Engineering Designer III - Municipal

Are you ready to help shape one of the fastest-growing regions in Texas?

Colliers Engineering & Design is seeking a driven and dynamic Senior Municipal Engineer to join our growing team in San Antonio, TX! If you’re passionate about shaping the future of local communities and delivering impactful infrastructure solutions, this role is your chance to shine.

As a key leader on our municipal team, you’ll take on meaningful, high-visibility projects, from initial design concepts to construction oversight, working hand-in-hand with public agencies, utilities, and multidisciplinary experts across the organization. Your expertise will help bring essential infrastructure to life, improve public services, and strengthen the places people live, work, and thrive.

This is an incredible opportunity to elevate your career within a nationally recognized, fast-paced, and collaborative environment that champions innovation, technical excellence, and forward-thinking engineering. If you’re ready to make a real impact and grow with a team that values your ideas, we want to hear from you!

Your Responsibilities

• Independently evaluate, select and adapt standard techniques, procedures and criteria with limited supervision.
• Design complete projects, systems, components or processes.
• Prepare complete project documents with limited supervision.
• Analyze and interpret data, formulate and solve problems.
• Prepare scopes of work, budgets and schedule assignments.
• Assist with proposal development for professional services.
• Provide direction to engineers in training, technicians and administrative staff.
• Plan and coordinate detailed aspects of engineering work.
• Attend meetings and present specific components of assignments.
• Work within AutoCAD Civil 3D to successfully complete projects within established budgets and deadlines.
• Perform field investigations/ site visits as needed.
• Prepare concept layout with limited guidance.
• Intermediate layout, utility, grading and drainage design.
• Draft site-specific construction details.
• Review changes orders received from contractors.
• Perform and review hydrologic and hydraulic calculations.
• Review construction plans and details.
• Prepare and review technical reports, specifications, and memos.
• Review lot grading applications, site plans, subdivision plans and prepare draft letters.
• Communicate with vendors and outside agency representatives.
• Prepare and review cost estimate for accuracy and completeness of scope.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree: in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Experience: 3-5+ years in related field.
• Certifications: Engineer in Training (EIT) required.
• Driver’s License: Valid driver’s license preferred.
• Technical Skills: Proficient with AutoCAD Civil 3D and other related software packages, as applicable.
• Computer Skills: Demonstrate general computer skills, knowledge and acumen (i.e., Microsoft Office Suite).
• Team Skills: Ability to effectively work as part of a team (i.e., collaborate, contribute, respect others).
• Learning Ability: Ability to learn and apply technical skills and knowledge.
• Engineering Knowledge: Demonstrate advanced, general and basic non-routine knowledge of engineering concepts, theories, principles and practices.
• Analytical Skills: Demonstrate advanced investigative, analytical and research skills.
• Communication Skills: Demonstrate basic speaking skills to communicate general technical ideas, concepts and information to a technical and nontechnical audience.
• Writing Skills: Demonstrate advanced technical and nontechnical writing, editing and proofreading skills.
• Language Skills: Ability to read, write and understand English for purposes of comprehending written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.