Job Description

WGA is an award-winning Texas-based professional engineering and consulting firm founded in 2007, and has experienced steady growth in a competitive market. This expansion is a result of our strong commitment to our clients providing them with the highest quality of work and service. We built our practice on the foundational beliefs that creative design drives successful projects, and that collaborative working relationships with municipalities, permitting authorities and local and state agencies yielding tangible results throughout the development process. Our extensive range of experience includes industrial, commercial, large mixed-use, hospitality, healthcare, education, municipal and multi- and single-family residential projects. From large-scale industrial projects to preliminary feasibility studies, our goal is to provide value through creative and cost-effective design solutions. We currently have 4 locations across Texas and growing: Houston, The Woodlands, Austin and San Antonio.

Responsibilities:

As a Project Engineer on our Site Development team in our Houston office, you will:

• Preparing preliminary analysis on a variety of technical tasks.
• Involved in assignments that continue to develop abilities in area of specialty.
• Makes independent decisions about assigned areas of responsibility.
• Survey, design file, temp sheet, and temp sheet overall clean up
• Prepare basic calculations
• Schedule project deliverables
• Collect, organize, and evaluate data
• Organize and file project materials and references
• Analyze systems utilizing computer modeling
• Develop, evaluate, and design specifications and contract drawing
• Vehicle tracking, Utility flowlines, and Pipe conflicts
• Complete public plans - plan and profiles – water, storm, HCFCD outfall wastewater, left turn lane, traffic control plan, details.
• Pavement design – understand geotechnical report, paving details
• Sidewalk design
• Public plan signatures: COH, AT&T, CPE
• TxDOT driveway permit
• FEMA floodplain information
• FIS profiles
• Sheet design: SWPPP, SWQMP, TCP, Dimension Control, Utility Plan, Drainage Area Map, Drainage Spreadsheet, Details Sheets
• Works closely with project and task team leaders
• Maintain regular and prompt attendance at WGA Houston office
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required skills and experience:

• Activities include research: preliminary design calculations and field work and observation
• Take personal responsibility for quality of tasks performed.
• Participate review of task level assignments
• Demonstrates willingness to accept new challenges and learn specialized field
• Familiarize self with firm’s methods, standards, and practices

Desired qualities and attributes:

• Good oral and written communication skills, good sense of professional rule
• Continues on-the-job training.
• Growing knowledge of profession as organizations, professional development programs or other training.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize work
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and problem-solving abilities
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language clearly and both orally and in writing

Requirements:

• Civil Engineering degree and 2+ years’ experience.
• Registered Texas E.I.T.

EEO STATEMENT

WGA LLP is committed to providing equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and its employees. The Company strictly prohibits all discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, religious creed or belief, physical or mental disability, marital or familial status, legally protected medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship status, protected activity or any other status or classification protected by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES: Please note that WGA LLP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, WGA LLP will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, WGA LLP explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of WGA LLP.

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