Operations & Maintenance Junior Engineer

Ferrovial • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

The Operations & Maintenance Junior Engineer supports the continued success of the company’s highway projects by assisting with operations and maintenance cost monitoring, analysis, and reporting. The role contributes to cost models used to evaluate the feasibility of new highway investments and gathers information from cost databases, project drawings, requests for information and proposals, environmental assessments, and design reports to analyze costs for new proposals and existing concessions.

The position also supports road safety initiatives, project research, field work, preliminary design calculations and analysis, and monitoring of O&M costs for existing concessions. The employee prepares presentations, reports, consultant and vendor comparison statements, and other documents for the Technical Department, while gaining exposure to project, commercial, and client management. The role involves regular local travel between LBJ and NTE projects and offices and availability to oversee nighttime work, including nighttime and weekend hours.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Power BI.
• Strong technical report writing and communication skills.
• Ethical and caring, with the ability to work collaboratively.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Availability to oversee nighttime work up to 50%.
• Availability for nighttime and weekend hours.
• Regular local travel between LBJ and NTE projects and offices.

Nice To Haves

• Data processing and management experience or skills.
• Proficiency in MicroStation and/or ArcGIS.
• Prior experience or exposure in the field; not required.

Responsibilities

• Support development of Operations & Maintenance (O&M) cost models in Excel for inclusion in financial models evaluating potential highway investments.
• Gather data from cost databases, project design drawings, RFIs, RFPs, environmental assessments, and design reports to analyze O&M expenditures for new proposals and existing concessions.
• Contribute to road safety projects, including Road Safety Audits, crash analysis, Highway Safety Manual analysis, and Transportation Safety Planning and Management.
• Assist with project research, field work, and preliminary design calculations and analysis.
• Gain exposure to project, commercial, and client management.
• Monitor O&M costs for existing concessions by collecting concession data through the O&M benchmarking system.
• Prepare presentations, reports, consultant and vendor comparison statements, and other documents for the Technical Department.
• Oversee nighttime work as needed.
• Travel locally between LBJ and NTE projects and offices.

Benefits

• Highly competitive insurance benefits.
• Paid Time Off.
• Matching 401(k) program.
• Professional and personal development opportunities, with potential for internal advancement to national and international opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level