Qualified candidates will have a BSCE degree, Arizona Registration as a Professional Civil Engineer, or the ability to obtain same through reciprocity, plus a minimum of fifteen (15) years of relevant experience in residential and commercial land development. Qualified candidates will also have a minimum of ten (10) years of management experience supervising the work of engineers, designers, and other project support staff.
Candidates for this position must demonstrate:
- Strong independent thought and decision-making abilities
- Establishing and maintaining strong and positive working relationships with clients, public-agency personnel, and in-house staff
- High level leadership, management ability, and seasoned time management
- High level respect and confidence from co-workers to public agencies
- High level competence in written and oral communication
Candidates managerial experience must include the following:
- Supervision of engineering design teams
- Management of project schedules and budgets
- Preparation and management of contracts, fee proposals, and scopes of work
- Significant experience in client and public-agency interactions
- Accepts and carries out responsibility for the design team's direction, control and planning; sets realistic goals, and makes plans independently
Candidates technical experience must include the following:
- Site assessment and the ability to perform engineering design studies
- Preparation/processing of all related improvement plans in support of private land development projects
- Ability to perform constructability reviews and site construction conformance evaluations
- Experienced in construction support services
- AutoCAD/Civil 3D, Microsoft Project, and Bluebeam experience
Additional Skills:
Possesses working knowledge of:
- Business and management principles associated with strategic planning
- Resource allocation
- Leadership techniques
- Production procedures
- Interview, and hiring methods
- The coordination of people
- Exhibits a thorough understanding of jurisdictional processing
Demonstrated and meaningful involvement with community and industry organizations related to marketing opportunities and relationship building
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering degree
- Arizona registration as a Professional Civil Engineer or ability to obtain registration through reciprocity
- Minimum 15 years of relevant experience in residential and commercial land development
- Minimum 10 years of management experience supervising engineers, designers, and project support staff
- Experience supervising engineering design teams
- Experience managing project schedules and budgets
- Experience preparing and managing contracts, fee proposals, and scopes of work
- Significant client and public-agency interaction experience
- Experience directing, controlling, and planning design teams independently
- Experience with site assessment and engineering design studies
- Experience preparing and processing improvement plans for private land development projects
- Experience performing constructability reviews and site construction conformance evaluations
- Experience providing construction support services
- AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Microsoft Project, and Bluebeam experience
- Working knowledge of strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership techniques, production procedures, interviewing, hiring, and people coordination
- Thorough understanding of jurisdictional processing
- Meaningful involvement with community and industry organizations related to marketing and relationship building
What We Do
RICK (formerly Rick Engineering Company) is a multidisciplinary planning, design, and engineering firm serving public- and private-sector clients across the western United States. Its work spans infrastructure and land development, including residential, commercial, mixed-use, and transportation projects. Services include civil and traffic engineering, urban planning and design, landscape architecture, surveying, mapping, photogrammetry, water resources, and geographic information systems. The company partners with clients to create resilient communities and infrastructure through innovative solutions.
