Transportation Designer (EIT)

DOWL•Helena, MT

4d•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 Designer 1 is responsible for 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. Duties may include 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. The person in this position is expected to exercise a strong work ethic, desire to learn new design concepts, and have good organizational and communication skills. A successful Transportation Designer 1 should demonstrate basic proficiency with basic drafting fundamentals in at least one software platform and be able to quickly learn and apply new 2D and 3D design concepts. This person is expected to work well with others, absorb and apply constructive criticism, and seek guidance from more experienced members of the team as necessary. This position will work under the guidance of a licensed professional engineer.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or similar field required.
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.
Basic understanding of technical fundamentals.
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.
Basic understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets.
Demonstrates basic familiarity with AASHTO and FHWA design codes.
Demonstrates basic familiarity with Local Client design codes.
No years of experience required.
No years of experience required with advanced degree.

Nice To Haves

Basic proficiency with basic drafting fundamentals in at least one software platform.
Ability to quickly learn and apply new 2D and 3D design concepts.
Motivated to learn new technical skills through self-study and mentoring.
Motivated to grow skills and help the team.
Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).
Basic proficiency with Market Sector Software (AutoCAD C3D).
Basic proficiency with Market Sector Software (Microstation Connect and OpenRoads) (if applicable).

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.
Performing basic technical tasks assigned by market sector with oversight from others.
Producing technical reports and memos, specifications, construction quantity calculations and cost estimates, and design documents and construction plans 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.