CivilGrid is a venture-backed SaaS construction tech company building the “Google Maps for the Underground.” Come help us disrupt a $4.7T US industry segment that desperately needs innovation. This opportunity has tremendous upside as it scales.
CivilGrid aggregates public and proprietary utility, geotechnical, environmental, and jurisdictional data. The consolidated information is sold via our collaborative SaaS mapping platform to engineers and developers who need it to make early-stage decisions on real estate and infrastructure projects.
Real time data access reduces labor and project delays, accelerates decision making and reduces project risk. Collaborative features ensure faster information flow and decisioning inside and outside the organization and better project insight retention over time.
** If you apply, please follow the Application Requirements at the bottom of this posting. **
Position Description
This is a full-time hybrid role in the Greater Kansas City area with occasional travel for team offsites. You must be available to co-work in downtown KC.
CivilGrid’s Data team uncovers and manages the foundational datasets underlying the CivilGrid app. In this role, you’ll be a key early hire for a new group within the Data team laser-focused on delivering insights from engineering record drawings and as-builts.
In this position, you will:
- Analyze and markup utility record drawings and as-built plans for digitization.
- Perform QA/QC on digitized outputs.
- Manage and optimize ETL processes for digitized engineering data.
- Serve as primary project manager to successfully deliver digitization projects, in coordination with internal/external stakeholders
- Collaborate with Data and Customer Success leadership to refine and scale our processes
- Represent the Voice of the Customer for the engineering consultant market
This role offers significant input into product development and the customer experience, ideal for an early-career civil engineer eager to leverage their industry experience at a growing startup.
Who You Are
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
- 2+ years in civil engineering, focused on subsurface utility engineering (SUE) or utility design
- Preferred: professional experience as engineering consultant at ENR500 firm.
- Strong ability to interpret civil engineering plans, record drawings, and as-builts
- Solid proficiency with CAD and/or GIS tools (ArcGIS, QGIS, AutoCAD, MicroStation)
- Process-driven and always looking to optimize
- Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable working remotely with minimal supervision
- Excited to work in a fast-moving startup environment – you value autonomy, creativity, and impact
- Bonus: familiarity with SUE standards and practices
(Note: We cannot provide PE supervision for licensure requirements.)
Application Requirements
Please apply on LinkedIn AND additionally send your resume and a brief statement of interest to careers (at) civilgrid (dot) com. You must send this email to be considered for the position. You’re welcome to use AI tools as assistants, but we’re looking for your own thinking, voice, and experiences — not generic output.
In your statement of interest (max 200 words), tell us about a time you improved or innovated on an existing engineering process. Describe how you identified the pain point, developed a solution, and achieved buy-in from teammates, leadership, clients, etc.
