Roadway Engineer
Do you see your career as a highway to a brighter future? Join our roadways team to drive forth our economies, our societies, and your career.
Your Opportunity
At Stantec we are driven to achieve, and we do what is right. Our Transportation group provides our clients with comprehensive planning, project management, design, and engineering services for all phases of transportation projects. Your creativity will be applied to a variety of projects including urban and rural roadways, freeways and interchanges, multi-modal facilities, and alternative intersection designs. In addition, there will be opportunities to be involved in transportation related environmental studies and alternative delivery projects. At Stantec you will join a Transportation Group with vast resources to assist you and your clients. You will get the opportunity to work in an office that provides a diverse cross-section of services where collaboration and education is fostered. This position comes with a high potential for growth into a leadership role at Stantec for our Transportation group in the State of Louisiana.
We seek dynamic individuals who want to make their community a better place. Exceptional interpersonal communication skills and strong initiative are a must to help our team deliver impactful and innovative Roadway Projects throughout the Gulf Region.
Come join our Transportation Team and work alongside others who share your passion to support communities through exciting and unique transportation projects that implement innovative and emerging technologies.
This role could be on a hybrid work schedule if needed.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Produce detailed, high-quality design plans, specifications, and estimates in accordance with applicable procedures and standards.
- Peer review plans and provide quality control reviews of technical specifications, contract documents, and estimates.
- Mentor junior staff in technical design elements and the development of project documents.Prepare reports and develop planning documents.
- Identify and analyze the principal design features and major design alternatives that satisfy the project’s purpose and the client’s needs.
- Perform as project manager, and/or technical specialist on roadway engineering projects, responsible for invoicing, managing, and monitoring financial performance of project budgets.
- Communicate with clients and stakeholders to understand client’s needs.
- Actively identify project pursuit opportunities, manage client relationships, develop new clients, and assist in the preparation of proposals to win those pursuits.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Proficient in design of transportation/civil engineering projects including preparation of plans and specifications, and cost estimates for all aspects of roadway construction.
- Ability to lead one or more design teams through all phases of project production.
- Ability to perform and/or oversee the preparation of roadway design plans including geometric layout, drainage design, and earthwork computations.
- Ability to work with other transportation related disciplines to incorporate bridges and / or other structural elements, traffic signals and / or other traffic control elements, Intelligent Transportation Systems and roadway lighting into a comprehensive plan set.
- Proficient in planning and report preparation
- Proficient in traffic control plan production and sequence of construction for roadway projects including Transportation Management Plans, temporary signing, striping and barricades, and detour plans.
- Sufficient experience to fulfill construction support services such as plan changes, responses to Requests for Information, and shop drawing reviews.
- Comfortable working collaboratively with team members virtually.
- Recent experience planning and developing Roadway projects in Microstation, Geopak and OpenRoads is desired.
- Thorough knowledge and interpretation of transportation industry standards and guidance i.e. AASHTO, MUTCD, FHWA
- Experience with Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) Roadway Design Guidelines and Project Delivery Network is desired.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s or higher Degree in Civil Engineering. Professional Engineer is preferred.
Professional Engineer registered in the State of Louisiana or the ability to obtain licensure within 6 months.
Minimum 5 years of experience in the field of Civil Engineering with preference given to transportation experience.
Roadway engineer will primarily work in an office setting; however, some field work may be required.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on our communities. Join us and redefine your personal best.