Senior Transportation 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
As a Senior Transportation Engineer, you will leverage your experience with Illinois highway and roadway projects to assist in our growing practice and manage the design and delivery of various projects from conceptual planning, through design, construction, and completion.
You will perform a variety of tasks with potentially complex features that will require the application of mature knowledge, sound principles and best practices. The role of a Senior Transportation Engineer is to work independently on smaller projects, and as a team member of a larger project. You will lead the design of assigned projects to ensure reliability, resource efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
You may provide supervision and guidance to a group of employees, assigning tasks, checking work at frequent intervals for accuracy and completeness; and maintaining budgets and schedules. You may support proposal efforts to expand our project base in the market.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead the development of project plans and drawings for various projects including urban and rural roadways, highways, trails, and intersections
- Prepare complex engineering designs and plans for urban and rural roadways and highways
- Develop budgets and monitor work of assigned team to ensure budgets and schedules are met
- Coordinate with Project Managers, project team and clients
- Responsible for design, review and sealing of assigned projects
- Supervise the work of engineers and CAD assigned
- Lead, develop and mentor staff
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Thorough understanding of codes, legal and design requirements in relevant jurisdictions
- Ability to solve complex problems using sound professional judgement, creativity, and innovation
- Proficient in MicroStation and -OpenRoads 3D modeling tools, and other relevant design software
- Strong knowledge of the Department of Transportation's legal requirements, design/planning procedures, and PSE plan production in relevant jurisdictions
- Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting, engage in creative and critical thought, and effectively communicate ideas, design issues and solutions to others
- Ability to check the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budget and schedule
- Effective communicator with excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft (MS) Office Suite
Education and Experience
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Transportation Engineering, Civil Engineering, or a related field required
- Experience: Minimum of 10 years highway/roadway design experience
- Licensure/Certification: Licensed Professional Engineer required. Existing Illinois PE or ability to obtain an Illinois PE within nine months of hire required
You will work in an open-concept office setting. Local travel may be required for attending client or public meetings, scoping new assignments, and visiting project sites.
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.
Come join our Transportation Roadways Team and work alongside others who share your passion to support communities through exciting and unique roadway projects.