Civil Engineering Technician jobs in Richmond, VA

Assists the project engineer in application of principles, methods, and techniques of engineering by performing the following duties:

• Reviews project scope and confers with project engineer concerning tasks required such as plan preparation, evaluation of field conditions, design requirements, and/or reports.
• Visits project sites to obtain and analyze topographical and/or existing conditions of structures and other details of sites.
• Prepares or directs preparation, calculations, specifications, plans, construction documents, and inspection schedules for projects.
• Coordinate structural designs and plans with architectural building plans or models as well as mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and site constraints as they affect the building.
• Uses computer equipment including engineering and design modeling software to prepare engineering and design documents.
• Review material shop drawings and conduct periodic on-site observations of work during construction to determine conformance of project to design specifications.

Bachelors degree from four year college or university.

Work Environment:

Employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions.

The noise level of the environment is usually moderate.

Office environment is an open atmosphere with minimal separation between coworkers.