RICK Tech Stack

Civil engineering and design firm across infrastructure, water, and urban planning

Civil Engineering San Diego, CA 201–500 employees Founded 1955 Privately Held

RICK is a 70-year-old civil engineering and design practice spanning 11 offices across four Western states, structured around specialized divisions: civil engineering, water resources, transportation, urban planning, surveying, GIS, and landscape architecture. The tech stack is heavily weighted toward Autodesk (AutoCAD, Civil 3D) and Esri (ArcGIS, ArcMap) — the industry standard CAD and geospatial tooling — with supporting applications for hydraulic modeling (SWMM, HEC-RAS, WaterCAD), visualization (Lumion, SketchUp), and project management (Microsoft Project, Bluebeam). The hiring mix skews engineering-dominant (33 of 40 open roles), concentrated at mid and senior levels, consistent with a services firm scaling delivery capacity rather than rebuilding leadership.

Tech Stack 25 technologies

Core StackAutoCAD Adobe Creative Cloud ArcGIS SketchUp Adobe Illustrator MicroStation Civil 3D AutoCAD Civil 3D SWMM HEC-RAS ArcMap Microstation MicroStation InRoads Word Bluebeam Excel Trimble Business Center Microsoft Office Outlook PowerPoint InDesign WaterCAD Microsoft Project Lumion Autodesk

What RICK Is Building

◆Challenges

Acquiring new business
Growth of a new service area

▲Active Projects

Construction bid document preparation
Grading and public improvement plans for residential and mixed-use developments
Surveying and construction staking projects
Boundary survey cad drawings
Stormwater modeling and drainage system design
Water and sewer system design
Municipal streets
Drainage systems
Water mains
New service area development

Hiring Activity

Decelerating40 roles · 8 in 30d

Department

Engineering

Design

Construction

Finance

Seniority

Mid

Senior

Junior

Principal

Manager

Director

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About RICK

RICK provides planning, design, and engineering services to public and private sector clients across the Western United States. The firm operates 11 offices in California, Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada. Its service lines span civil engineering, urban and community planning, transportation and traffic engineering, water resources, landscape architecture, surveying, GIS, and 3D laser scanning. Active project work covers infrastructure design (water and sewer systems, municipal streets, drainage systems), surveying and staking, grading and improvement plans for residential and mixed-use development, and stormwater modeling. The organization is currently in active hiring mode.

HeadquartersSan Diego, CA

Company Size201–500 employees

Founded1955

Hiring MarketsUnited States

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What is RICK Engineering's tech stack?

RICK uses Autodesk tools (AutoCAD, Civil 3D) and Esri (ArcGIS, ArcMap) as core platforms, supplemented by hydraulic modeling (SWMM, HEC-RAS, WaterCAD), visualization (Lumion, SketchUp), and project management (Bluebeam, Microsoft Project).