Senior Design Engineer

About the role

Basis Partners’ Senior Design Engineers are advanced-level engineering professionals who make significant contributions to the success of the Engineering Department. They lead design project teams, with a focus on their design discipline, by guiding, motivating, developing, and advancing the team’s capabilities while also ensuring quality deliverables to our clients.

Responsibilities

• Taking the engineering Roadway Technical Lead role and collaborating with all engineering disciplines.
• Holding authority over design decisions within their focus discipline.
• Assuming the role of Engineer of Record within their focus discipline, if necessary.
• Training and providing technical guidance and direction to Design Engineers.
• Ensuring internal and external quality and technical correctness of client deliverables.
• Proactively identifying challenges and potential solutions to aid designs and internal workflows.
• Accomplishing tasks within the budget and schedule constraints set by the Basis Project Manager and following through with high quality output despite possible overruns.
• Reviewing contract documents to thoroughly understand the contract deliverables, design costs, design schedule, and expectations of client.
• Reviewing plans, historical records, sketches, and other relevant documents.
• Collaborating with the Basis Project Manager on scheduling, hours, and distribution of work amongst Basis Design Engineers and subconsultant to meet project budget and schedule.
• Interacting with subconsultants, prime consultants, and the client on design and technical matters.
• Advising the Basis Project Manager of potential problems, work interferences, schedule difficulties, etc., and assisting in circumventing/resolving such problems.
• Coordinating design development and providing technical direction to other Design Engineers.
• Delegating tasks to Design Engineers which are appropriate for the individual.
• Directing and overseeing designers’ work to ensure it meets quality standards, client expectations, and expectations of the Basis Project Manager.
• Answering questions and providing technical leadership to any stakeholder.
• Ensuring all aspects of the design process have been conducted for their focus discipline.
• Providing review and oversight of the team’s documentation and reports.
• Ensuring proper oversight and mentorship of the design staff they oversee.
• Accomplishing tasks within the budget and schedule constraints set by the Basis Project Manager.
• Evaluating Design Engineer’s work and assisting Design Engineers with corrective actions.
• Verifying design computations that are prepared by the design staff they oversee.
• Checking and validating work performed by subconsultants.
• Ensuring information has been properly documented and saved internally.
• Leading quality reviews for their design discipline and revisions to ensure compliance with internal and client quality standards periodically throughout production.
• Conducting Independent Technical Reviews (ITR), Detail Checks (DC), and Independent Discipline Reviews (IDR) and ensuring necessary changes are made.
• Inspecting the overall project to ensure plan and execution meets contract deliverables.
• Scheduling and confirming that Quality Reviews are conducted, in a timely manner, to meet the schedule set by the Basis Project Manager, prior to submittals.
• Reviewing final deliverables with the Basis Project Manager.
• Making changes based on feedback.
• Finalizing package for presentation and submission to client.
• Preparing and communicating project status reports for their design discipline.
• Participating in coordination meetings and submittal reviews.
• Serving as a client and sub-consultant contact as requested by the Basis Project Manager.
• Managing the resolution of design-related issues and tasks.
• Developing communication and presenting findings, feedback, and recommendations to clients.
• Providing technical judgement to consult and solve problems with clients.
• Identifying and addressing constructability issues.
• Answering engineering design-related questions throughout construction.
• Identifying and providing strategic direction on emerging technology, value-added solutions, and design best practices.
• Recommending, advising, and implementing methods and tools to improve internal design workflows, productivity, and efficiency.
• Maintaining in-depth and current knowledge base of their engineering design focus.
• Orienting and training new team members.
• Training, mentoring, guiding, and directing team members.
• Identifying opportunities to increase the overall team’s design capabilities in technology applications and knowledge of the Senior Design Engineer’s engineering focus discipline.
• Delegating and following up on tasks assigned to team members.
• Providing input to Design Engineers performance appraisals and career development.
• Leading portions of proposal and interview development during the procurement process.
• Preparing conceptual designs, exhibits, reports, estimates, and other technical documents.
• Identifying value engineering and cost savings opportunities for clients and Basis.
• Assisting with the preparation of a scope of work, workhour estimates, cost strategies, and schedule.
• Collaborating with subconsultants or prime consultants to maximize proposal quality and impact.
• Interacting with colleagues, clients, contractors, and the public in a professional manner.
• Collaborating with internal peers to deliver high-quality deliverables with consistency in appearance, detail, ingenuity, and content.
• Maintaining a safe and clean work environment by wearing proper personal protection equipment (PPE) while on project sites.
• Reporting any unsafe conditions to your manager or any member of management.
• Actively supporting our safety culture and ensuring integration of quality in relevant processes.
• Continuously identifying, anticipating, and preventing safety, health, and hazard concerns by surveying environmental, operational, and occupational conditions.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant Transportation Design experience with increasing responsibility
• B.S. Civil Engineering Degree
• P.E. licensure required - Must be able to obtain Colorado PE license within two months of hire date

