Multidisciplinary engineering and surveying firm serving infrastructure and land development
AKS Engineering & Forestry is a 500+ person consulting firm anchored in civil engineering, surveying, and natural resources across the Pacific Northwest. The tech stack is dominated by Autodesk (Civil 3D, Revit, AutoCAD), Trimble field instruments, and GIS—a classic professional services architecture. Hiring is heavily skewed toward senior engineers (89 of 135 open roles), signaling both backlog growth and a push to expand service lines (electrical, geological, and water resources all flagged as growth areas internally).
Notable leadership hires: Director
AKS provides integrated multidisciplinary consulting across engineering disciplines (civil, structural, electrical, MEP, traffic, geotechnical), surveying (land, aerial, hydrographic), GIS, planning, landscape architecture, water resources, forestry, and materials testing. The firm operates in Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, serving three core markets: land development, public infrastructure, and energy. With 500+ employees and offices across the region, AKS runs integrated in-house teams across disciplines to reduce coordination friction. Active project work spans roadway design, water rights permitting, geotechnical studies, site development, and public improvement initiatives.
AKS relies on Autodesk tools (Civil 3D, Revit, AutoCAD), Trimble field instruments and business center, GIS, HydroCAD, Bluebeam, and the Microsoft suite (Office 365, Power BI, Azure). This stack is typical for multidisciplinary design and surveying firms.
Tualatin, Oregon. The firm operates offices in Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington and was founded in 1996.
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