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Senior Civil Engineer - Federal

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Location
Honolulu, HI
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Professional Engineer License

Job overview

The Senior Civil Engineer will lead the civil engineering component of facility planning and final design projects for federal clients, including site development for military and other federal facilities. The role oversees civil engineering quality, client service, staff utilization, and project profitability. It also involves coordinating design teams, supporting construction, and potentially contributing to coastal resilience and disaster recovery projects.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Site Assessment and LayoutUtility Systems DesignPavement DesignGrading and DrainageStormwater ManagementErosion and Sediment ControlProject SpecificationsIntegrated Facility Site PlanningConstruction Submittal ReviewContractor RFI ResolutionPlan ProductionProject ExecutionCivil Design Team LeadershipAutoCAD Civil3DFederal Client ExperienceBluebeam

Qualifications

Professional Engineer License15+ Years Site Development ExperienceBachelor's or Master's in Civil EngineeringUnited States Citizenship

Full job description

Jacobs is a global network of employees, which serves both the private and public sectors. Our employees work to shape the communities we live in by creating world-class projects that transform the future development patterns of those communities. We provide our clients award-winning planning, engineering, architectural and interior design, construction and program management, and design-build project delivery. The Jacobs business model allows us to successfully service our clients, leverage our integrated services, and provide our employees with growth opportunities while delivering global solutions to our client’s local programs.

We consistently receive high rankings from Engineering News-Record (ENR) in many classifications, including the categories of Top Design Firms, Top Contractors, Government Buildings Work, and Federal Civilian Environment.

As a Senior Civil Engineer, you’ll work alongside engineers and architects in our Federal & Environmental Solutions (F&ES) business unit and be responsible for leading the civil engineering component of facility planning and final design projects. Responsibilities include the overall project quality of civil engineering work performed, client service, utilization of assigned staff, and project profitability. Such projects include, but are not limited to, site development for US military and other federal facilities.

Must have experience and detailed knowledge of assessing site features and creating site layouts, designing utilities systems and pavements, grading and drainage, stormwater management and erosion & sediment control; writing project specifications, and developing integrated facility site plans with other design disciplines. Other expected experience is services during construction including review and approval of contractor submittal documents and addressing contractor RFIs. Additional duties would include developing labor budgets for civil engineering design effort and developing cost-effective and feasible phased plans for upgrades and replacement of site infrastructure. You will attend multi-discipline design meetings, interact with clients, and lead a team of EITs and civil support staff. Must have strong communication skills as you'll be mentoring less experienced employees, managing civil design project teams, collaborating with senior engineers of other disciplines and architects, and reporting design progress to Project Managers and clients.

Other duties may include civil works project assignments to develop solutions together with coastal engineers that address our country’s water, resiliency, and disaster recovery challenges through measures such as floodwalls and stormwater pump stations. Onsite supervising of topographic and utility survey teams may also be required.

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  • Licensed Professional Engineer

  • At least 15 years of progressive responsibility and experience in site development projects including sealing design documents as the Engineer of Record

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited program

  • Strong background in plan production and project execution while lead design teams

  • AutoCAD Civil3D design experience

  • United States Citizen

Ideally, you’ll also have:

  • Experience with Federal clients and projects

  • Experience with Bluebeam software

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.

How this job compares

Set against the 5,088 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Hawaii median$91–152K/yr23 salary ranges
  • US median$30–43/hr206 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 32 open Civil Engineer jobs in Hawaii and 5,088 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Hawaii
Experience
This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Civil Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 4,140 postings).
Education
3,962 of the 5,088 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 28, 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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