Civil Designer

Your Role on Our Team:

• Build and manage project base files utilizing Altar Group CAD standards and templates

• Develop site, grading, paving, utility, and drainage plans through 65 percent with minimal direction.

• Model finished grade in Civil 3D using surfaces, feature lines, and grading objects

• Lay out and design storm, sanitary, and water pipe networks, including structures, rims, inverts, and profiles

• Implement grading, utility and stormwater design as directed by the project engineer or EIT

• Incorporate redlines and review comments independently and accurately

• Identify design conflicts, constructability issues, and likely reviewer comments before plans leave the office

• Coordinate with engineers, project managers, and surveyors to keep projects moving on schedule

What We Are Looking For:

• 5 or more years of civil site or land development design experience

• Advanced proficiency in Civil 3D, including surfaces, feature lines, grading objects, and pipe networks

• Experience taking commercial pad sites (retail, quick service restaurant, automotive service, convenience) through permitting

• Working understanding of grading, drainage, detention, and utility design principles

• Familiarity with Texas municipal and county review requirements; Houston-area experience preferred

• Ability to work within an established CAD standard and keep a sheet set organized and consistent

• Judgment to recognize when something does not look right and bring it forward with a solution

• No degree required. Demonstrated site design experience matters more to us than credentials

Compensation and Benefits:

• Competitive salary with a defined path for growth

• We protect a 40-hour work week

• Employer-paid health insurance for employee and spouse

• 3 percent 401(k) match plus a 2 percent profit-sharing contribution

• Three weeks paid time off

• Hybrid schedule with up to three remote days per week once established in the role