Transportation Design Engineer (Engineer 3)

DOWL•Juneau, AK

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Join our dynamic team of transportation planners and designers dedicated to creating innovative, practical solutions that improve safety, connectivity, and accessibility. Collaborating closely with our traffic engineers, you'll help develop and implement roadway improvements that solve immediate traffic challenges while supporting long-term community goals. If you're passionate about shaping smarter, safer transportation systems, we’d love you to be a part of our team! The Transportation Design Engineer is responsible for performing moderate to advanced levels of engineering calculations, alternatives analysis, design and drafting for a variety of transportation projects including sidewalks, bike paths, local roadways, intersections, highways, freeways, and other transportation facilities. Duties may include site visits, CAD mark-ups and drafting, geometric roadway layout and design, performing 3D corridor modeling, writing project specifications and technical reports, calculating construction quantities, estimating construction costs, coordinating with clients and stakeholders, and preparing project correspondence. The person in this position is expected to exercise a strong work ethic, desire to learn new design concepts, and have great organizational and communication skills. A successful Transportation Design Engineer should demonstrate proficiency with design and drafting fundamentals in at least one software platform, be able to quickly learn and apply new 2D and 3D design concepts quickly with limited oversight, and mentor others with less experience. A successful employee is expected to work well with others, absorb and apply constructive criticism and seek guidance from more experienced members of the team as necessary.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required
4 years of experience required
3 years of experience required with advanced degree
PE required
Driving is an essential job function or a valid driver’s license is required to support legitimate business purposes
Proficient with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
Developing proficiency with Market Sector Software (AutoCAD C3D)
Developing proficiency with Market Sector Software (Microstation Connect and OpenRoads) (if applicable)
Basic proficiency with 3D design and visualizations (e.g., Revit, Infraworks) (if applicable)
Basic proficiency with Task Specific Software (e.g., AutoTurn, GuideSign)
Intermediate understanding of technical fundamentals
Proficiently selects from and employs the following design codes: AASHTO and FHWA - Advanced
Proficiently selects from and employs the following design codes: Local Client - Advanced

Nice To Haves

Developing Market Sector Software (AutoCAD C3D)
Developing Market Sector Software (Microstation Connect and OpenRoads) (if applicable)
3D design and visualizations (e.g., Revit, Infraworks) (if applicable)
Task Specific (e.g., AutoTurn, GuideSign)

Responsibilities

Performing moderate to advanced levels of engineering calculations, alternatives analysis, design and drafting for a variety of transportation projects including sidewalks, bike paths, local roadways, intersections, highways, freeways, and other transportation facilities.
Site visits, CAD mark-ups and drafting, geometric roadway layout and design, performing 3D corridor modeling, writing project specifications and technical reports, calculating construction quantities, estimating construction costs, coordinating with clients and stakeholders, and preparing project correspondence.
Exercise a strong work ethic, desire to learn new design concepts, and have great organizational and communication skills.
Demonstrate proficiency with design and drafting fundamentals in at least one software platform.
Quickly learn and apply new 2D and 3D design concepts quickly with limited oversight.
Mentor others with less experience.
Work well with others, absorb and apply constructive criticism and seek guidance from more experienced members of the team as necessary.
Performs moderately complex design tasks independently.
Effectively divides projects into individual tasks.
Leads technical effort on small projects.
Performs quality control technical checking of basic deliverables.
Reviews, interprets, and employs appropriate design guidance from technical memos and reports.
Team player who is able to follow on large, complex projects and lead a small team on simple tasks.
Anticipates the needs of other technical disciplines and takes responsibility for their results.
Produces the following independently: Technical reports and memos, Specifications, Construction quantity calculations and cost estimates, Design documents and construction plans.
Strong understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets.
Able to predict and deliver individual tasks within a set level of effort.
Able to consistently meet budget and schedule expectations on projects.
Proficiently selects from and employs the following design codes: AASHTO and FHWA - Advanced, Local Client - Advanced.
Frequent client communications.
Resolves issues on small projects.
Attends client meetings and consistently uses situationally appropriate communication tools (e.g., email versus phone versus in-person).
Performs moderate to advanced levels of technical work on larger and more complex projects as assigned by the market sector.
Operates with a moderate level of autonomy.
May assist with some assistant project management tasks.