Assistant Civil Designer - Power (Chicago)

The Assistant Civil Designer will play a vital role in assisting with site Civil design and land development for innovative projects within the Power Global Practice. This position focuses on developing the critical infrastructure required for utility-scale solar, energy storage, and power generation facilities. As part of a multidisciplinary team, the Assistant Civil Designer will contribute to projects from initial conceptual site planning through the creation of final construction documentation, helping to deliver resilient and sustainable energy solutions. The role involves collaborating closely with engineering and design professionals to overcome complex site challenges, optimize earthwork and maintain regulatory compliance, ultimately supporting the modernization and expansion of critical power infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and revise site plans, grading plans, utility profiles, drainage networks, and modeling using Civil 3D.
• Incorporate daily redline markups and design revisions provided by project engineers and designers.
• Set up project base and model files, maintain sheet indexes, manage external references and container files, and assist in maintaining file structures within the Autodesk Forma environment.
• Prepare, plot, and assemble drawing sets for internal review, client submittals, permitting packages, bid packages, and construction deliverables.
• Generate 3D surfaces, perform earthwork takeoffs, create cross-sections and compute volume calculations for cut/fill balancing.
• Attend project coordination meetings and align site layouts with other project teams to avoid spatial conflicts.
• Assist in designing civil site projects specific to the power and renewable industry, including site development, grading, drainage, stormwater management and access roads.
• Analyze reports, maps, topographical data and drawings to support infrastructure design and site layout.
• Interpret and apply local, state, and national design codes related to site civil work and environmental regulations.
• Review design drawings to verify alignment with project scope, budget, and schedule.
• Assist with a variety of civil assignments using prescribed methods and standard techniques, including drawing sequence and presentation, sizing various system components and refining rough sketches.
• All other duties as assigned.