
Entry-Level Civil Engineer - Site Design
North Kansas City, MOJobSeen 7mo agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
Olsson provides multidisciplinary design services for land development projects, including commercial, residential, industrial, and community developments. The Civil Engineer supports site design through CAD drafting, plan production, research, and technical reports, while assisting with schedules and calculations under guidance. The role contributes to project designs and may involve mentoring student interns and traveling to construction sites.
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Company Description
We are Olsson. We engineer and design solutions that improve the world around us. As a company, we promise to always be responsive, transparent, and focused on results – for our people, our clients, and our company.
We’re a people-centric firm, so it’s no surprise our greatest asset is our people. The impact this creates is an environment that encourages our people to grow and be creative with their talents. This approach builds a culture that is uniquely Olsson. It allows us to grow our people as we grow our business. This, in turn, creates a lasting impact on the world around us.
Job Description
Olsson specializes in providing multidisciplinary, preliminary, and construction design services for a diverse range of land development projects, including mixed-use, commercial, and residential developments, industrial facilities, sports venues, schools, and various site development types. We are committed to positively impacting communities through innovative and sustainable solutions.
As a Civil Engineer, you will provide basic project design through CAD drafting, instruct drafters on how to create drawings of designs, and prepare project schedules. You may also perform research, write technical reports, and travel to job sites for observation. This position assists with generating ideas and creating designs that provide purposeful, high-quality solutions to successfully solve engineering and design needs.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
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Assists with project design elements for engineering projects utilizing familiarity with standard techniques and established methods.
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Performs entry-level plan production and receives clearly defined instructions for necessary tasks.
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Gains knowledge and experience working within design and modeling software.
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Receives guidance from senior level staff to assist with project schedules and technical engineering calculations.
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Contributes to limited portions of a broader project while under direct supervision.
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Gathers and prepares research to assist with the assembly of technical reports.
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May provide mentoring to student interns by answering questions and offering guidance with routine assignments.
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May travel and work in all types of terrain and weather conditions at project sites in various stages of construction.
Qualifications
You are passionate about:
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Working collaboratively with others.
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Having ownership in the work you do.
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Using your talents to positively affect communities.
You bring to the team:
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Strong communication skills.
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Ability to contribute and work well on a team.
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Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
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Minimum of 1 year of relevant experience or prior internship in land development/site design.
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Prior AutoCAD Civil 3D experience.
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Must possess or obtain EI/EIT certification
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Additional Information
Olsson specializes in engineering and design, client advisory services, planning, field services, and environmental. Improving the world has been our mindset from the very beginning, back when Olsson first opened for business in 1956. And it will be our mindset for years to come.
As an Olsson employee, you will:
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Receive a competitive 401(k) match
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Be empowered to build your career with tailored development paths
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Have the possibility for flexible work arrangements
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Engage in work that has a positive impact on communities
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Participate in a wellness program promoting balanced lifestyles
In addition, full-time employees will receive our traditional benefits package (health care, vision, dental, paid time off, etc.) and the opportunity to participate in a bonus system that rewards performance.
Olsson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran, and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, military status, or other protected status.
Olsson understands the importance of privacy and is committed to protecting job applicants’ personal information. Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, the “CCPA”), this notice explains Olsson’s practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information for job applicants residing in California. Please read this Notice carefully to understand our privacy practices.
For more information about the types of information we collect and how we use it in connection with your general access and use of our website, please review our general California Privacy Notice here (https://www.olsson.com/privacy-policy) .
How this job compares
Set against the 5,006 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Missouri median$91–140K/yr44 salary ranges
- US median$30–43/hr200 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 100 open Civil Engineer jobs in Missouri and 5,006 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Missouri
- Olsson (this employer)22 open
- Burns & McDonnell14 open
- HNTB9 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Civil Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 4,057 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,904 of the 5,006 open Civil Engineer jobs (78%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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