Highway Engineer I
About The Position
RS&H is seeking a Highway Engineer to join its Transportation Group in the St. Charles, Illinois office. The role is responsible for roadway and highway analysis and design, plans production, specifications, reports, and estimates for conventional and design-build projects serving IDOT, county, and municipal clients. It also involves monitoring labor budgets and schedules for assigned work, coordinating with discipline task leaders and staff, meeting project deliverable schedules and budgets, and supporting marketing and business development initiatives. The Highway Engineer prepares project specifications and complete project documentation, analyses, and reports; interprets data; conducts design, planning, impact, and cost analyses; and supports design requirements, site selection, and limited design layouts. The role designs projects, systems, components, or processes, performs quality-control reviews, and helps ensure key milestones are met. The engineer may conduct field reviews and observe construction projects, provide technical guidance and task assignments to junior and support staff, and manage discipline or small multidisciplinary teams. The position also requires maintaining professional registration and licensure and staying current with applicable codes, criteria, regulations, and ordinances.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program or equivalent experience.
- At least 5 years of relevant experience.
- Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.
- Proficiency in production software and construction document production.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to interact effectively with and build strong relationships with clients, customers, contractors, and other key stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with MicroStation, InRoads, OpenRoads, and Bluebeam Revu.
Responsibilities
- Prepare project specifications and compile and analyze relevant data; prepare complete project documents, engineering analyses, and reports.
- Analyze and interpret data.
- Perform design, planning, impact, and cost analyses, and support design requirements, site selection, and limited design layouts.
- Design complete projects, systems, components, or processes and prepare associated project documents, engineering analyses, and reports.
- Perform quality-control reviews and help ensure achievement of key milestones.
- Conduct field reviews and observations of ongoing construction projects as needed to build and maintain understanding of construction practices and design applications.
- Formulate and solve problems with timely, innovative solutions.
- Maintain professional registration and licensure in accordance with professional, ethical, educational, and discipline practice requirements.
- Remain knowledgeable of applicable federal, state, and local codes, criteria, regulations, and ordinances relevant to the discipline.
- Provide technical guidance and assign tasks to junior and support staff for the duration of projects, as needed.
- Manage discipline and small multidisciplinary teams, as applicable, and ensure compliance with company and project contractual requirements.
- Monitor labor budgets and schedules for assigned tasks and projects.
- Coordinate with discipline key task leaders and staff to maintain communication.
- Meet deliverable schedules and budgets for assigned projects.
- Support marketing and business development initiatives.
- Perform other duties as assigned and within scope of practice.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
