Multi-discipline design and engineering firm serving municipal and private clients
CESO is a 500+ person architecture, engineering, and design firm built on civil engineering foundations and now operating across 16 U.S. offices. The tech stack is heavily weighted toward Autodesk (Revit, AutoCAD, Civil 3D) and construction-collaboration tools (Bluebeam, Autodesk Construction Cloud), with supplementary project management (Smartsheet, Deltek) and Adobe Creative Suite—a classic design-services profile. Active hiring skews engineering-heavy (119 roles) with significant design and construction staffing, while projects cluster around standardizing delivery, improving project/financial tools consistency, and managing scope-schedule-budget alignment across complex infrastructure work.
Notable leadership hires: Survey Lead, Public Works Lead, Program Director, Architecture Team Lead, Team Lead
CESO combines architecture, civil engineering, surveying, landscape design, and environmental services for municipal and private clients. Founded in 1987 as a civil engineering and survey practice in Dayton, Ohio, the firm has expanded to 16 offices nationwide and now offers a full range of design and technical services across land development, infrastructure, water management, and building design. The firm manages roadway projects, multi-use trails, public utilities, and mixed-use development. Internal focus is on standardizing project delivery, aligning financial and operational metrics across engagements, and reducing variance in how complex, multi-disciplinary projects are scoped and resourced.
CESO's core tools are Autodesk (Revit, AutoCAD, Civil 3D), Bluebeam Revu for construction collaboration, SketchUp and Lumion for visualization, Adobe Creative Cloud for graphics, Deltek for project accounting, and Smartsheet for project management.
CESO is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, and operates 16 offices across the United States.
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