Job Title: Agricultural Engineer

FLSA Status: Exempt, Salary

Reports To: Director, Technical Services

This position is open to remote work; candidates must be located ​within the state of Iowa.

About Eocene Environmental Group:

Our team has spent the past two decades providing environmental, utility vegetation management (UVM), software and sustainability services. We are fortunate to be a part of the Wright Service Corp. family, which has helped us establish a strong foundation for continued growth and success.

Through a strategic alignment of values and goals, four Wright Service Corp. entities joined and integrated into one, operating as Eocene Environmental Group. These four entities are:

Forestry & Utility Division

Environmental Division

Technology & Innovation Division

Sustainability Division

JOB SUMMARY: The Agricultural Engineer provides technical support and engineering planning, design, and installation to the conservation, watershed, livestock facility, and wetland workload. The position shall provide leadership and direction, potentially direct and indirect, within the engineering team.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions:

Maintains a working knowledge adequate to carry out work assignments for all conservation, watershed, livestock facility, and wetland engineering projects

Performs, trains, and provides guidance for site investigations, topographic survey, AutoCAD Civil 3D work, and data collection

Prepares, provides training, provides guidance, and reviews engineering designs which includes design report, plan sheets, specifications, calculations, and other supporting documentation

Performs, trains, and guides on quality assurance to ensure constructed projects meet or exceed designed expectations. Recommends changes as needed for a successful project

Works directly and in cooperation with private landowners, private / governmental groups, and permitting agencies. Communicate project goals and expectations to all project stakeholders

Works within a team concept to develop and implement ways to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of the products and/or services provided to clients

Performs duties in a manner supportive of a safe and healthy work environment, and exercises safety precautions when exposed to dangerous objects, chemicals, extreme temperatures, etc.

Attend conferences/events and present at events as a technical expert representing the Company

Performs other duties as assigned or related

OTHER DUTIES:  Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Position will require some outside travel

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

3+ years of industry related experience

Knowledge of engineering instruments, equipment, and systems

Ability to read and interpret engineering plans and specifications

Ability to complete design work relating to engineering practices and measures

Knowledge of construction operations, techniques, and procedures

Knowledge of local, state, and federal statues, regulations, and design standards pertaining to conservation practice systems and livestock waste

Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and AutoCAD Civil 3D

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Organizational skills and tendencies

Ability to learn quickly and adapt to change and to a dynamic, fast-paced, and ever-changing environmental

Ability to travel for meetings with clients and site visits

Ability to read, write and speak English sufficient to perform job duties and to interact and communicate with employees and vendors

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Current Professional Engineer license or ability to obtain

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