Project Engineer - Land Development / Public Improvements

Job Description

Job Description

ESP Associates, Inc. is seeking a Project Engineer to join our team in Fort Mill, SC. Ideally, the individual will have experience in civil engineering land development, infrastructure design, and construction document preparation for roads, storm drainage systems, storm water management facilities, utilities-water and sewer, sediment and erosion control, and traffic control. This position includes design and project management responsibilities within a team atmosphere.

This is a great opportunity for a land development professional to grow your career with a well-established Engineering, Surveying and Planning firm!

Responsibilities :

• Perform work with a small team through civil site / land development design, permitting, and construction observation on a variety of residential, commercial, institutional, and municipal projects.
• Perform design of land development projects within Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D software.
• Perform and prepare technical design calculations associated with land development projects (i.e., storm drainage hydraulic sizing and system modeling, water distribution modeling, best management practices (BMP), underground detention systems, sanitary sewer collection systems, sanitary sewer pump stations and force main, erosion control measures, etc.).
• Perform technical review of drawings, specifications, calculations, shop drawings, and other engineering documents for conformance with project goals and requirements.
• Perform preliminary engineering evaluations, including quantity take-offs and opinions of probable construction cost.
• Assist management of project and staff schedules.
• Serve as a potential point-of-contact on land development projects for Clients, review agencies, contractors, and internal planning, surveying, and geotechnical departments.
• Attend meetings with Clients, review agencies, and contractors throughout the various stages of the land development process.
• Perform site visits and prepare associated field reports.
• Observe and provide general coordination for various field testing (i.e., water pressure testing, gravity sewer low pressure testing, manhole vacuum testing, etc.).
• Develop strong relationships with team members.
• Provide training / mentoring for junior members of the team.

Qualifications :

Corporate Information :

ESP is a multi-discipline engineering design and consulting firm providing our clients with civil engineering, surveying, planning / landscape architecture, geosciences, environmental, subsurface utility engineering, and construction engineering inspection.

Through years of dedicated service to our clients, ESP has received a designation of 195 on the 2025 ENR Top 500 Design Firm rankings. For the firm's primary territory, the ENR Texas & Southeast Top Design Firms, ESP received a 2025 ranking of 52.

ESP offers an excellent employee benefits package including :