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate, coordinate, and collaborate at the highest level
• Ability to take the engineering Roadway Technical Lead role and collaborate with all engineering disciplines
• Ability to hold authority over design decisions within their focus discipline
• Ability to assume the role of Engineer of Record within their focus discipline, if necessary
• Ability to train and provide technical guidance and direction to Design Engineers
• Ability to ensure internal and external quality and technical correctness of client deliverables
• Ability to proactively identify challenges and potential solutions to aid designs and internal workflows
• Ability to accomplish tasks within the budget and schedule constraints set by the Basis Project Manager and follow through with high quality output despite possible overruns
• Ability to review contract documents to thoroughly understand the contract deliverables, design costs, design schedule, and expectations of client
• Ability to review plans, historical records, sketches, and other relevant documents
• Ability to collaborate with the Basis Project Manager on scheduling, hours, and distribution of work amongst Basis Design Engineers and subconsultant to meet project budget and schedule
• Ability to interact with subconsultants, prime consultants, and the client on design and technical matters
• Ability to advise the Basis Project Manager of potential problems, work interferences, schedule difficulties, etc., and assist in circumventing/resolving such problems
• Ability to coordinate design development and provide technical direction to other Design Engineers
• Ability to delegate tasks to Design Engineers which are appropriate for the individual
• Ability to direct and oversee designers’ work to ensure it meets quality standards, client expectations, and expectations of the Basis Project Manager
• Ability to answer questions and provide technical leadership to any stakeholder
• Ability to ensure all aspects of the design process have been conducted for their focus discipline
• Ability to provide review and oversight of the team’s documentation and reports
• Ability to ensure proper oversight and mentorship of the design staff they oversee
• Ability to accomplish tasks within the budget and schedule constraints set by the Basis Project Manager
• Ability to evaluate Design Engineer’s work and assist Design Engineers with corrective actions
• Ability to verify design computations that are prepared by the design staff they oversee
• Ability to check and validate work performed by subconsultants
• Ability to ensure information has been properly documented and saved internally
• Ability to lead quality reviews for their design discipline and revisions to ensure compliance with internal and client quality standards periodically throughout production
• Ability to conduct Independent Technical Reviews (ITR), Detail Checks (DC), and Independent Discipline Reviews (IDR) and ensure necessary changes are made
• Ability to inspect the overall project to ensure plan and execution meets contract deliverables
• Ability to schedule and confirm that Quality Reviews are conducted, in a timely manner, to meet the schedule set by the Basis Project Manager, prior to submittals
• Ability to review final deliverables with the Basis Project Manager
• Ability to make changes based on feedback
• Ability to finalize package for presentation and submission to client
• Ability to prepare and communicate project status reports for their design discipline
• Ability to participate in coordination meetings and submittal reviews
• Ability to serve as a client and sub-consultant contact as requested by the Basis Project Manager
• Ability to manage the resolution of design-related issues and tasks
• Ability to develop communication and present findings, feedback, and recommendations to clients
• Ability to provide technical judgement to consult and solve problems with clients
• Ability to identify and address constructability issues
• Ability to answer engineering design-related questions throughout construction
• Ability to identify and provide strategic direction on emerging technology, value-added solutions, and design best practices
• Ability to recommend, advise, and implement methods and tools to improve internal design workflows, productivity, and efficiency
• Ability to maintain in-depth and current knowledge base of their engineering design focus
• Ability to orient and train new team members
• Ability to train, mentor, guide, and direct team members
• Ability to identify opportunities to increase the overall team’s design capabilities in technology applications and knowledge of the Senior Design Engineer’s engineering focus discipline
• Ability to delegate and follow up on tasks assigned to team members
• Ability to provide input to Design Engineers performance appraisals and career development
• Ability to lead portions of proposal and interview development during the procurement process
• Ability to prepare conceptual designs, exhibits, reports, estimates, and other technical documents
• Ability to identify value engineering and cost savings opportunities for clients and Basis
• Ability to assist with the preparation of a scope of work, workhour estimates, cost strategies, and schedule
• Ability to collaborate with subconsultants or prime consultants to maximize proposal quality and impact
• Ability to interact with colleagues, clients, contractors, and the public in a professional manner
• Ability to collaborate with internal peers to deliver high-quality deliverables with consistency in appearance, detail, ingenuity, and content
• Ability to maintain a safe and clean work environment by wearing proper personal protection equipment (PPE) while on project sites
• Ability to report any unsafe conditions to your manager or any member of management
• Ability to actively support our safety culture and ensure integration of quality in relevant processes
• Ability to continuously identify, anticipate, and prevent safety, health, and hazard concerns by surveying environmental, operational, and occupational conditions