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Job overview
Foth is seeking a Civil Engineer for its Cedar Rapids airports team to support commercial and general aviation projects across the Midwest and Southeast. The role provides hands-on experience with civil engineering design, studies, reports, modeling, and construction representation, with mentorship and guidance from experienced professionals and a Professional Engineer.
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Foth is a 100% member-owned science and engineering consulting firm headquartered in Wisconsin, with over 85 years of success. Our 750 members across 33 locations are dedicated to solving our clients’ toughest science and engineering challenges . Consistently ranked by Engineering News Record in the top 150 firms, we offer a values-based, collaborative, and flexible work environment with professional growth opportunities. If you thrive working alongside a smart and caring team, Foth may be the place for you.
Join our team and experience the Foth difference that contributes to our impressive 92+% member retention rate ! Learn more at foth.com/careers .
Foth’s Cedar Rapids, IA office is growing and looking for a Civil Engineer to join our airports team. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience supporting commercial and general aviation projects across the Midwest and Southeast while building your civil engineering expertise in a unique and dynamic airport environment.
At Foth, we are committed to your professional growth, offering opportunities for development, mentorship, and collaboration with experienced professionals. You’ll work on challenging and rewarding projects, contribute to quality engineering solutions for our aviation clients, and build the technical skills and experience to grow your career.
Primary Responsibilities:
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Deliver engineering design support for clients and their projects, including roadways, airfield pavements, storm water needs, parking, construction phasing, and utility design
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Assist with studies and technical design reports critical to project feasibility
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Provide essential AutoCAD design support for the full project design life cycle
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Create 3D models to support the design and engineering of key project elements
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Engage in construction representation services
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Ensure that design standards and processes align with federal, state, and Foth standards
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Perform civil engineering tasks under the guidance and leadership of a Professional Engineer
Required Qualifications:
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Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited program
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Prior experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D software in design applications
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Experience in construction observation and construction administration during employment or college internships
Preferred Qualifications:
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Engineer-in-Training certification
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Municipal transportation, DOT, or airport design experience and working knowledge of state, municipal, or federal design standards
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Prior construction observation experience
All Foth Companies are equal opportunity employers, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. Qualified women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. All locations are tobacco-free. Subject to applicable state law, all applicants who have received a written offer of employment and a copy of Foth’s Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace Program Policy, will be required to undergo testing for commonly abused controlled substances. Applicants must complete the required drug testing within two business days of offer acceptance. Foth will pay for all drug testing, which will be conducted by a licensed independent medical laboratory that follows testing requirements in accordance with applicable state law.
Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Notice to Third Party Recruiters/Agencies: Foth does not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiting firms. Absent a signed recruiting agreement coordinated through Foth, Foth reserves the right to pursue and hire candidates without financial obligation to third party recruiters or agencies.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,110 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Iowa median$90–143K/yr38 salary ranges
- US median$30–42/hr199 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 71 open Civil Engineer jobs in Iowa and 5,110 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Iowa
- CDM Smith11 open
- Olsson11 open
- MSA Professional Services, Inc.8 open
- Experience
- Civil Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (4,125 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,870 of the 5,110 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 5, 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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