Civil Designer 1 (early career professional)
DOWL · Reno, NV · 1 mo ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections only where there is real specific content. Use for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title. Remove boilerplate like "Why DOWL?" etc? The posting includes a narrative about DOWL, site design, summary, responsibilities, etc. We need to extract substantive info and format.
We need sections: maybe About the role (summary), Responsibilities (list), Requirements (education/experience), Qualifications (maybe certifications), Skills (software, technical), Benefits (maybe mention great benefits but not specific; we should only include if posting actually states them. It says "offer great benefits" but not specifics. That's vague; we should not create Benefits section unless specific. So skip Benefits, Pay, Schedule (none given). So we may have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills.
We must preserve all substantive info; not invent.
Let's parse content:
- Intro: DOWL description, values, site design, summary: "We are seeking a motivated Civil Designer 1 to join our team and support the design and production of civil site development plans. This entry-level position will assist engineers and senior designers with drafting, modeling, and preparing plan sets for site layout, grading, storm drainage, and utilities. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, eager to learn, and interested in developing technical design skills in a collaborative engineering environment."
That's about the role.
- Job Responsibilities And Duties: includes many bullet-like sentences. We need to list them as
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title. Remove boilerplate like "Why DOWL?" etc? The posting includes a narrative about DOWL, site design, summary, responsibilities, etc. We need to extract substantive info and format.
We need sections: maybe About the role (summary), Responsibilities (list), Requirements (education/experience), Qualifications (maybe certifications), Skills (software, technical), Benefits (maybe mention great benefits but not specific; we should only include if posting actually states them. It says "offer great benefits" but not specifics. That's vague; we should not create Benefits section unless specific. So skip Benefits, Pay, Schedule (none given). So we may have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills.
We must preserve all substantive info; not invent.
Let's parse content:
- Intro: DOWL description, values, site design, summary: "We are seeking a motivated Civil Designer 1 to join our team and support the design and production of civil site development plans. This entry-level position will assist engineers and senior designers with drafting, modeling, and preparing plan sets for site layout, grading, storm drainage, and utilities. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, eager to learn, and interested in developing technical design skills in a collaborative engineering environment."
That's about the role.
- Job Responsibilities And Duties: includes many bullet-like sentences. We need to list them as - . The content includes sections: Software, Technical Expertise, Teamwork, Project Delivery (list of items), Understanding Budget and Schedule, Industry Standards and Regulations, Client Interaction, Other, Level of Work/Accountability, Supervisory Duties.
We need to extract each duty as list items. Might be many; we can group but must preserve all substantive info. We'll produce list items for each duty.
- Education And/or Experience: Bachelor's Degree required (internship or relevant coursework in civil/site design preferred). Years of experience required: none. Years of experience required with advanced degree: none.
- Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: EIT/EI required (within 6 months of hire). Driving is an essential job function or a valid driver’s license is required to support legitimate business purposes.
- Physical Demands and Work Environment: maybe not needed as a section; but could be under Requirements? The instruction says use sections only when posting has real specific content. Physical demands is specific; but we don't have a heading for that in allowed list. Allowed headings are limited to those eight. We could put under Requirements or Qualifications? Probably under Requirements (education/experience) or Qualifications (certificates). Physical demands maybe not fit; but we could include under Requirements as a list item? The instruction: Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we must only use those headings. If we have content that doesn't fit, we could incorporate into nearest appropriate section (e.g., Requirements). Physical demands could be under Requirements. Work environment also under Requirements.
Thus we will create sections:
About the role
... summary ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
Requirements
- ... education, experience, certificates, physical demands, work environment ...
Qualifications
maybe for technical expertise? But we already have Skills section for software/technical skills. Qualifications could be for certifications? However we already put certificates in Requirements. Could instead put Qualifications for "EIT/EI required" and "Driver's license". But we need to avoid duplication. Let's think: The posting has "Education And/or Experience" and "Certificates, Licenses, Registrations". Those could be under Requirements. Then "Skills" could be software and technical expertise. "Qualifications" maybe for "Basic understanding of technical fundamentals" etc. But we can combine.
