BKF Engineers
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How BKF Engineers hires
Truth index
A 87/100
Median time to fill
124 days
Ghost roles
14%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
BKF Engineers scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 81 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 14% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 124 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
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Overview
BKF Engineers is a civil engineering, surveying, planning and construction management firm based in Redwood City, California, serving clients in the transportation, water resources, government and land development markets. With more than 110 years of history, the firm has over 800 professionals in more than 20 offices across California and the Portland area, and Engineering News-Record West named it California Design Firm of the Year for 2026. It hires civil and design engineers for land development and transportation, project managers, surveyors and survey party chiefs, construction managers, biologists and engineering technicians.
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Meet the Bee Whisperer Keeping BKF's Projects on Track
Ask Callie Amoaku what she does for a living, and she'll probably just show you her phone. "My phone is filled with probably thousands of bumble bee photos," she laughs. "I'll pull it up and show people, like, look, here's a picture of me holding a bumble
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BKF Boomerangs' Journey: Why Some Employees Choose to Come Back
People leave companies for all kinds of reasons. They pursue new opportunities, take on different challenges or look for something their current role cannot offer. But what makes someone choose to return, or boomerang, back to an organization? For Sofia H
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BKF Appoints Andrew Esposito Chief Financial Officer
BKF, the premier AEC firm in the Western United States, today announced the appointment of Andrew Esposito as Chief Financial Officer, a strategic addition to its executive leadership team as the firm continues to invest in growth, expand its market prese
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BKF Welcomes Susan Mays as Vice President of Marketing & Communications
BKF has welcomed Susan Mays as its new Vice President of Marketing & Communications, bringing more than 35 years of marketing and communications leadership in the engineering, construction, and environmental consulting industries to the firm. "It's an exc
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BKF Launches Resilience and Adaptation Planning Practice Led by Michael Yaffe to Help Communities and Organizations Prepare for Tomorrow's Challenges
BKF is pleased to announce the launch of its Resilience and Adaptation Planning Practice within the firm's Planning & Government Solutions Division. Led by Michael Yaffe, AICP, PP, GISP, ENV SP, the new Practice expands BKF's ability to help public agenci
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BKF Engineers promotes Santa Rosa partner
Greg Hurd, PE, PLS, LEED AP, has been named executive vice president of civil engineering, planning and survey firm BKF Engineers. Hurd will continue in his role as the principal-in-charge of the Santa Rosa BKF office, but he will have a greater emphasis
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BKF Engineers expands in Santa Rosa, opens San Rafael office
BKF Engineers, which has been designing projects in the North Bay for four decades by itself and after a recent merger with a local firm, has been expanding its operations north of the Golden Gate to catch the rising tide of the construction market. Redwo
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at BKF Engineers over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
10
Postings analysed
37
Stack modernity
66/100
Languages
PowerShell16%
Cloud & platforms
Microsoft Entra ID19%
Windows19%
Azure16%
Active Directory11%
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$171k
Typical range
$66k – $333k
Open positions
77
38
Jobs
Intern
2.6%
Senior
50%
Staff
39.5%
Architect
7.9%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern | 1 | $66k | $66k |
| Senior | 19 | $155k | $117k – $230k |
| Staff | 15 | $230k | $87k – $333k |
| Architect | 3 | $250k | $220k – $250k |
Highest paying role
Business Sector Lead - Water Resources
$333k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at BKF Engineers
By role, level and city, against the market · 77 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
44/100
Stable
Open positions
81
11 opened / 9 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
88 days
faster than 14% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Industrial Engineering
39% ▲
Finance
20% ▲
Management
20% ▼
Administrative
6% ▼
Sales
4%
Operations
4%
Actively hiring for Finance (+5 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Richmond
Sep 2026
Added Active Directory to stack
Sep 2026
Added DNS to stack
Sep 2026
Added Windows to stack
Sep 2026
Added ITSM to stack
Sep 2026
Added ITIL to stack
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
31
Hiring now
31
Countries
1
Busiest office
Redwood City
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Redwood City
United States
HQ
27 open roles 15 posted in 90 days 7% remote 200-500 est. staff $171k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Sales
San Jose
United States
Plant / site
36 open roles 22 posted in 90 days 8% remote 200-500 est. staff $178k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Finance
San Francisco
United States
Regional office
27 open roles 12 posted in 90 days 7% remote 200-500 est. staff $182k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Finance
Sacramento
United States
Regional office
25 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 4% remote 200-500 est. staff $197k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Leadership
Pleasanton
United States
Plant / site
19 open roles 16 posted in 90 days 5% remote 200-500 est. staff $155k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Finance
Los Angeles
United States
Regional office
13 open roles 10 posted in 90 days 8% remote 50-200 est. staff $213k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Sales
Oakland
United States
Corporate office
13 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 8% remote 50-200 est. staff $184k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Industrial Engineering, Finance
San Diego
United States
Plant / site
9 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 11% remote 50-200 est. staff $181k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Finance, Management
Riverside
United States
Regional office
7 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 14% remote 50-200 est. staff $207k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Industrial Engineering, Sales
Santa Barbara
United States
Plant / site
7 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $222k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management, Sales
Santa Rosa
United States
Corporate office
6 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 17% remote 50-200 est. staff $210k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Industrial Engineering
San Luis Obispo
United States
Corporate office
6 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $185k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Finance, Sales
Roseville
United States
Plant / site
5 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff $144k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management
Thousand Oaks
United States
Regional office
5 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $200k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Management, Sales
Portland
United States
Plant / site
4 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $159k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Operations, Field & Service
Monterey
United States
Plant / site
4 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $214k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management
Fremont
United States
Regional office
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $210k Avg Salary
hires for Management, Operations, Industrial Engineering
Fresno
United States
Plant / site
3 open roles 33% remote 10-50 est. staff $181k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Management
San Rafael
United States
Plant / site
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $270k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering, Operations
Modesto
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $88k Avg Salary
hires for Field & Service, Industrial Engineering
Costa Mesa
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $190k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Operations
Phoenix
United States
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50% remote 10-50 est. staff $150k Avg Salary
hires for Sales, Industrial Engineering
Bakersfield
United States
1 open roles 10-50 est. staff $99k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Seattle
United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff $156k Avg Salary
hires for Operations
Palmdale
United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff $179k Avg Salary
hires for Management
Newport Beach
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $160k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Dallas
United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
Pasadena
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $264k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Virginia Beach
United States
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
Glendale
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $235k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Simi Valley
United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $235k Avg Salary
hires for Industrial Engineering
Earlier presence
Vallejo, United States
Richmond, United States
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