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Civil Engineer - Federal

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Arlington, VA · HybridJobSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Location
Arlington, VAHybrid
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Professional Engineer RegistrationBachelor's degree

Job overview

Jacobs seeks an Associate Civil Engineer to support its federal team in a hybrid capacity from its Arlington or Boston offices. The role focuses on civil site design and Civil Works projects, including specialized facilities, water, resiliency, and disaster recovery infrastructure. The engineer will coordinate with multidisciplinary teams and federal clients, lead project tasks, prepare design documents, and provide technical guidance to less experienced staff.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Civil Site DesignCivil Works InfrastructureSite LayoutPavement DesignGradingUtilities DesignDrainage DesignStormwater ManagementErosion and Sediment ControlH&H Modeling SoftwareArchitectureAttention to DetailFederal Codes and StandardsUFCsAutoCAD Civil 3DBluebeam

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Civil EngineeringProfessional Engineer Registration8+ Years Civil Project ExperienceUnited States Citizenship

Full job description

Thriving communities. Healthy cities. A brighter future. What we do is more than building roads and ports, we work every day to make the world better for everyone. Join a company invested in you, your success, and the global community. We are looking for a driven and curious Associate Civil Engineer to support our federal team in a hybrid capacity at either our Arlington or Boston offices.

As a key member of our team, you’ll join our collaborative process providing our clients with award-winning planning, engineering, architectural design, construction management, and design-build project delivery. The breadth of our federal client base provides opportunities to work on a diverse range of complex and distinctive projects. The ideal candidate is one who is passionate about civil site design for specialized facilities, as well as large-scale Civil Works projects that address our country's water, resiliency, and disaster recovery challenges through measures such as floodwalls and stormwater pump stations. You’ll have the opportunity to work in a team environment and coordinate project assignments with other engineers and technicians in and out of your discipline group, as well as with clients and end users in Federal Civilian and Department of Defense (DoD) government agencies. Join us and we will assist in growing your career and exploring all that you can do across our global company, with opportunities to share your knowledge along the way.

Responsibilities include:

  • Act as lead project engineer for specific tasks within large, complex projects. Act as Engineer of Record on projects scoped specifically within area of expertise and experience

  • Plan and execute work independently while performing non-routine and complex assignments based on high-level instructions

  • Work closely with multi-disciplinary design teams and project managers

  • Research, interpret, and implement regulatory code requirements and design standards

  • Prepare engineering assessment reports and design documents, including plans, specifications, calculations, and basis of design reports

  • Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to technicians and less experienced engineers

  • Analyze sketches, notes and other input material to determine and plan the best approach to develop designs with minimal supervision

  • Continually develop skills by being proactive in advancing your own workflows, systems, tools, and communication techniques

  • Occasionally travel to project and client sites for observations, meetings, and presentations

  • Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering

  • Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in at least one state

  • At least 8 years of experience with civil site development projects and/or civil works infrastructure projects

  • Detailed knowledge of civil site and infrastructure design, including site layout, pavements, grading, utilities, drainage, stormwater management and erosion & sediment control. Experience with H&H modeling software is a plus

  • Basic knowledge of architecture and related engineering disciplines

  • Attention to detail and commitment to quality

  • Familiarity with applicable federal codes and standards, including Unified Facilities Criteria (UFCs)

  • United States Citizenship

  • Expertise with AutoCAD Civil 3D design software

  • Experience with Bluebeam software

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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 5,136 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Virginia median$91–140K/yr156 salary ranges
  • US median$30–42/hr196 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 203 open Civil Engineer jobs in Virginia and 5,136 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Civil Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (4,149 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,910 of the 5,136 open Civil Engineer jobs (76%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 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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