Transportation Designer 1 (early career professional)

DOWL•Anchorage, AK

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!

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required
Basic proficiency with basic drafting fundamentals in at least one software platform
Ability to quickly learn and apply new 2D and 3D design concepts
Ability to work well with others, absorb and apply constructive criticism, and seek guidance from more experienced members of the team as necessary
Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) - Basic
Market Sector Software (AutoCAD C3D) - Basic
Basic understanding of technical fundamentals
Performs basic technical tasks assigned by market sector with oversight from others
Motivated to learn new technical skills through self-study and mentoring
Basic understanding of technical writing skills and clear internal communications (emails, meeting minutes, etc.)
Team player who mostly functions in a supporting role in a project team setting.
Collaborates, listens, takes direction well, and retains information provided.
Motivated to grow skills and help the team.
Basic understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets.
Infrequent direct client interaction.
EIT/EI required (within 6 months of hire)
Driving is an essential job function or a valid driver’s license is required to support legitimate business purposes

Responsibilities

Performing entry-level engineering calculations, design and drafting for a variety of transportation projects including sidewalks and bike paths, local roadways and intersections, highways and freeways, and other transportation facilities as assigned.
Assisting with site visits, CAD drafting, geometric roadway layout and design, 3D modeling, writing project specifications and technical reports, calculating construction quantities, and estimating construction costs, and project correspondence.
Producing technical reports and memos, specifications, construction quantity calculations and cost estimates, design documents and construction plans, and exhibits under close direction/oversight from others.
Collaborating with supervisor and/or resource manager to plan work time on assignments.
Conducting basic monitoring of budget and schedule for simple project tasks assigned.
Reading emails, occasionally attending client meetings, listening, and preparing meeting minutes.
Performing basic levels of technical work on projects in support of more experienced staff within the market sector.
Other duties as assigned.