Overview
Project Engineer - Las Vegas, Nevada
Westwood Professional Services, Inc.
Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Project Engineer to join our Water / Wastewater service team in our Las Vegas, Nevada office.
Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.
Our ideal candidate will have 5+ years of diverse water / wastewater design experience. Candidates must have a willingness to perform a variety of tasks supporting various project types and project managers.
Duties and Responsibilities
Work as a key member of a water / wastewater design team under the direction of various Project Managers.
Job duties may include, but are not limited to :
- Work with a team in the preparation of plans, specifications, and cost estimates for projects of various size and complexity
- Prepare plan documents and supporting design calculations
- Prepare detailed construction drawings using AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Produce high quality work and implement and maintain quality assurance procedures
- Oversee the technical aspects of various projects
- Coordinate with other disciplines, support services and subconsultants
- Coordinate with government agencies, utility providers or other outside agencies
- Coordinate with Clients depending on project role.
- Identify applicable codes, standards or other design requirements
- Prepare technical specifications and cost estimates
- Perform field reviews and other assessments for use in design
- Participate in contract bidding, provide limited observation during construction, review submittals and RFIs
- Represent clients and firm in meetings with governmental agencies
- Develop and track milestones to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery
- Make decisions independently in regard to various issues and methods
- Mentor, train and / or supervise the work of less experienced engineers and / or technical support personnel
- Prioritize and manage own workload and manage junior staff's work
- Ensures division, regional, and company values, policies and practices are consistently followed within the survey service.
- Lead by example display solid judgment, good values, trust, honesty, openness, and professionalism.
Required Experience (Text Only)
- 5+ years of increasing responsibility in engineering
- Licensed Professional Civil Engineer (PE) in Nevada (or capable of obtaining within 6 months)
- Experience designing sanitary sewer pipelines, rehab and pump stations and / or designing potable water pipelines, storage and pumping.
- Open channel and / or pressure flow modeling and summary report production