Careers

Join our team

Our team of employees is key to the firm’s success—contributing expertise, creativity, passion and professionalism—as we collaborate to design better communities. We welcome your resume for those positions listed. If no position is open for your area of expertise, we invite you to send a letter of inquiry anyway.

Associate Civil Engineer

Actively participates in the design and technical activities required on a wide range of public and private civil engineering projects.  Involved with engineering plan preparation, solving design problems, and other design related tasks.  Coordinates and communicates directly with other members of the project team, clients and public agencies.

Project Manager

The Project Manager directs and manages project development from beginning to end.  They define the project scope, budget, schedule, and review and/or supervise all technical aspects of work.  The Project Manager is responsible for quality control and is the primary client contact.  They also serve as a resource and mentor other engineers and report directly to the Principal-In-Charge.

Assistant Civil Engineer

As an Assistant Civil Engineer, you will provide support to the Project Managers with design and technical activities required on a wide range of public and private civil engineering projects. Candidate shall have knowledge of engineering mathematics, basic surveying, hydraulics and hydrology, drafting and AutoCad Civil 3D Software. Involved with grading and drainage plans, road improvement plans, utility improvement plans, topographic surveys, earthwork and drainage calculations, lot line adjustments and legal descriptions.

Engineering + CAD Technicians

As an Engineer and CAD Technician, you will assist the team with a wide variety of public and private civil engineering projects.

Land Surveyor

The position involves boundary, topographic and ALTA surveys, lot line adjustments, subdivisions, Records of Survey and construction surveying.  Candidate shall demonstrate experience in the field aspects of these types of surveys.

Surveying Technician

The surveying team at Whitson Engineers works on a wide variety of projects.  As a Surveying Technician, you will be assisting survey operations in the field as a Rodman under the direction of a Survey Crew Chief.

Competitive Benefits Package

We offer a progressive array of employee benefits and development programs. Our Small Business of the Year Award and Best Places to Work Award were granted in part for our approach to innovative human resource management.

  • 401(k) Plan (including employer match)
  • Profit-Sharing Plan
  • Group Health Care Plan (100% employer-paid coverage for employee and dependents on our “premier core plan”)
  • Dental (including orthodontics), Vision and Employee-owned Life Insurance Benefits
  • Employer Health Savings Account contributions
  • Professional Development
  • Vacation
  • Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays (10 per year)
  • Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Event Tickets: Laguna Seca Raceway, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, and Live Sporting Events
  • We also provide healthy snacks, learning lunches every month, COSTCO memberships and more!

Join our team

Our team of employees is key to the firm’s success—contributing expertise, creativity, passion and professionalism—as we collaborate to design better communities. We welcome your resume for those positions listed. If no position is open for your area of expertise, we invite you to send a letter of inquiry anyway.

Associate Civil Engineer

Actively participates in the design and technical activities required on a wide range of public and private civil engineering projects.  Involved with engineering plan preparation, solving design problems, and other design related tasks.  Coordinates and communicates directly with other members of the project team, clients and public agencies.

Accounting Associate

Successful candidates will have excellent customer service skills, a positive attitude and great energy that keeps our team moving forward. The ability to work in a face paced environment with strong attention to detail is essential.

The Administrative department at Whitson Engineers is staffed by bright, organized and dependable people driven by a common goal: to help accomplish great things for the WE team and clients.

Project Manager

The Project Manager directs and manages project development from beginning to end.  They define the project scope, budget, schedule, and review and/or supervise all technical aspects of work.  The Project Manager is responsible for quality control and is the primary client contact.  They also serve as a resource and mentor other engineers and report directly to the Principal-In-Charge.

Assistant Civil Engineer

As an Assistant Civil Engineer, you will provide support to the Project Managers with design and technical activities required on a wide range of public and private civil engineering projects. Candidate shall have knowledge of engineering mathematics, basic surveying, hydraulics and hydrology, drafting and AutoCad Civil 3D Software. Involved with grading and drainage plans, road improvement plans, utility improvement plans, topographic surveys, earthwork and drainage calculations, lot line adjustments and legal descriptions.

Engineering + CAD Technicians

As an Engineer and CAD Technician, you will assist the team with a wide variety of public and private civil engineering projects.

Land Surveyor

The position involves boundary, topographic and ALTA surveys, lot line adjustments, subdivisions, Records of Survey and construction surveying.  Candidate shall demonstrate experience in the field aspects of these types of surveys.

Surveying Technician

The surveying team at Whitson Engineers works on a wide variety of projects.  As a Surveying Technician, you will be assisting survey operations in the field as a Rodman under the direction of a Survey Crew Chief.

Competitive Benefits Package

We offer a progressive array of employee benefits and development programs. Our Small Business of the Year Award and Best Places to Work Award were granted in part for our approach to innovative human resource management.

  • 401(k) Plan (including employer match)
  • Profit-Sharing Plan
  • Group Health Care Plan (100% employer-paid coverage for employee and dependents on our “premier core plan”)
  • Dental (including orthodontics), Vision and Employee-owned Life Insurance Benefits
  • Employer Health Savings Account contributions
  • Professional Development
  • Vacation
  • Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays (10 per year)
  • Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Event Tickets: San Francisco Giants, Laguna Seca Raceway, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
  • We also provide healthy snacks, learning lunches every month, COSTCO memberships and more!