Civil / Highway Engineer - Transportation Design

Join AECOM's Civil Engineer - Highway / Transportation Design Team in Pittsburgh, PA to work on a variety of challenging and interesting projects. Projects range from roadway and site-civil design, highway and bridge projects, traffic engineering analysis, and transportation planning studies. We work on a hybrid office schedule with 3 days in the office/field and 2 days remote.

Recent notable projects include:

• I-80 Reconstruction (Jefferson County, PA) - Six-mile section of rural interstate reconstruction including mainline widening, interchange ramp improvements, and reconstruction of two overhead bridges.
• I-70 Reconstruction (Washington County, PA) - Model-based delivery project for a six-mile section of rural interstate reconstruction including mainline widening, interchange ramp improvements, and reconstruction of 18 structures through the corridor.
• W Washington St Reconstruction (Bradford, PA) - Drainage model-based delivery pilot project for a one-mile section of urban corridor, including full depth roadway reconstruction, sidewalk improvements and drainage upgrades.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Develop design criteria, horizontal and vertical alignments, superelevation, barrier/guiderail design, and spot elevation details
• Identify utility conflicts and coordinate resolutions based on interdisciplinary constructability reviews, client feedback, and utility needs
• Develop construction specifications, quantities, and cost estimates
• Implement 3D CADD modeling techniques
• Develop technical reports, tables, and graphics per client and/or internal AECOM standards
• Adhere to and promote AECOM quality procedures
• Complete interdisciplinary technical reviews
• Contribute to internal project-related staffing decisions to facilitate meeting client schedule, scope, and budget
• Prepare presentations that explain technical findings, recommendations, and limitations
• Work collaboratively as part of a larger design team to proactively meet the client's scope, budget, and schedule through ethical and responsible decision making.
• Provide support to AECOM project managers and department managers

Attributes

• Independently analyzes and applies solutions to challenging issues within area of expertise by applying critical thinking
• Applies broad knowledge of at least one professional discipline or advanced knowledge of specific technical and operational practices
• Prepares project deliverables that are reviewed by senior team members
• Obtains technical certificates and licenses, where applicable
• Contributes in one or more areas of knowledge, providing proposed improvements to existing processes and delivering solutions where precedent may not exist
• Performs a self-check of work products prior to submitting to others
• Performs technical quality reviews including documentation in project record in accordance with policies and procedures
• Assists with proposals to provide services or obtain funding for projects or programs
• Work is accomplished autonomously on small projects or portions of larger projects within established procedures and practices
• Generally free to determine work priorities based on direction from manager and project team leads
• Begins to interact directly with client to gather information and discuss project requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent engineering degree plus four (4) years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Certification
• Demonstrated experience using Bentley OpenRoads Designer (ORD), AutoCAD Civil 3D and/or similar design highway or transportation design applications

Preferred qualifications:

• Design experience with PennDOT and/or Pennsylvania Turnpike projects
• Experience in civil engineering with an emphasis on Roadway, Drainage, Traffic, Site-Civil projects
• Demonstrated experience with spreadsheets, word processing, and standard office software (MS Office)
• Ability and willingness to offer mentorship to various levels of staff
• Ability and willingness to operate within a hybrid work schedule environment with hybrid teams
• Professional Engineer (PE) License in any state, or ability to obtain PE within 1 year of hire
• Degree accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET