Civil / Highway Engineer - Transportation Design

Join AECOM's Civil Engineer - Highway / Transportation Design Team in Pittsburgh, PA to work on a variety of challenging and interesting projects.  Projects range from roadway and site-civil design, highway and bridge projects, traffic engineering analysis, and transportation planning studies.  We work on a hybrid office schedule with 3 days in the office/field and 2 days remote.

Current notable projects include:

• I-80 Reconstruction (Jefferson County, PA) - Six-mile section of rural interstate reconstruction including mainline widening, interchange ramp improvements, and reconstruction of two overhead bridges.

• I-70 Reconstruction (Washington County, PA) - Model-based delivery project for a six-mile section of rural interstate reconstruction including mainline widening, interchange ramp improvements, and reconstruction of 18 structures through the corridor.

• W Washington St Reconstruction (Bradford, PA) - Drainage model-based delivery pilot project for a one-mile section of urban corridor, including full depth roadway reconstruction, sidewalk improvements and drainage upgrades.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Develop design criteria, horizontal and vertical alignments, superelevation, barrier/guiderail design, and spot elevation details

• Identify utility conflicts and coordinate resolutions based on interdisciplinary constructability reviews, client feedback, and utility needs

• Develop construction specifications, quantities, and cost estimates

• Implement 3D CADD modeling techniques

• Develop technical reports, tables, and graphics per client and/or internal AECOM standards

• Adhere to and promote AECOM quality procedures

• Complete interdisciplinary technical reviews

• Contribute to internal project-related staffing decisions to facilitate meeting client schedule, scope, and budget

• Prepare presentations that explain technical findings, recommendations, and limitations

• Work collaboratively as part of a larger design team to proactively meet the client’s scope, budget, and schedule through ethical and responsible decision making.

• Provide support to AECOM project managers and department managers

Attributes

• Independently analyzes and applies solutions to challenging issues within area of expertise by applying critical thinking

• Applies broad knowledge of at least one professional discipline or advanced knowledge of specific technical and operational practices

• Prepares project deliverables that are reviewed by senior team members

• Obtains technical certificates and licenses, where applicable

• Contributes in one or more areas of knowledge, providing proposed improvements to existing processes and delivering solutions where precedent may not exist

• Performs a self-check of work products prior to submitting to others

• Performs technical quality reviews including documentation in project record in accordance with policies and procedures

• Assists with proposals to provide services or obtain funding for projects or programs

• Work is accomplished autonomously on small projects or portions of larger projects within established procedures and practices

• Generally free to determine work priorities based on direction from manager and project team leads

• Begins to interact directly with client to gather information and discuss project requirements