Better: Use Requirements for education/experience, certificates, physical demands, work environment. Use Skills for software, technical expertise, industry standards, budget/schedule understanding, client interaction, teamwork, project delivery items? Actually project delivery items are responsibilities. So Skills: software, technical expertise, industry standards, budget/schedule, client interaction, teamwork? But teamwork is more responsibility.
We need to avoid thin sections. Let's decide:
- About the role: summary paragraph.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (including project delivery items, teamwork, client interaction, other duties, supervisory none, level of work/accountability).
- Requirements: education, experience, certificates, driver's license, physical demands, work environment.
- Skills: software proficiency (Microsoft Office, AutoCAD/C3D, HydroCAD, AutoTurn/Vehicle Tracking), ability to create/maintain Civil 3D surfaces etc., basic understanding of technical fundamentals, motivated to learn, reviews drawings, implements redline revisions, understanding of scopes/schedules/budgets, familiarity with design codes and standards, etc.
We must not repeat content. Ensure all substantive info captured.
Let's extract details:
From "Software Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) - BasicMarket Sector Software (AutoCAD/C3D, HydroCAD, AutoTurn/Vehicle Tracking) - BasicAbility to create and maintain Civil 3D surfaces, alignments, profiles, and pipe networksFamiliarity with plan set sheet layouts and annotation standards"
So list:
- Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) – basic proficiency
- Market sector software: AutoCAD/C3D, HydroCAD, AutoTurn/Vehicle Tracking – basic proficiency
- Ability to create and maintain Civil 3D surfaces, alignments, profiles, and pipe networks
- Familiarity with plan set sheet layouts and annotation standards
Technical Expertise bullets:
- Basic understanding of technical fundamentals
- Performs basic technical tasks assigned by market sector with oversight from others
- Motivated to learn new technical skills through self-study and mentoring
- Reviews drawings for accuracy, completeness, and drafting standards
- Implements redline revisions under supervision
Teamwork:
- Team player who mostly functions in a supporting role in a project team setting.
- Collaborates, listens, takes direction well, and retains information provided.
- Motivated to grow skills and help the team.
Project Delivery (under close direction/oversight):
List items:
- Identify design criteria
- Site layout and grading
- Utility plans and profiles
- Street plans and profiles
- Construction plans
- Quantity takeoffs
- Storm calculations
- ADA designs
- Offsite improvements designs
- Permit applications
- Construction details and notes
- Services during construction (RFI and submittal review, construction observation and inspection, and record drawings)
- Erosion and sediment control plans
- Developing and modifying drawings using AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Building and maintaining Civil 3D surfaces, alignments, profiles, and pipe networks
- Support permit submittals and preparing technical exhibits
- Executing reline revisions and updates throughout the project lifecycle (note: likely "redline" but text says "reline"? We'll keep as given)
- Organizing and maintaining project files and documentation
Understanding Budget and Schedule:
- Basic understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets.
- Collaborates with supervisor and/or resource manager to plan work time on assignments.
- Conducts basic monitoring of budgets and schedules for simple project tasks.
Industry Standards and Regulations:
- Demonstrates basic familiarity with the following design codes: Local jurisdiction, Local DOT, PROWAG, ASTM, AWWA, MUTCD, DEQ
- Also develops familiarity with site development drafting standards, including sheet layout and annotation requirements (training provided).
Client Interaction:
- Infrequent direct client interaction.
- Reads emails and occasionally attends client meetings, listens, and prepares meeting minutes.
Other:
- Other duties as assigned.
Level of Work/Accountability:
- Performs basic levels of technical work on projects in support of more experienced staff within the market sector.
- Operates with minimal autonomy - work is closely supervised by more senior staff.
Supervisory Duties: None (we can omit as no content).
Education And/or Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree required (internship or relevant coursework in civil/site design preferred)
- Years of experience required: none
- Years of experience required with advanced degree: none
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
- EIT/EI required (within 6 months of hire)
- Driving is an essential job function or a valid driver’s license is required to support legitimate business purposes
Physical Demands:
- While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit.
- The employee is required to talk and hear.
- The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Reasonable accommodations may be made (mentioned multiple times) but we can include as note.
We must not include boilerplate like "Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions." That's repeated; we can include once maybe under Requirements? It's boilerplate but it's part of posting; but instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. This is about accommodations, which is not exactly EEO but could be considered boilerplate. Might be safe to keep? It's a standard statement; but it's not about job content. I'd consider it boilerplate and remove. However it's under Physical Demands and Work Environment sections; they include that sentence. We could omit that sentence.
