Civil Engineering Technician jobs in Saint Cloud, MN

What would it feel like to be part of a company guided by engaged and empowered employee-owners? To have the encouragement to run with innovative ideas? To know your opinion is valued and your voice is heard? Wouldn't you love to work in an atmosphere of transparency, respect, and accountability?

Then you belong at SEH.

SEH is currently searching for a talented Civil Engineering Design/Field Technician to join our Municipal team! This position will be a combination of CAD Design work on municipal projects as well as field construction observation as needed.

Your options as a civil technician are endless at SEH. You’ll help create better communities - complete streets, safer sidewalks, more sustainable utilities, and trails and parks. Regardless of the project, you’ll have your hands in the mix through all phases of a project: planning, pre-design, design, contract documentation, bidding, construction observation and contract administration. As people walk, drive, bike or commute through a community or across a landscape, your expertise is positively impacting their daily lives.

Selling Points:

• Join a fast-paced, collaborative, and growing team!
• Opportunities for continued education, conferences, and technical training.
• Opportunity to deliver projects of varying size and complexity.
• A varied mix of office design and working outdoors seeing your projects constructed.
• Flexible hours and competitive pay.
• Potential work From Home Flexibility.
• Our ESOP provides you an opportunity to own part of the company – 100% of our profits are re-invested in our Employee Owners!
• SEH supports you living your best life! We offer flexible work arrangements and schedules, so you have options that work for you.

What you will be doing:

• Supporting members of our growing Civil Engineering team.
• Use of AutoCAD Civil 3D for analysis and design of roadways, trails, sidewalks, water main, sanitary and storm sewer systems and site improvements.
• Use of Microsoft Excel for development of project bid item tables, quantities and cost opinions.
• Prepare construction plans and specifications, site plans, grading and drainage plans, studies and reports for a wide range of public and private infrastructure systems.
• Serve as a construction observer to verify compliance with approved plans and specifications and assist the public on a variety of infrastructure projects.
• Documenting the day-to-day construction site activities, material sampling and testing, and measuring of pay quantities.
• Attend team meetings and/or client consultation meetings to understand client needs and incorporate them into design.
• Learning new design techniques and construction capabilities to bring clients the most innovative and creative solutions.
• Keeping abreast of the latest design standards and procedures and committing to continuous improvement to exceed minimums to create a better end product.
• Being dedicated to working hard and achieving excellence in a team environment.

Required Qualifications:

• Associate Degree in Civil Engineering Technology.
• AutoCAD Civil 3-D civil design software experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, etc.).
• Ability to travel as needed for team meetings, client consultations, site inspections/visits, etc.
• Must have good communication skills and be able to work independently.
• Must be able to work in a variety of weather conditions and be able to walk and climb over rough terrain associated with construction sites.
• This position requires an MVR records check verifying that you possess a valid driver’s license and a driving record which meets the requirements of SEH’s Driving Program.
• Ability to work overtime as needed.
• Ability to work from the St. Cloud/Sartell, MN office.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Three plus (3 ) years of experience as a civil engineering technician work related AutoCAD Civil 3-D experience.
• Experience in public street and utilities, private subdivision and site design and construction.
• Previous experience in the construction field serving as a construction site observer.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Possession of applicable MnDOT Technical Certifications.

Who we are

Better Places. Clean Water. Renewing Infrastructure. Improving Mobility. Together with clients, we’re simplifying the world’s most complex challenges. And we’ve been doing this since 1927. SEH is employee-owned and our 900 engineers, architects, planners, scientists and a wide array of professionals unite behind our core purpose of Building a Better World for All of Us®. You’ll find our employee-owners located across the U.S. and evidence of our work in nearly every state.

Base compensation is expected to be in the range of $xxx and $xxx based on skill set and experience. Check out our full benefits package at, SEH Hiring Journey

The selected candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future. We are unable to provide or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role.

For confidential consideration, apply online or send your resume and salary requirements via fax to 651.490.2138. Please refer to the job title if you choose to fax.

Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees according to all applicable equal opportunity and affirmative action laws, directives and regulations of federal, state and local governing bodies and agencies. In keeping with this commitment, it is the policy of Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, marital status, familial status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or status as a covered veteran. Women and minorities encouraged to apply.

Notice to Third Party Agencies: SEH does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, staffing services, or other employment agencies. If a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed Service Agreement by SEH’s Director of Talent Attraction expressly requesting recruitment/staffing services for specific position(s), SEH reserves the right to pursue and hire these candidates without any financial obligation to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service. In such cases, any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, are deemed to be the property of SEH.

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