Infrastructure and civil engineering design across water, transportation, and energy
Pennoni is a 1,000+ person civil engineering and design firm anchored in Philadelphia, founded in 1966. The tech stack is dominated by Bentley and Autodesk design tools (Civil 3D, MicroStation, Revit, OpenFlows suite) paired with GIS and survey instruments (ArcGIS, Trimble, Leica), reflecting a firm that designs at the infrastructure layer—roads, bridges, water systems, utilities. Hiring remains heavily engineering-focused (162 of 189 open roles) with a seniority mix skewed toward senior and mid-level practitioners, signaling expertise-driven delivery rather than high-volume junior scaling. No recent technology adoption or replacement signals suggests infrastructure tooling maturity and stability.
Notable leadership hires: Survey Crew Chief
Pennoni delivers multidisciplinary engineering and design services for civil infrastructure, water resources, transportation, energy, and environmental projects. The firm operates across site design, land development, stormwater management, bridge inspection and replacement, municipal water systems, and highway improvements. Work spans state DOTs, municipalities, and private developers. The employee-owned structure and long project tenures indicate client relationships built on technical depth and continuity. Current challenges cluster around cost monitoring, schedule management, and regulatory compliance (NBIS inspections, drinking water standards)—typical constraints for public infrastructure work with fixed budgets and statutory requirements.
Primary tools: Bentley Civil 3D, MicroStation, Revit, and the OpenFlows suite (WaterCAD, WaterGEMS, SewerGEMS) for water and hydraulics modeling. GIS work via ArcGIS. Survey via Trimble Business Center and Leica Geosystems instruments.
Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. Hiring currently in United States and Brazil. Work spans municipal and state projects (NBIS bridge inspections, DOT contracts) as well as private development across infrastructure sectors.
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