Now produce HTML.
We'll have:
About the role
We are seeking a motivated Civil Designer 1 to join our team and support the design and production of civil site development plans. This entry-level position will assist engineers and senior designers with drafting, modeling, and preparing plan sets for site layout, grading, storm drainage, and utilities. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, eager to learn, and interested in developing technical design skills in a collaborative engineering environment.
Responsibilities
- Team player who mostly functions in a supporting role in a project team setting; collaborates, listens, takes direction well, and retains information provided; motivated to grow skills and help the team.
- Infrequent direct client interaction; reads emails and occasionally attends client meetings, listens, and prepares meeting minutes.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Identify design criteria.
- Site layout and grading.
- Utility plans and profiles.
- Street plans and profiles.
- Construction plans.
- Quantity takeoffs.
- Storm calculations.
- ADA designs.
- Offsite improvements designs.
- Permit applications.
- Construction details and notes.
- Services during construction (RFI and submittal review, construction observation and inspection, and record drawings).
- Erosion and sediment control plans.
- Developing and modifying drawings using AutoCAD Civil 3D.
- Building and maintaining Civil 3D surfaces, alignments, profiles, and pipe networks.
- Support permit submittals and preparing technical exhibits.
- Executing reline revisions and updates throughout the project lifecycle.
- Organizing and maintaining project files and documentation.
But we also have software and technical expertise etc. Those belong to Skills.
Now Skills section:
Skills
- Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) – basic proficiency.
- Market sector software: AutoCAD/C3D,
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we must only use those headings. If we have content that doesn't fit, we could incorporate into nearest appropriate section (e.g., Requirements). Physical demands could be under Requirements. Work environment also under Requirements.
Thus we will create sections:
About the role
... summary ...
Responsibilities
- ... each duty ...
Requirements
- ... education, experience, certificates, physical demands, work environment ...
Qualifications
maybe for technical expertise? But we already have Skills section for software/technical skills. Qualifications could be for certifications? However we already put certificates in Requirements. Could instead put Qualifications for "EIT/EI required" and "Driver's license". But we need to avoid duplication. Let's think: The posting has "Education And/or Experience" and "Certificates, Licenses, Registrations". Those could be under Requirements. Then "Skills" could be software and technical expertise. "Qualifications" maybe for "Basic understanding of technical fundamentals" etc. But we can combine. Better: Use Requirements for education/experience, certificates, physical demands, work environment. Use Skills for software, technical expertise, industry standards, budget/schedule understanding, client interaction, teamwork, project delivery items? Actually project delivery items are responsibilities. So Skills: software, technical expertise, industry standards, budget/schedule, client interaction, teamwork? But teamwork is more responsibility. We need to avoid thin sections. Let's decide: - About the role: summary paragraph. - Responsibilities: list of duties (including project delivery items, teamwork, client interaction, other duties, supervisory none, level of work/accountability). - Requirements: education, experience, certificates, driver's license, physical demands, work environment. - Skills: software proficiency (Microsoft Office, AutoCAD/C3D, HydroCAD, AutoTurn/Vehicle Tracking), ability to create/maintain Civil 3D surfaces etc., basic understanding of technical fundamentals, motivated to learn, reviews drawings, implements redline revisions, understanding of scopes/schedules/budgets, familiarity with design codes and standards, etc. We must not repeat content. Ensure all substantive info captured. Let's extract details: From "Software Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) - BasicMarket Sector Software (AutoCAD/C3D, HydroCAD, AutoTurn/Vehicle Tracking) - BasicAbility to create and maintain Civil 3D surfaces, alignments, profiles, and pipe networksFamiliarity with plan set sheet layouts and annotation standards" So list: - Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) – basic proficiency - Market sector software: AutoCAD/C3D, HydroCAD, AutoTurn/Vehicle Tracking – basic proficiency - Ability to create and maintain Civil 3D surfaces, alignments, profiles, and pipe networks - Familiarity with plan set sheet layouts and annotation standards Technical Expertise bullets: - Basic understanding of technical fundamentals - Performs basic technical tasks assigned by market sector with oversight from others - Motivated to learn new technical skills through self-study and mentoring - Reviews drawings for accuracy, completeness, and drafting standards - Implements redline revisions under supervision Teamwork: - Team player who mostly functions in a supporting role in a project team setting. - Collaborates, listens, takes direction