Highway/Roadway Engineer 6
About the role
Join our Transportation team and contribute to Illinois DOT roadway projects, improving mobility and safety across Illinois.
Responsibilities
- Perform hands-on roadway design for IDOT transportation projects, including highways, interchanges, and complex urban and rural corridors.
- Apply expert knowledge of IDOT Design Manuals, Standards, Specifications, and Guidelines to develop compliant, constructible design solutions.
- Use OpenRoads Designer (ORD) extensively for geometric design, corridor modeling, plan production, and coordination with drainage, traffic, and structural elements.
- Prepare, check, and review roadway geometry, profiles, cross sections, grading, and drainage designs, ensuring accuracy and adherence to IDOT and FHWA requirements.
- Develop and review design calculations related to alignment, sight distance, superelevation, drainage, and other transportation engineering components.
- Review plan sets and technical deliverables, providing detailed technical comments and quality checks prior to submission.
- Coverge closely with project managers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless integration of roadway, drainage, traffic, utilities, and structures.
- Support field investigations and site visits, evaluating existing conditions, constructability constraints, and design impacts.
- Respond to IDOT and agency comments, revising designs and documentation as required through design development and final submittals.
- Contribute technically to proposals and IDOT pursuits by providing approach narratives, scope input, and workload estimates.
- Provide day-to-day technical guidance to junior engineers, reviewing their work and offering hands-on mentoring to support skill development and quality outcomes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Civil, Transportation, or Structural Engineering or related discipline.
- Professional engineering (PE) license.
- 10 years of related experience.
- Experience working on Illinois DOT (IDOT) projects.
- Expert knowledge of IDOT Design Manuals, Standards, Specifications, and Guidelines.
- Proficiency with OpenRoads Designer (ORD).
- Strong technical writing skills, including the ability to develop work plans and lead technical discussions.
- Proven experience leading multidisciplinary project tasks or serving as a design lead on complex infrastructure projects.
Qualifications
- Expert Knowledge of computer assisted design and drafting (CADD) 3D and 4D software and practices.
- Expert Knowledge of engineer principles of design.
- Expert Knowledge of Microsoft business software (excel, word, etc.).
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Expert knowledge of federal, state and local regulations.
- Basic knowledge of design standards (AASHTO, NACTO, etc.).
Skills
- Expert Knowledge of computer assisted design and drafting (CADD) 3D and 4D software and practices.
- Expert Knowledge of engineer principles of design.
- Expert Knowledge of Microsoft business software (excel, word, etc.).
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Expert knowledge of federal, state and local regulations.
- Basic knowledge of design standards (AASHTO, NACTO, etc.).
Benefits
CDM Smith offers a challenging and progressive work environment with career opportunities spanning various disciplines and geographic locations. Projects range from diverse to the needs of our clients.
Pay
Min USD $95,846.00
Max USD $167,731.00
Schedule
Amount Of Travel Required 10% or less
Additional Pay Range Information
CDM Smith is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. This pay range is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels for the geographic location assigned to the position. In addition to geographic location, a candidate’s salary is determined by several other factors including, but not limited to, the role, function and associated responsibilities, relevant work experience, skills, required certifications, and education/training.
Additional Compensation
All bonuses at CDM Smith are discretionary and may or not apply to this position.
Visa Sponsorship
No-We will not support sponsorship in the United States, i.e. H-1B or TN Visas for this position