Civil Project Engineer

🕒 February 13

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Zipline

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2014

🚗 Transport

🛍️ eCommerce

💰 $330M Series F on 2023-04

Transport • Healthcare • eCommerce

Zipline is a leading provider of autonomous drone delivery services, revolutionizing logistics for various sectors including healthcare, restaurants, and retail. Their innovative technology allows for rapid and emission-free deliveries, significantly reducing the time required to transport goods such as food, medical supplies, and everyday essentials. Since their inception, Zipline has completed over a million deliveries across multiple countries, showcasing their commitment to improving delivery experiences and enhancing access to critical supplies.

📋 Description

• Work with customer teams and internal customer success teams to seamlessly integrate Zipline systems into both existing and newly designed infrastructure, including creating site layouts and related technical documents. Engage with partners’ internal teams to ensure alignment on expectations and timelines. • Understand our internal and external customer’s business and needs and work with our internal engineering and business teams to refine and roadmap necessary product changes to ensure the successful deployment of the Ground Systems infrastructure. Maintain the high level customer specs and cut-sheets for the Zipline Systems. • Develop and lead pre-construction strategies to streamline entitlements and permits for Ziplines Ground System and Site Infrastructure projects. • Build and maintain strong relationships with Customer teams and technical staff, City Managers, staff, and City Council members and inspectors to facilitate smooth approvals and permit completion from Planning and Zoning commissions and AHJ’s. Collaborate closely with jurisdictions, land use counsel, Real estate team, and our Legal team to create pathways for deployments in evolving customer and regulatory landscapes. • Understand and mitigate the preconstruction, construction, operational and sustaining risks associated with each project. • Manage many parallel small construction projects, site infrastructure installments, construction contractors, and additional real estate development projects. • Source and manage general contractors and subcontractors across various trades (construction, assembly, electrical) during bid, pre-construction, construction and site commissioning project phases. Evaluate all options and a lean budget, select best vendors to ensure reliable and quality services and products. • Develop and implement solutions to problems/projects/applications and associated systems from 0-1-100 across parallel projects and initiatives.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Real Estate Development, Finance, Business Administration, Urban Planning, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field • 4+ years of experience in a relevant field - technical sales of hardware products at scale, technical product management, real estate development or construction. Experience with technical sales and solution design of contractor installed equipment, and experience in the light commercial construction industry is strongly preferred. • Proven ability to manage entitlements and permits for infrastructure projects in collaboration with internal and customers’ Real Estate and Construction teams. • Familiarity with working alongside Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) to navigate permitting and inspection processes. • Strong communication skills with the ability to align internal stakeholders on project requirements and provide leadership with regular updates on challenges, risks, and opportunities. Fluency in communicating ideas clearly, whether through quick sketches, sharp technical writing, or strategic presentations tailored to your audience. • Experience working with External design teams (Architectural, Structural, Civil,Electrical MEPs) on commercial or industrial development/construction projects. • Experience with CAD tools to develop site layouts, indicative construction designs and other technical drawings. • Must be a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in Texas, or able to obtain Texas licensure via comity with a few months. • Based in the Dallas or Houston METRO region, with the flexibility to travel up to 20% (Higher if outside METRO region) domestically and internationally to support expansion projects. • Must be eligible to work in the U.S.

🏖️ Benefits

• Zipline is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws or our own sensibilities. • We value diversity at Zipline and welcome applications from those who are traditionally underrepresented in tech. • Professional development opportunities available.