well, and retains information provided. - Motivated to grow skills and help the team. Project Delivery (under close direction/oversight): List items: - Identify design criteria - Site layout and grading - Utility plans and profiles - Street plans and profiles - Construction plans - Quantity takeoffs - Storm calculations - ADA designs - Offsite improvements designs - Permit applications - Construction details and notes - Services during construction (RFI and submittal review, construction observation and inspection, and record drawings) - Erosion and sediment control plans - Developing and modifying drawings using AutoCAD Civil 3D - Building and maintaining Civil 3D surfaces, alignments, profiles, and pipe networks - Support permit submittals and preparing technical exhibits - Executing reline revisions and updates throughout the project lifecycle (note: likely "redline" but text says "reline"? We'll keep as given) - Organizing and maintaining project files and documentation Understanding Budget and Schedule: - Basic understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets. - Collaborates with supervisor and/or resource manager to plan work time on assignments. - Conducts basic monitoring of budgets and schedules for simple project tasks. Industry Standards and Regulations: - Demonstrates basic familiarity with the following design codes: Local jurisdiction, Local DOT, PROWAG, ASTM, AWWA, MUTCD, DEQ - Also develops familiarity with site development drafting standards, including sheet layout and annotation requirements (training provided). Client Interaction: - Infrequent direct client interaction. - Reads emails and occasionally attends client meetings, listens, and prepares meeting minutes. Other: - Other duties as assigned. Level of Work/Accountability: - Performs basic levels of technical work on projects in support of more experienced staff within the market sector. - Operates with minimal autonomy - work is closely supervised by more senior staff. Supervisory Duties: None (we can omit as no content). Education And/or Experience: - Bachelor's Degree required (internship or relevant coursework in civil/site design preferred) - Years of experience required: none - Years of experience required with advanced degree: none Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: - EIT/EI required (within 6 months of hire) - Driving is an essential job function or a valid driver’s license is required to support legitimate business purposes Physical Demands: - While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit. - The employee is required to talk and hear. - The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands. - The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. - Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and ability to adjust focus. Work Environment: - The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasonable accommodations may be made (mentioned multiple times) but we can include as note. We must not include boilerplate like "Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions." That's repeated; we can include once maybe under Requirements? It's boilerplate but it's part of posting; but instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. This is about accommodations, which is not exactly EEO but could be considered boilerplate. Might be safe to keep? It's a standard statement; but it's not about job content. I'd consider it boilerplate and remove. However it's under Physical Demands and Work Environment sections; they include that sentence. We could omit that sentence. Now produce HTML. We'll have:About the role
We are seeking a motivated Civil Designer 1 to join our team and support the design and production of civil site development plans. This entry-level position will assist engineers and senior designers with drafting, modeling, and preparing plan sets for site layout, grading, storm drainage, and utilities. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, eager to learn, and interested in developing technical design skills in a collaborative engineering environment.
Responsibilities
- Team player who mostly functions in a supporting role in a project team setting; collaborates, listens, takes direction well, and retains information provided; motivated to grow skills and help the team.
- Infrequent direct client interaction; reads emails and occasionally attends client meetings, listens, and prepares meeting minutes.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Identify design criteria.
- Site layout and grading.
- Utility plans and profiles.
- Street plans and profiles.
- Construction plans.
- Quantity takeoffs.
- Storm calculations.
- ADA designs.
- Offsite improvements designs.
- Permit applications.
- Construction details and notes.
- Services during construction (RFI and submittal review, construction observation and inspection, and record drawings).
- Erosion and sediment control plans.
- Developing and modifying drawings using AutoCAD Civil 3D.
- Building and maintaining Civil 3D surfaces, alignments, profiles, and pipe networks.
- Support permit submittals and preparing technical exhibits.
- Executing reline revisions and updates throughout the project lifecycle.
- Organizing and maintaining project files and documentation.
Skills
- Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) – basic proficiency.
- Market sector software: AutoCAD/C3D,