Job Description
Title: Senior Civil Project Engineer
Location: Muskegon, MI
Hire Type: Full-time / Direct Hire
Shift: Not applicable
Compensation: $80,000-$90,000
Michigan PE License, Stormwater Management & Routing, Civil 3D/AutoCAD, Local/State Permitting
Overview: The Senior Project Engineer / Project Leader will be responsible for leading and completing detailed site civil design packages for largely industrial clients, with a specific emphasis on natural gas pipeline facilities. The successful candidate will support multiple projects concurrently, manage the full scope of civil engineering designs, and perform critical QA/QC checks on all deliverables. Beyond heavy technical engineering design, this role involves cross-discipline collaboration, direct client correspondence, and navigating local and state permitting processes, offering an excellent opportunity to further develop project management skills.
Job Duties:
- Lead civil engineering design project scope of work.
- Develop site layouts, grading plans, and stormwater management plans.
- Perform calculations required for stormwater routing and detention/retention, and seal civil calculations and drawing packages.
- Identify, apply for, and secure applicable local and state permits (e.g., site plan review, zoning, stormwater, SESC, building, and ROW permits).
- Design equipment and pipe support foundations.
- Communicate directly with authorities having jurisdiction, including attending and presenting at planning commission meetings.
- Perform QA/QC checks on calculations and design deliverables, and review civil engineering design packages.
- Coordinate closely with project team members across disciplines and maintain active client correspondence.
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering required.
- Experience: 5–10 years of experience as a Civil Engineer.
- Licensure: Active Michigan PE License is required.
- Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of stormwater management strategies and best practices, alongside familiarity with local permitting processes. Structural steel and concrete foundation design skills are highly preferred.
- Software Proficiency: Experience with Civil 3D, AutoCAD, OpenFlows Storm, OpenPlant, Microstation, RISA 3D, RISA Foundation, and Microsoft 365.
- Soft Skills: Strong technical writing capabilities and comfortable presenting to public planning commissions.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Muskegon, MI |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $80,000–$90,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
Skills
- AutoCADunmatched
- Best Practicesunmatched
- Civil Engineeringunmatched
- Concreteunmatched
- Develop and Maintain Customersunmatched
- Management Strategyunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Natural Gasunmatched
- Plan Meetingsunmatched
- Professional Engineerunmatched
- Project Developmentunmatched
- Project Engineeringunmatched
- Project/Program Coordinationunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Quality Assuranceunmatched
- Quality Controlunmatched
- Stormwater Managementunmatched
- Technical Writingunmatched
- Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
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