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Your future position: Development Assistance Engineer
Choose your location: Chicago, Mokena, or Naperville, IL
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About the role, Your Impact
Baxter & Woodman is seeking a Development Assistance Project Engineer in our Development Assistance Department. This role involves working closely with designers, developers, contractors, planners, building officials, and inspectors to provide engineering guidance and permitting review of development projects ranging from small-scale residential projects to multi-family and commercial land development.
What your day-to-day will look like
- Review development plans for compliance with local requirements, including stormwater management, grading, sanitary sewers, water lines, and transportation infrastructure.
- Consult with other reviewers regarding electrical, photometric and structural issues.
- Assess the need for permits from other agencies.
- Assess impacts to on-site and adjacent private and public facilities.
- Where required, serve as part-time staff engineer to local municipalities.
- Coordinate with review staff in other agency departments.
- Develop, evaluate and provide recommendations for improving on-site or adjacent facilities in conjunction with the development.
- Prepare written review reports; communicate with local agency staff, developers and designers.
- Respond proactively to inquiries from local agency staff and officials, developers, designers and adjacent property owners.
- Assist with preparation, documentation and improvement of design review and permitting process procedures.
- Perform Quality Assurance/Quality Confirmation of others’ work.
- Assist with infrastructure acceptance, development security reductions and recapture coordination.
- Assistance with drainage studies and stormwater masterplans.
- Assist in negotiations of development, annexation and inter-governmental agreements, preparation of municipal budgets.
- Provide general municipal engineering services to multiple clients.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education/Certification Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or a related field.
- Professional engineering license is preferred. For candidates who haven't obtained their PE license, completion of fundamentals of engineering exam, or ability to do so within 6 months of employment required.
Must-haves, what you will bring
- 2+ years' experience in land development, and/or engineering plan permitting and review.
- Excellent technical writing and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to explain technical issues to non-technical municipal staff, officials and residents.
- Ability to work cooperatively with developers, designers, and outside permit agencies.
- Knowledge of basic principles and experience with stormwater management, water distribution, and wastewater collection systems.
- Knowledge of basic principles and experience with transportation facilities, including parking, roadway design, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and accessibility requirements.
- Experience in site and subdivision development design and review, and site construction is preferred.
- Ability to manage and review work done by junior reviewers.
- Ability to work with local government staff and officials.
- Ability to travel throughout suburban Chicago and nearby areas during working hours (own transportation).
Compensation : The pay range for this role is $75,000 - $110,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, and certifications.
You matter! Our outstanding benefits: At our organization, we prioritize the holistic well-being of our employees through a comprehensive range of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision plans, an Employee Assistance Program, life and disability insurance, and generous paid time off.
Baxter & Woodman is an equal opportunity - affirmative action – M/F/Vet/Disability
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