.

The salary range for this position is between $169,000- $190,000 per year depending on experience and/or education.

Shimmick's comprehensive benefits plan includes medical, dental and vision coverage; as well as options to participate in an FSA or HSA. The Company also provides employer paid STD, LTD, basic life and AD&D, and an Employee Assistance Program. Additional voluntary benefit offerings include pet insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness insurance, legal and identity theft protection. These benefits are available to all employees working more than 20 hours per week. Employees working less than 20 hours per week are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage as well as EAP services.

Notice To Third Party Agencies

Please note that Shimmick does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Shimmick will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Shimmick explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Shimmick.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Salary : $169,000 - $190,000

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