Job DescriptionDesign infrastructure that helps New Mexico communities thrive.Build a career with visible local impact. You will help deliver facilities, roads, neighborhoods, parks, and public spaces that support communities across New Mexico.
Your OpportunityJoin our Community Development team and work on a broad mix of public and private projects throughout New Mexico. In this role, you will collaborate with local and regional project managers, designers, and engineers to move projects from early concepts and feasibility through permitting and construction documents.
This position is well suited to an engineer who enjoys solving practical infrastructure challenges, working across disciplines, and seeing how thoughtful design improves the places where people live, work, and gather.
What will you do?- Design civil infrastructure. Prepare designs for site layout and geometry, grading, drainage, roadways, paving, water, sewer, and erosion control.
- Support public and private clients. Contribute to public works, industrial, commercial, and subdivision projects.
- Develop complete project deliverables. Prepare calculations, exhibits, three-dimensional civil models, quantities, cost estimates, schedules, specifications, and construction documents.
- Shape early project decisions. Research existing conditions, identify site constraints, assess feasibility, develop concepts, and communicate civil engineering considerations to the project team.
- Coordinate approvals. Prepare submission packages and coordinate follow-up with agencies throughout review and approval.
- Collaborate across the team. Participate in project coordination and communicate clearly about assignments, technical issues, schedule, and budget.
- Deliver quality work. Check your work, support project-level QA/QC, and help maintain accurate, coordinated documents.
- Improve our practice. Contribute ideas that strengthen standards, production workflows, modeling practices, and design details.
QualificationsWhat you bring- Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or related engineering discipline
- Professional Engineer licensure
- Five or more years of civil or land development design experience
- Strong foundation in civil engineering design and project document production
- Experience using AutoCAD Civil 3D for roadway, utility, or site design
- Ability to manage assignments and deliver quality work within established scope, schedule, and budget expectations
- Clear written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative approach to problem-solving
- Initiative and sound judgment, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- A valid driver's license and a good driving record
Experience that will help You Succeed- Experience delivering projects in New Mexico and working with local and funding agencies
- Public works experience, particularly in grading, roadway, site, water, sewer, or drainage design
- Industrial, commercial, or subdivision design experience
- Experience preparing entitlement, permitting, and construction-document submissions
- Interest in mentoring developing staff and contributing to team standards and quality
The Impact of Your WorkStrong communities are thoughtfully planned, designed, and delivered. Our Community Development work supports vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home. If you want your engineering experience to create visible, lasting value across New Mexico, we welcome your application.
Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
