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Civil Engineering Team Lead 1630

Career Area: Engineering - Civil

Req #: 1630

Location: Knoxville, TN

Date Posted: July 8, 2026

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Knoxville, TN

What We're Looking For:

Barge Design Solutions, Inc. is seeking a driven Civil Engineering Team Lead to join our team in Knoxville, TN. In this role, you will support engineering projects, document development and design, and perform other related tasks. You will work on multiple projects with complex features as a technical lead or portions of larger conventional projects and supervise a small team of Engineering Associates and recent Professional Engineers.

Responsibilities:

Assists in project scope and budget development, as well as assisting in project design.

Supports PM providing technical leadership on conventional projects.

Designs experiments, interprets, and develops conclusions on complex data.

Writes and reviews engineer specifications, documents, drawings, etc. to produce various deliverables.

Designs a component, or process on complex projects or designs a complete project, systems, or components on conventional projects.

Responsible for completing a subset of project documents.

Participates in client meetings, as appropriate.

Conducts on-site visits to monitor progress of project.

Supervises one or more staff.

Performs other duties as requested.

Education & Experience Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from accredited program.

Minimum of 6 or more years of engineering experience.

Registered TN PE.

Skills:

Applies practical knowledge acquired through progressive experience to resolve issues.

Strong working knowledge of Auto Cad, and other essential equipment for field and office work.

Proficient in stormwater management design, utility design, grading, and erosion and sediment control design.

Strong communication skills and ability to prepare technical reports for submission to agencies.

Keeps informed of new methods and developments affecting the organization.

Ability to effectively manage and motivate employees.

People Skills:

Manages a smaller group of employees.  

This role will have talent management responsibilities for a group of individuals including, but not limited to selection, development, and coaching for improvement.

May recommend separations.

This role mentors other professionals.

Supervision:

Directs Engineering Associates and Designers in preparation of project plans.

Technical lead on conventional projects.

Expectations:

Timeliness & quality of technical team's work on projects and budget adherence.

Utilization rates align with goal.

Embrace our Purpose, Vision, and Values.

Why join us?

Barge Design Solutions, Inc., is an engineering and architecture firm with diverse in-house multidisciplinary practice areas. The employee-owned company is more than 650+ people strong and serves clients nationwide from multiple U.S. locations. Barge is ranked on Engineering News-Record (ENR)’s Top 500 Design Firms and Architectural Record’s Top 300 Architecture Firms and is a certified Great Place To Work®.

Our primary purpose for being in business is ultimately to create a better life by unleashing the potential of our people, clients and communities. This purpose is supported by our company’s core values because at the end of the day, Barge CARES:

Collaborate – Help and expect help. Teamwork is essential in what we do.

Authentic – Honesty, integrity and trust are at the heart of everything we do. We are who we say we are.

Responsible – We are accountable for our work, our attitude, and our actions. We make Barge better.

Excellence – We go all in and expect more of ourselves than others expect of us.

Service – We are humble. We use our gifts in service of others.

We believe that if we are living out our purpose for being in business and integrating our values into everything we do, we will ultimately achieve our vision to be the firm best known for being selected when it matters most.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Agency Submissions

No unsolicited agency submissions. Barge Design Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or staffing agencies. Any unsolicited resume becomes the property of Barge Design Solutions, and no fee will be paid for resulting hires. Only agencies with a signed agreement are authorized to submit candidates.

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