Land Development - Civil Designer

About Us

Larson Design Group (LDG) is an award-winning, employee-owned Architecture, Engineering, and Consulting Firm. Guided by our core values, we’re expanding our team, opening new offices, and adding new offerings to provide responsive, innovative solutions to clients nationwide.   

Being 100% employee-owned directly impacts our culture: it drives our decision-making, motivates our teams, increases our productivity, improves retention, and contributes to the future success of our company. Our culture is one where we work hard for our clients and for each other – and we have fun collaborating, sharing experience and expertise, and learning along the way. We’re passionate about delivering exceptional quality, elevating client relationships, enriching the careers and lives of our employee owners, and enhancing the communities where we live and serve.     

At LDG, we strive to create an organization where people want to work. We offer a flexible work environment, paid training for required licensures, competitive benefits, bonus plans, and a company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) while supporting your professional and personal growth.    

Your Opportunity + Impact

Our Land Development department is looking to add a Civil Designer to the team! This Civil Designer position will be responsible for completing intermediate to advanced civil engineering drafting and design tasks, autonomously applying engineering principles and making informed decisions. 

Key Responsibilities

• Uses AutoDesk Civil 3D, ArcGIS, and other Civil Engineering-related software programs to develop technically accurate and high-quality deliverables.
• Aid in development of stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, and construction plans while under the direction of a Professional Engineer.  Ability to analyze design alternatives to develop cost-effective solutions to project challenges.
• Coordinates the preparation of advanced multi-discipline drawing sets as required for assigned projects, including coordination with technical, administrative, and other design staff.
• Promotes, utilizes, and supports quality assurance and quality control processes to improve the quality of deliverables and reduce design errors and omissions.
• Researches, reviews, interprets, and understands written design standards, regulations, code compliance, and permit requirements and applies them to design projects.
• Assists with design calculations, calculates quantities, reviews technical specifications, and prepares cost estimates.
• Aids in enhancing the team’s overall efficiency and effectiveness.

Education and Experience

• Education: Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or other related field.
• Experience: Minimum four (4) years’ experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Possess strong independent problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in AutoDesk Civil 3D required.  Advanced Civil 3D skills preferred.

EEO Statement

Larson Design Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.