Civil Engineer - Junior - Tucson

About the Company

Knight Piésold is a reputable, well-established global consulting firm with 100 years of industry experience specializing in Mining, Environmental, Hydropower, and Water Resources. We believe in a One Team approach, fostering a knowledge-sharing culture, career mentoring, and collaboration with top professionals. Our engineers work on diverse projects worldwide, offering unique travel opportunities and career-enhancing experiences.

Responsibilities

• Assist senior engineers with design work involving all aspects of civil engineering earthwork projects, including Civil 3D drafting, analysis, design, and report preparation for mining, water resources, renewable energy, and hydropower projects.
• Participate in the planning and designing of earthwork and water resource projects, such as waste rock facilities, heap leach facilities, tailings storage facilities, and ancillary works.
• Produce civil, geotechnical, and hydraulic analyses; contribute to proposals, bid documents, capital cost estimates, construction drawings, and design reports.
• Participate in short to medium-duration field assignments within the U.S. and abroad, including geotechnical site investigations and construction observation, quality control, and quality assurance.
• Assist with permitting, reclamation, closure activities, and design work.
• Prepare civil layouts using AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Keep management informed of work status, workload, problems, and progress related to assignments.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree (BS) in civil engineering.
• 0-4 years of related work experience.
• Knowledge of civil and geotechnical engineering fundamentals, drafting, and general civil engineering design and construction practices.
• Ability to read and understand construction engineering plans and drawings, including sheet references and layering.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to check the quality of own work.
• Proficiency in MS Office and AutoCAD Civil 3D. Knowledge of GEO-Studio programs, GINT, and other engineering design software is an asset.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written in English. Spanish language skills are desirable.
• Demonstrated capability to work cooperatively within multidisciplinary teams.

Benefits

• 401(k) / Roth 401(k) with employer matching.
• Health insurance (including prescription drugs), dental insurance, and vision insurance.
• Flexible spending account (health and dependent care reimbursement) and Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Short- and long-term disability and life insurance.
• Wellness and employee assistance programs.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Paid time off (vacation, sick, holiday).
• Professional development assistance and employee referral bonus.
• Transit benefit program.
• Discretionary annual bonus program.

Work Environment

Work will be conducted in both office and field environments, with travel to various outdoor sites as determined by project needs. Adherence to safety standards, including those of the firm, MSHA, and OSHA, is mandatory.