Engineering Designer III - Municipal

Overview

Are you ready to help shape one of the fastest-growing regions in Texas? Colliers Engineering & Design is seeking a driven and dynamic Senior Municipal Engineer to join our growing team in San Antonio, TX! If you’re passionate about shaping the future of local communities and delivering impactful infrastructure solutions, this role is your chance to shine.

As a key leader on our municipal team, you’ll take on meaningful, high-visibility projects, from initial design concepts to construction oversight, working hand-in-hand with public agencies, utilities, and multidisciplinary experts across the organization. Your expertise will help bring essential infrastructure to life, improve public services, and strengthen the places people live, work, and thrive.

This is an incredible opportunity to elevate your career within a nationally recognized, fast-paced, and collaborative environment that champions innovation, technical excellence, and forward-thinking engineering. If you’re ready to make a real impact and grow with a team that values your ideas, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Independently evaluate, select and adapt standard techniques, procedures and criteria with limited supervision.

• Design complete projects, systems, components or processes.

• Prepare complete project documents with limited supervision.

• Analyze and interpret data, formulate and solve problems.

• Prepare scopes of work, budgets and schedule assignments.

• Assist with proposal development for professional services.

• Provide direction to engineers in training, technicians and administrative staff.

• Plan and coordinate detailed aspects of engineering work.

• Attend meetings and present specific components of assignments.

• Work within AutoCAD Civil 3D to successfully complete projects within established budgets and deadlines.

• Perform field investigations/ site visits as needed.

• Prepare concept layout with limited guidance.

• Intermediate layout, utility, grading and drainage design.

• Draft site-specific construction details.

• Review changes orders received from contractors.

• Perform and review hydrologic and hydraulic calculations.

• Review construction plans and details.

• Prepare and review technical reports, specifications, and memos.

• Review lot grading applications, site plans, subdivision plans and prepare draft letters.

• Communicate with vendors and outside agency representatives.

• Prepare and review cost estimate for accuracy and completeness of scope.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related field.

• 3-5+ years in related field.

• Engineer in Training (EIT) required.

• Valid driver’s license preferred.

• Proficient with AutoCAD Civil 3D and other related software packages, as applicable.

• Demonstrate general computer skills, knowledge and acumen (i.e., Microsoft Office Suite).

• Ability to effectively work as part of a team (i.e.., collaborate, contribute, respect others).

• Ability to learn and apply technical skills and knowledge.

• Demonstrate advanced, general and basic non-routine knowledge of engineering concepts, theories, principles and practices.

• Demonstrate advanced investigative, analytical and research skills.

• Demonstrate basic speaking skills to communicate general technical ideas, concepts and information to a technical and nontechnical audience.

• Demonstrate advanced technical and nontechnical writing, editing and proofreading skills.

• Ability to read, write and understand English for purposes of comprehending written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.

What We Offer

At Colliers Engineering & Design, our people are our most important resource. That’s why we are committed to providing all our employees with a safe, comfortable work environment, potential for career advancement, and the ability to impact society through their projects as well as Company sponsored activities.

This dedication begins with supporting a work life balance through a generous compensation package that includes: company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid pregnancy disability leave; short- and long-term disability insurance; life insurance; a company-matched 401(k)/Roth; paid time off that includes parental and military leave; employee referral and professional license bonuses and a straight time policy that compensates exempt employees for billable hours worked in excess of 40 billable hours within a work week.

We have also created an internal culture that provides the resources and technology needed to encourage personal and professional growth opportunities through reimbursement for education; a free in-house resource for hundreds of educational and self-enrichment courses; mentorship program; wellness program; Women’s Organization and ongoing philanthropic opportunities.

Apply today to learn how you can join our team of professionals, so we can help you Accelerate Your Success!

Colliers Engineering & Design is an equal opportunity employer (M/F/D/V). We are committed to ensuring that Inclusion & Belonging continues to be a strategic area of focus, not only as the right thing to do, but as one of the ways we will continue to lead our industry into the future. As part of this responsibility, we are on a progressive journey to foster an environment in which everyone at Colliers Engineering & Design feels respected and comfortable doing their best work while being their authentic selves regardless of background or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.