Augment Professional Services · 1 week ago
Assistant Solar Farm Civil Designer
Mesa, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelAugment Professional Services (APS) is a company focused on large-scale solar photovoltaic facilities. The Assistant Civil Designer role involves supporting the planning, design, and construction of utility-scale solar projects, with a focus on civil site development and utilizing AutoCAD Civil 3D for design deliverables.
Management Consulting
Responsibilities
Assist in the civil design of utility-scale solar facilities (100MW+ typical) using AutoCAD Civil 3D, including:
Mass grading and cut/fill optimization for tracker systems
Access roads, crane paths, and maintenance roads
Drainage channels, culverts, and stormwater conveyance systems
Stormwater management facilities and SWPPP-driven erosion & sediment control (E&S)
Site preparation for inverter pads, equipment yards, substations, and O&M facilities
Support layout coordination with tracker row geometry, pile locations, and electrical collection systems to ensure civil designs align with constructability and installation tolerances
Develop and refine Civil 3D surfaces, corridors, and grading models to support earthwork balance, haul optimization, and construction phasing
Perform cut/fill volume calculations and grading optimization to minimize export/import and reduce overall site costs
Generate cross-sections, profiles, and plan views from survey data to illustrate existing terrain, proposed grades, and drainage flow paths
Produce quantity take-offs for earthwork, roads, drainage features, and erosion control to support estimating, procurement, and construction planning
Prepare functional model exports and drawing packages for use by EPCs, civil contractors, and grading crews
Produce engineering drawings from redlines, sketches, mark-ups, and client/EPC feedback while adhering to APS drafting and solar-specific standards
Utilize Sheet Set Manager, X-Refs, data references, grading objects, and labeling styles to maintain consistency across large drawing packages
Coordinate CAD files and civil design data with:
Electrical design teams (DC/AC collection, trenching interfaces)
Structural/tracker vendors
Environmental, geotechnical, and permitting consultants
EPC partners and owner representatives
Maintain organized project files, revisions, and plot sets in accordance with APS document-control and QA/QC procedures
Incorporate construction sequencing, access constraints, and installation logistics into civil layouts to support accelerated solar build schedules
Support field teams by updating designs to reflect RFIs, field changes, and as-built conditions
Assist with civil design updates tied to permitting revisions, stormwater approvals, and owner or AHJ comments
Apply construct-ability principles to ensure designs are practical for large-scale grading, tracker installation, and balance-of-plant (BOP) activities
Qualification
Required
Experience in civil design of utility-scale solar facilities (100MW+ typical) using AutoCAD Civil 3D
Knowledge of mass grading and cut/fill optimization for tracker systems
Experience in designing access roads, crane paths, and maintenance roads
Understanding of drainage channels, culverts, and stormwater conveyance systems
Experience with stormwater management facilities and SWPPP-driven erosion & sediment control (E&S)
Ability to prepare site for inverter pads, equipment yards, substations, and O&M facilities
Experience in layout coordination with tracker row geometry, pile locations, and electrical collection systems
Ability to develop and refine Civil 3D surfaces, corridors, and grading models
Experience performing cut/fill volume calculations and grading optimization
Ability to generate cross-sections, profiles, and plan views from survey data
Experience producing quantity take-offs for earthwork, roads, drainage features, and erosion control
Ability to prepare functional model exports and drawing packages for use by EPCs, civil contractors, and grading crews
Experience producing engineering drawings from redlines, sketches, mark-ups, and client/EPC feedback
Knowledge of APS drafting and solar-specific standards
Experience utilizing Sheet Set Manager, X-Refs, data references, grading objects, and labeling styles
Ability to coordinate CAD files and civil design data with electrical design teams, structural/tracker vendors, environmental, geotechnical, and permitting consultants, EPC partners and owner representatives
Experience maintaining organized project files, revisions, and plot sets in accordance with APS document-control and QA/QC procedures
Ability to incorporate construction sequencing, access constraints, and installation logistics into civil layouts
Experience supporting field teams by updating designs to reflect RFIs, field changes, and as-built conditions
Ability to assist with civil design updates tied to permitting revisions, stormwater approvals, and owner or AHJ comments
Knowledge of construct-ability principles to ensure designs are practical for large-scale grading, tracker installation, and balance-of-plant (BOP) activities
Company
Augment Professional Services
APS is a premier project management and technical staffing partner for the Energy, Technology, and construction industries.
Founded in 2019
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase