Senior Civil Engineer

About the role

SEH is currently seeking a Senior Civil Engineer to join our talented Civil team. This is an opportunity to build a local civil practice, develop lasting relationships with municipalities and select private clients, lead project delivery, and help recruit the team that will support SEH’s long-term growth in Central Texas.

Why You’ll Love SEH

• Collaborate on amazing projects of varying size and complexity that positively impact communities
• Career development through continued education, licensure/certification, skills, and technical training
• Work arrangements that promote work/life balance
• Paid Family Leave provides time to care for loved ones, whether family by birth or family by choice
• Help Build SEH’s Civil Practice in Central Texas!

What You Will Do

• Lead the growth of SEH’s municipal civil practice in Austin and surrounding Central Texas communities.
• Build trusted relationships with cities, utilities, counties, developers, partners, and other key stakeholders.
• Identify client needs and develop practical strategies that convert relationships into projects and long-term accounts.
• Serve as a senior project manager and technical leader for public infrastructure and select private development projects.
• Develop project approaches, scopes, fees, schedules, staffing plans, and quality-management strategies.
• Lead proposals, interviews, client presentations, and community or public meetings.
• Cookordination project delivery using local staff and technical resources from across SEH.
• Recruit, mentor, and lead a local civil engineering team as backlog and market opportunities grow.
• Work with SEH’s Community and Economic Development and technical teams to help clients evaluate funding and implementation strategies.
• Represent SEH through professional organizations, industry events, municipal associations, and community involvement.
• Develop and maintain client strategy plans, pursuit priorities, and an accurate opportunity pipeline.
• Serve as a technical lead on multidisciplined civil engineering projects across Texas, especially in the greater Austin area.

What Makes This Opportunity Different

• Build, do not inherit: Help define the Austin practice, culture, client strategy, and future team.
• Local leadership with national resources: Operate as SEH’s visible local civil leader while drawing upon multidisciplinary expertise across the company.
• Existing momentum: Build upon current Texas staff, federal experience, private development relationships, and active regional growth plans.
• Authority to grow: Help identify and recruit the project managers, designers, and technical staff needed as workload develops.
• Employee ownership: Share directly in the value created through SEH’s long-term success.
• Access and autonomy: Work directly with regional and company leaders while having meaningful influence over market and hiring decisions.

Essential Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Texas (required).
• Residence in or near Austin, TX, with strong regional connections and willing to travel throughout Central Texas.
• Proven track record of driving business growth and market expansion in civil engineering.
• Broad technical skills across civil infrastructure disciplines.
• Comprehensive understanding of public infrastructure funding—federal, state, and local.
• Demonstrated ability to build client trust and contribute to business development, proposals, interviews, and project pursuit.
• Strong understanding of the Central Texas municipal, utility, regulatory, and development environment.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience, including team leadership and project management.
• Able to build, develop, and guide engineering teams to achieve targeted business outcomes.
• Confident public communicator who can represent SEH to Councils, Boards, Associations.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, and lead effectively in a growing office.

Preferred Qualifications

• Established relationships with municipalities, utilities, developers, or industry partners in Central Texas.
• Eight (8) years of hands-on experience as a high-performing civil engineer.
• Private/Industrial entitlement experience.
• Established partner network.
• Spanish bilingual a bonus but not required.