Community Development Civil Engineer

Design infrastructure that helps New Mexico communities thrive.

Build a career with visible local impact. You will help deliver facilities, roads, neighborhoods, parks, and public spaces that support communities across New Mexico.

Your Opportunity

Join our Community Development team and work on a broad mix of public and private projects throughout New Mexico. In this role, you will collaborate with local and regional project managers, designers, and engineers to move projects from early concepts and feasibility through permitting and construction documents.

This position is well suited to an engineer who enjoys solving practical infrastructure challenges, working across disciplines, and seeing how thoughtful design improves the places where people live, work, and gather.

Why This Role?

• Meaningful New Mexico work. Contribute to infrastructure and development projects serving both urban and rural communities.
• Variety of Work. Work across skill sets including design of site development, roadways, grading & drainage, utility services, and erosion control.
• Concept through Construction. Help evaluate feasibility, prepare construction-ready documents, and provide construction administrative services.
• Collaborative Team Environment. Work alongside experienced project managers, designers, EITs, and multidisciplinary partners. We have experts, mentors, and peers for collaboration and support throughout your career.
• Influence. Facilitate refinement of design details, production workflows, and technical standards.

What will you do?

• Design civil infrastructure. Prepare designs for site layout and geometry, grading, drainage, roadways, paving, water, sewer, and erosion control.
• Support public and private clients. Contribute to public works, industrial, commercial, and subdivision projects.
• Develop complete project deliverables. Prepare calculations, exhibits, three-dimensional civil models, quantities, cost estimates, schedules, specifications, and construction documents.
• Shape early project decisions. Research existing conditions, identify site constraints, assess feasibility, develop concepts, and communicate civil engineering considerations to the project team.
• Coordinate approvals. Prepare submission packages and coordinate follow-up with agencies throughout review and approval.
• Collaborate across the team. Participate in project coordination and communicate clearly about assignments, technical issues, schedule, and budget.
• Deliver quality work. Check your work, support project-level QA/QC, and help maintain accurate, coordinated documents.
• Improve our practice. Contribute ideas that strengthen standards, production workflows, modeling practices, and design details.

What you bring

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related engineering discipline
• Professional Engineer licensure
• Five or more years of civil or land development design experience
• Strong foundation in civil engineering design and project document production
• Experience using AutoCAD Civil 3D for roadway, utility, or site design
• Ability to manage assignments and deliver quality work within established scope, schedule, and budget expectations
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and a collaborative approach to problem-solving
• Initiative and sound judgment, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• A valid driver’s license and a good driving record

Experience that will help You Succeed

• Experience delivering projects in New Mexico and working with local and funding agencies
• Public works experience, particularly in grading, roadway, site, water, sewer, or drainage design
• Industrial, commercial, or subdivision design experience
• Experience preparing entitlement, permitting, and construction-document submissions
• Interest in mentoring developing staff and contributing to team standards and quality

The Impact of Your Work

Strong communities are thoughtfully planned, designed, and delivered. Our Community Development work supports vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home. If you want your engineering experience to create visible, lasting value across New Mexico, we welcome your application.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.