Senior Project Engineer, Land Development - ARCO a Family of Construction Companies

Are you a client focused, cost conscious engineer? Do you enjoy working closely with clients to ensure that their projects are driven to successful completion? Does the idea of growing and advancing your technical design skills and business acumen simultaneously get you excited? 

If the answers are, “Yes!” we have an opportunity for you. Who are we? We are ARCO, a Family of Construction Companies.

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Project Engineer who is passionate about the land development process to join our team in Raleigh, North Carolina. In this role you will work in close partnership with construction Project Managers to complete land development design, planning and permitting for Design/Build projects.

We are dedicated to the well-being of our associates and are proud to be consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work. Our compensation and benefits package not only supports our associates and their families but benefits local communities and communities around the world.

• Industry-leading performance-based bonus program
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Traditional and Roth 401k
• Tuition reimbursement for associates
• Scholarship for associates’ children up to $28,000 per child
• 1-month paid sabbatical after every five years of employment, plus $5,000 for travel
• 1-week paid volunteer leave each year
• 100% charitable match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage
• 100% paid 12-week maternity leave

At ARCO, our first core value is to treat people fairly and do the right thing. We are proud to be a drug-free workplace and an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

From recruiting, training, and hiring practices to selecting our subcontractors, we understand that diversity of all those involved in the construction process enhances our ability to deliver the best solutions to our customers. We hire the best and the brightest from across the country – constructing a team of experts in architecture, design, engineering, project management, and business services. 

• Attend meetings with Design/Build professionals to understand project requirements
• Research and collect site specific information to initiate the land development process
• Design and draft land development concept plans for multifamily residential, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, and industrial projects
• Review project design drawings to assist Project Management team
• Perform site investigative due diligence and work with  contracting team to value engineer sites
• Produce colored renderings of land plans
• Prepare schematic site plan, grading & utility plans to illustrate site developability based on site constraints
• Perform storm water detention analysis, site utility design, and earth work analysis to best inform site planning effort for cost and constructability
• Act as a subject Matter expert for project managers and junior associates; educate and train on best practices.
• Meet with customers to review concept plans, discuss advantages to multiple approaches, and work to define direction of project with Design/Build contracting team
• Develop and manage relationships with external surveying, due diligence and landscape architecture consultants. 

• Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering (or related degree)
• 3-5+ years of hands-on land development experience in an Engineering Firm
• PE certification or ability to obtain in 6 months
• Experience with light industrial construction preferred
• Computer skills: proficiency using AutoCAD Civil 3D, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Microsoft Project