Senior Site Development Civil Engineer

Position Summary

Bodwé is seeking a highly motivated Site Development Civil Engineer (CE IIIIV) to play a key role in delivering impactful infrastructure projects across the country. With a focus on underserved communities tribal nations and federal agencies this role offers the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to projects that matterwhile growing as a technical leader and project manager.

The ideal candidate has a strong foundation in site civil design is a self-starter who thrives in a collaborative multi-disciplinary environment and is driven by technical excellence accountability and long-term impact. This role is part of a growing purpose-driven firm committed to sustainability equity and community infrastructure.

Accommodation Requests

We are committed to providing access equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process contact our HR Director (April Hawkins) at or

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The following inexhaustive list of duties represents a sample of work routinely performed by this role:

Project Leadership

• Serve as a Project Manager or Technical Lead on site development projects across tribal federal and municipal markets.
• Collaborate with the Site Development Practice Lead to develop scope schedule fee and staffing plans.
• Maintain strong communication with clients design teams and internal partners throughout the project lifecycle.
• Supervise and mentor junior engineers and technical staff to support their growth and project contributions.
• Support practice-wide growth by contributing to strategic planning and practice group development.

Technical Expertise

• Lead or support the preparation of site plans grading stormwater management utilities (sewer and water) access design and erosion control plans.
• Perform or oversee engineering calculations hydrologic modeling stormwater reports code compliance and construction documentation.
• Provide technical QA and ensure design solutions meet regulatory functional and constructability standards.
• Provide oversight and feedback on QC processes during production and prior to milestone deliveries.
• Utilize AutoCAD Civil 3D and related tools to produce high-quality construction documents.
• Leverage understanding of federal tribal and local permitting processes to facilitate approvals and execution.

Client Community Engagement

• Represent Bodwé in client meetings field visits and project team coordination efforts.
• Build long-term client relationships through effective communication problem solving and delivery excellence.
• Act as a trusted advisor for tribal and federal clients who seek durable community-centered site development solutions.

Operational Business Development Support

• Assist with fee proposals project scoping and marketing strategies in collaboration with the Site Development Practice Lead.
• Contribute to internal initiatives to streamline processes improve efficiency and support firm-wide integration.
• Collaborate across practice groups to support multi-disciplinary project delivery.

Qualifications and Experience

Education Degree

• Required: Bachelors degree in an ABET accredited Civil Engineering program.

Experience Certification or Licensure

• Minimum 610 years of relevant experience in site/civil engineering with at least 2 years in a project management or supervisory role.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Proven experience managing multi-phase site development projects from planning through construction.
• Must possess the knowledge and expertise to teach train or mentor staff members on matters pertaining to civil engineering plans and specifications.
• Experience with site development projects.
• Experience working on tribal or federal lands (IHS BIA BIE HUD VA NPS etc.) strongly preferred.
• Must have Real ID or Passport in order to undergo commercial airfare travel.
• Must have valid drivers license.

Technical Professional Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite including Word Excel Outlook Projects and Teams.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D for full plan set production.
• Bluebeam Revu preferred.
• Strong communication coordination and leadership skills.
• Ability to simultaneously work in a team setting and set and keep individual task goals.
• Familiarity with indigenous community infrastructure needs and sensitivity to sovereign governance preferred.
• Background in underserved or rural community projects preferred.
• Ability to lead multi-office and multi-discipline teams on large-scale programs.

Work Environment

This is a hybrid position with periodic travel (10-20%) to project sites and client locations.

This position primarily operates in a professional office setting with standard office equipment and a quiet climate-controlled environment. While in the office there is no regular exposure to loud noise hazardous materials or heavy machinery.

This role also requires periodic travel to project sites including locations undergoing renovation or active construction. During site visits the employee may be exposed to non-temperature-controlled environments construction noise dust and other typical conditions found on job sites. Appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) may be required during these visits depending on site conditions. While on site visits an individual in this role will be required to work atypical hours at the request of the client or role demands.

Physical Demands

Sitting/Standing: This is not a sedentary role. This role requires the ability to be on your feet moving around a construction site for most of the day interacting with contractors contractor representatives and inspecting the construction work that is being performed.

Walking: This role requires the ability to move about outside in various geographic and building terrains to access a construction site to provide quality assurance services.

Stooping/Kneeling/Crouching/Crawling: This role requires stooping kneeling crouching crawling and ladder climbing to inspect all aspects of building construction to foundations crawlspaces and roofs.

Using Hands/Fingers: This role constantly operates technological office equipment such as laptop mouse keyboard computer monitors telephones and scanners copiers and fax machines.

Talking/Hearing: This role requires constant communication with others in the organization to exchange information review information and make decisions about information.

Seeing: This role requires the ability to see view and distinguish all aspects of construction to ensure quality control.

Carrying/Lifting: This role requires lifting up to 30 lbs to transport technological office equipment safety equipment and other needed construction items to and from various workspaces.

Equal Employment Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.

Native American Hiring Preference

Our parent company Mno-Bmadsen prefers to hire Pokagon citizens who are qualified and suitable for available positions. For purposes of this section qualified means that the applicant meets the technical and experiential needs for employment; and suitable means that the candidate appears to be the best fit considering present circumstances and conditions. Targeted preference is in the following order:

• First to qualified Pokagon Band citizens; and
• Second to qualified spouses and qualified custodial parents; and
• Third to other qualified Native Americans; and
• Fourth to all other qualified applicants

Any determinations as to the applicability of the Pokagon hiring preference are at the discretion of each Company President.

Required Experience:

Senior IC