
Technical Lead Engineer - Utilities
Columbus, OHJob$101–152K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Woolpert is hiring a Technical Lead Engineer for its Energy Utilities practice. The role provides technical expertise and leadership for land development and utility projects, including site planning, grading, and municipal utility design. The engineer will mentor technical team members and bring extensive site civil engineering experience, utility and stormwater design experience, land development experience, and Civil 3D capability.
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We seek to move the world forward through innovative thinking. Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth. Position Overview Woolpert is hiring a Technical Lead Engineerto join our dynamic Energy Utilities practice. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located. What You Will Do: - Provide technical expertise for land development and Utility projects - Technical Lead for site planning, grading, and municipal utility design - Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other technical team members What You Will Bring: - 15+ years of site civil engineering experience - Experience in utility design, stormwater design, land development projects - High level of capability in Civil 3D - Ability to train and mentor jr. staff Benefits You Will Love Certified as a Great Place to Work, Woolpert is one of the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe, you'll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the world. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including: - Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate). - Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm. - Flexible paid time off/vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you and your team. - Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries. - Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases. - Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more! Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Pay Range $101,200 $151,800 USD Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here: http://woolpert.com/about-us/ Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement. Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting [email protected]. If you need to reschedule or cancel your interview, please reach out to your recruiter by contacting [email protected]. ***To all agencies:***Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In
How this job compares
Set against the 5,102 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$101–152K/yr
- Ohio median$91–130K/yr107 salary ranges
- US median$91–145K/yr2,793 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $127K, is 15% above the Ohio median midpoint ($110K) — in the top quarter of Civil Engineer salary ranges in Ohio.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 244 open Civil Engineer jobs in Ohio and 5,102 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
- Verdantas19 open
- American Structurepoint, Inc.14 open
- CDM Smith12 open
- 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 4,147 postings).
- Education
- 3,966 of the 5,102 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 29, 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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