Civil Engineer - Roadway EIT

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Job Type

Full-time

Description

Sambatek, LLC is a professional services firm that specializes in civil engineering, planning, surveying, and environmental services. We serve public and private clients throughout the country with office locations in Minnesota and North Carolina. We embrace challenging projects and work hard to help our clients find success.

Summary

Sambatek is currently seeking a Project Engineer to work with a team to execute transportation engineering projects. As a project engineer, this individual will be responsible for the production and development of project documents using specified standards and examples while following specific process and procedures. This person must strike a balance between learning and producing, becoming more efficient over time and more capable of contributing to an increasingly wider variety of subtasks and assignments. With this balance comes the responsibility to proactively seek direction and feedback within a team setting while growing increasingly independent. Throughout this growth, the ability to communicate well will be paramount to success.

We bring unique expertise and innovation to city, county, and state clients to collaborate on the best solutions to ensure ethical, sustainable, and right-sized projects are optimizing the investment of what is ultimately our tax dollars at work.

• Work Location: Hybrid- in-office while training, flexible hybrid thereafter
• Expected Compensation Range: $34-38 per hour (Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications)
• Pay Rate Type: Hourly with overtime rate of 1.5x base pay for all hours worked over 40 in a week

Responsibilities

• Contribute to highway projects in preliminary design phase or plan development phase
• Measure, calculate, and tabulate quantities for bidding purposes
• Participate in quality review processes
• Perform CAD drafting in OpenRoads Designer
• Perform subtasks for a task lead or project manager as part of a collaborative team
• Spend time in the field, in addition to the office, to perform construction inspection, material testing, and see transportation project sites to grow as a designer

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
• 1-3 years of relevant experience
• Engineer in Training (EIT) preferred
• Experience with OpenRoads Designer and corridor modeling preferred
• Strong self-motivation and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to manage tasks on a project with strong attention to detail

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Work is primarily performed in an office environment
• Ability to occasionally move equipment/objects weighing up to 10 pounds

Benefit Information

Regular full-time employees will have access to:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• HSA and FSA options
• Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Employer-paid life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Voluntary benefits such as additional life insurance coverage, accident coverage, and critical illness coverage
• Paid time off and holidays
• Retirement 401(k) plan with company match
• Starting January 1, 2026, eligible Minnesota employees will be covered under Minnesota Paid Family & Medical Leave (PFML), providing paid, job-protected time away from work for family, medical, or parental needs

Sambatek, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. We select candidates without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, and any other category protected by law.