Civil Engineer / Senior Civil Engineer – Data Centers

About the role

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. As a foundation‑owned people company, founded in Denmark, we believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. Ramboll in the Americas has thousands of experts working across more than 70 offices. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Environment & Health, Water, Energy, and Planning & Urban Design.

You will join Ramboll's Civil Engineering and Design team within the Environment & Health business, supporting data center, mission‑critical, industrial, and other large‑scale development programs through site due diligence, conceptual master planning, preliminary engineering, permitting, detailed design, and construction support.

Responsibilities

• Lead civil engineering and land development services for data center, mission‑critical, and large industrial projects from site selection through construction.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, risk, client communication, proposals, and subconsultants across multiple projects.
• Direct technical work including site layout, grading, stormwater, drainage, utilities, access roads, erosion control, and permitting.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, clients, agencies, and authorities while navigating codes, permitting requirements, and development standards.
• Review technical deliverables, mentor engineers and CAD staff, support team growth, and contribute to client development and market expansion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• Approximately 5+ years of relevant civil/site engineering experience.
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis; no sponsorship is available for this position.

Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred, with ability to obtain licensure by comity in target states.
• Extensive experience with land development and site civil design for large, complex projects, ideally in industrial, logistics, manufacturing, or mission‑critical environments.
• Strong project management and technical expertise, including grading, drainage, stormwater, utilities, permitting, budgeting, scheduling, and client coordination.
• Experience working with authorities having jurisdiction