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To thrive as a Design Team member, you need strong visual design skills, proficiency in design principles, and a degree in graphic or visual design is often preferred. Familiarity with tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Sketch, along with experience in collaborative platforms, is essential. Creativity, effective communication, and the ability to work well within a team are standout soft skills in this role. These skills and qualities enable the team to deliver cohesive, innovative, and user-centered design solutions that meet client and project goals.

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The Design Team encompasses a group of professionals working together on various design projects, including graphic design, UX/UI, and more. In contrast, a Graphic Designer focuses specifically on creating visual content. While graphic designers are often part of a design team, the team itself includes multiple roles working collaboratively to achieve broader project goals.

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Civil Design Team Leader

AECOM

Denver, CO • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 4 days ago

AECOM rating

8.1

Company rating: 8.1 out of 10

Based on 58 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

14th of 78 rated construction

Job description

Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
AECOM's Water Business Line is seeking a creative and highly motivated Civil Design Team Leader specializing in site civil work, grading earthwork and pipeline design for immediate employment based in the Denver office. This is a technical and supervising role working with engineers, project managers, and direct staff on a variety of projects within the Mining Division. Candidates can expect a diverse set of project challenges focused on heavy civil, grading, roads, dams, utilities, and pipelines for large mine sites.
The ideal candidate will have a passion for supervising, mentoring staff, interdisciplinary collaboration in leading civil designs, producing custom solutions, and developing figures, drawings, material take-off quantities, helping on reports, and specifications for the civil design work on exciting and complex mining projects.
Job Summary/Responsibilities
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:
  • Serves as a fully capable professional in the field with minimal direction.
  • Applies advanced knowledge to develop design procedures, software, and tools to support high-quality, cost-effective project delivery.
  • Develops estimates of technical effort for projects.
  • Manages communication and collaboration with the full design team and clients.
  • Conducts interdisciplinary reviews of project deliverables.
  • Oversees development and implementation of technical approaches for complex work requiring ingenuity and creativity.
  • Initiates project designs and plans, including preparation of presentations and design drawings.
  • Prepares designs, calculations, sketches, diagrams, schematic drawings, and working drawings.
  • Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignments.
  • May oversee and guide less experienced designers.
  • Meets with clients and oversees project execution to ensure client needs are met.
  • Leads development of engineering drawings from initiation through completion in accordance with codes, standards, and design criteria.
  • Develops and completes design assignments and engineering drawings of moderate to high complexity under limited supervision.
  • Applies a solid understanding within a specific discipline, including codes, permits, and relevant software.
  • Understands design and drawing preparation processes using project specifications and established standards.
  • Reviews vendor and supplier documents for accuracy and understands their role in project delivery.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of cost estimating, material take-offs, and budget support activities.
  • Understands project change control processes and identifies potential changes.
  • Maintains knowledge of discipline-specific equipment and material lists.
  • Extensive experience with Autodesk Civil 3D (through 2025), including advanced surface and pipeline modeling.
  • Translates general direction and conceptual sketches into complete design deliverables.
  • Mining: grading design, surface modeling, and site development for tailings storage facilities, dams, embankments, seepage ponds, utilities, and related infrastructure.
  • Civil/Site: site development, roads, drainage, dams, slope stabilization, retaining walls, detention ponds, and stream restoration.
  • Prepares detailed calculation packages for earthwork quantities, reservoir storage, and tailings capacity.
  • Processes multiple data sources (LiDAR, survey, DEMs, contours) to develop existing conditions models.
  • Demonstrates strong understanding of coordinate systems and data transformations.
  • Manages survey and client data throughout the project lifecycle.
  • Performs routine and complex design tasks requiring judgment and problem-solving.
  • Provides leadership and direction related to CAD technologies for project teams.

Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
  • BA/BS + 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
  • Valid U.S. Driver's License

Preferred Qualifications
  • Strong technical progression within civil engineering and design.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of industry standards.
  • Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)
  • ProjectWise
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Google Earth
  • NavisWorks
  • ESRI GIS, Blue Marble Global Mapper or other GIS applications.
  • Experience with other software a plus:
    • InfraWorks
    • Vehicle Tracking
    • ReCap
    • Bluebeam
    • MicroStation OpenRoads, OpenGround, GeoPak
    • Revit
    • Global Mapper

Additional Information
  • Sponsorship will not be provided for this role.
  • Relocation is not provided for this role.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.
About AECOM
AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.
AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients' complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com.
What makes AECOM a great place to work
You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects - both in your local community and on a global scale - that are transforming our industry and shaping the future. With cutting-edge technology and a network of experts, you'll have the resources to make a real impact. Our award-winning training and development programs are designed to expand your technical expertise and leadership skills, helping you build the career you've always envisioned. Here, you'll find a welcoming workplace built on respect, collaboration and community-where you have the freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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