
Trilon Group partners with infrastructure consulting firms across North America, bringing together planning, engineering, and design teams to support the delivery of critical infrastructure projects. Its work centers on investing in talent, technology, and strategic mergers and acquisitions, while providing partner firms with capital and resources to grow. Through this model, Trilon Group connects consulting, construction, and logistics expertise to help make infrastructure delivery more efficient, affordable, sustainable, and safe for communities.
Senior Civil Engineering Associate, Technical Lead – Oakland Hybrid
Lead roadway and active transportation projects for Alta Planning + Design in the Bay Area. Provide technical direction, quality oversight, business development, and staff mentorship.
$170,000 – $210,000 / year
HybridFull-timeSeniorEnglish RequiredCivil EngineerDescription
- Develop Bay Area business and maintain client and partner relationships
- Guide roadway design and engineering across offices
- Oversee quality assurance and quality control for design deliverables
- Mentor colleagues across offices and support their professional growth
- Direct transportation projects from design through construction
- Develop project schedules, budgets, and service scopes
- Oversee project budgets
- Improve project delivery through better practices and processes
- Coordinate staff workloads across projects
- Represent the firm at industry and professional events through business development and presentations
- Work with Alta offices and colleagues across Trilon Group
Requirements
- At least 15 years of transportation engineering experience in consulting or the public sector
- At least 5 years of project management experience
- At least 3 years of staff management experience
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering
- California Professional Engineer (P.E.) license
- Technical leadership in roadway design, including senior design reviews and quality reviews of multidisciplinary deliverables
- Knowledge and experience in active and non-motorized transportation
- Experience producing roadway Plans, Specifications, and Estimates (PS&E) packages
- Strong grasp of project management principles, methods, and techniques
- Ability to guide staff and set clear expectations for internal teams
- Ability to manage competing priorities and concurrent projects within budget and schedule limits
- Willingness and ability to travel
- Professional ethics, leadership, accountability, and sound decision-making
- Strong presentation skills
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Project or equivalent tools
- Proficiency with GEOPAK, InRoads, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, OpenRoads Designer, and MicroStation
- Proficiency with an enterprise resource planning and project management tool
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid schedule, with most employees working from home three days per week
- Medical PPO or HSA plans
- Dental and vision PPO plans
- Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, with premiums fully paid by Alta
- 401(k) match of up to 3%
- 21 days of accrued paid time off per year at the start of employment
- 11 company-paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Short-term disability coverage
- Annual wellness reimbursement of up to $800
- Annual Alta Gets Around benefit of up to $900
- Travel award after five years
- Professional development opportunities