Associate Civil Engineer

Your Future Starts Here! Join Our Team and Shape Your Career
Are you a recent graduate ready to build an exciting career in the world of engineering? At Performance Engineering, we offer a dynamic, collaborative, and supportive environment where you can learn, grow, and take control of your future.

As an Associate Engineer, you’ll be immersed in hands-on projects, working alongside some exceptional professionals who are eager to mentor and guide you.

Why You’ll Love It Here:
• Endless Learning Opportunities: From day one, you’ll be part of exciting projects that span civil engineering, surveying, and construction management. Our diverse portfolio means you’ll never stop learning and expanding your skillset.

• Take Charge of Your Career: We empower our EITs and Associate Engineers to take initiative and make decisions. You’ll have the autonomy to bring your ideas to life, all while receiving the support you need to succeed.

• Work Hard, Play Hard: Located under the beautiful Big Sky over Billings, Montana, our office offers a perfect balance between work and play.

Your Role:
• Hands-On Project Work: Get involved in a variety of projects from municipal engineering to land development. Your contributions will make a real impact.

• Mentorship and Training: Work closely with experienced engineers who will help you navigate your career path and prepare you for your Professional Engineer (PE) license.

• Community Engagement: Be part of a team that values community involvement. Your work will not only benefit clients but also the local community.

Position Overview:
Location: Billings, Montana (required)

Experience: 0-5 years

We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, and endlessly curious engineer to join our team. This position is perfect for recent graduates looking to gain practical experience and work towards obtaining their Professional Engineer (PE) license. You will support various engineering projects, providing technical assistance and contributing to the successful completion of transformational projects.

Key Responsibilities:
Project Support: Assist in the design, analysis, and implementation of engineering projects across multiple sectors, including municipal, government, water resources, land development, and energy.
Design: Develop insightful designs and plans with thorough specifications to communicate design intent accurately, aiming for a conflict-free bid period and on-time construction with minimal change orders.
Communication: Effectively communicate in written and verbal forms to support team members, project managers, company leadership, and external construction teams.
Material Creation: Assist in creating reports, memos, project proposals, specifications, plan sets, permit applications, and bid packages.
Collaboration: Work closely with project managers, senior engineers, and clients to ensure project goals are met.
Learning and Development: Engage in continuous learning opportunities, attend training sessions, and gain interesting, exciting hands-on experience.
Time Management: Prioritize, schedule, and allocate the necessary time to ensure projects are completed on schedule and within budget.

Key Competencies:
• Results-driven mentality

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to build and manage relationships with employees and clients

• Highly organized, capable of working on multiple projects

• Excellent planning skills

• Experience with AutoCAD Civil3D preferred

Qualifications:
• Bachelor of Engineering degree (minimum requirement)

• 0-5 years of experience in civil engineering design and construction administration

• Experience in at least one of the following disciplines: land development, municipal utility design, water resource engineering, or environmental engineering

• Demonstrated integrity, selflessness, and dependability

• Familiarity with federal and state funding and regulatory agencies (preferred but not mandatory)

• Familiar with job-costing, scheduling, and estimating

• Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil3D, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office Suite, WaterCAD, HEC-RAS, and other software for communication, design, and documentation

What We Offer:
• Competitive salary and benefits package

• Opportunities for professional growth and development

• Supportive and collaborative work environment

• Beautiful location in Montana with access to outdoor activities

• Mentorship and guidance from experienced professionals

• Rewards for hard work and dedication through overtime compensation and profit-sharing based on performance and success of the business each year.

How to Apply:

This position is full-time, and salary will be based on work experience. To learn more about our firm, feel free to look through our website! https://performance-ec.com/job/associate-civil-engineer/

About Performance Engineering:

Performance Engineering earns ‘2024 Best Firms to Work For’ Zweig’s Best Firm To Work For award celebrates top AEC firms in the U.S. based on workplace practices, benefits, retention rates and more.

Why Billings, Montana?

Performance Engineering’s office is located in Billings, Montana, which recently won Outside Magazine’s 2016 Best Place to Live in the U.S. award. Billings offers our employees and their families an excellent quality of life with access to the great outdoors, including fishing, hiking, biking, camping, hunting and many other activities.