V3 is a 450+ person civil engineering and environmental consulting firm founded in 1983, headquartered in Illinois. The tech stack is dominated by industry-standard CAD and GIS tools (AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation, ArcGIS, HEC-RAS) with emerging Microsoft cloud adoption (Power Platform, Power Automate, Power BI, Azure) — indicating gradual shift toward data-driven project management and business analytics. Hiring is heavily skewed toward engineering and survey roles (43 engineering + 9 construction vs. 1 sales), reflecting a services-led model where delivery capacity and technical capability matter more than sales machinery.
Notable leadership hires: Survey Crew Chief
V3 delivers civil engineering, environmental consulting, and surveying services to public agencies and private developers across North America. Core service lines span land development, infrastructure planning and design, transportation engineering, environmental site assessments, wetland mitigation, and stormwater systems. Active projects include INDOT transportation contracts, rail corridor improvements, and phase I environmental assessments. The firm maintains a seniority mix weighted toward senior and mid-level staff (27 senior, 16 mid, 10 junior), supporting complex project delivery across multiple geographies in the US, Australia, and Canada.
V3 relies on AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation, and OpenRoads Designer as primary design tools, along with GIS (ArcGIS, ArcGIS Pro) and HEC-RAS for hydraulic modeling. Microsoft Office and Power Platform tools support project management and reporting.
V3 specializes in land development, transportation planning, municipal and construction engineering, surveying, natural resources, infrastructure design, landscape architecture, and environmental consulting including phase I assessments and wetland mitigation.
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