Highway/Roadway Engineer 7

About the Company

CDM Smith is a place where amazing career journeys unfold. We are committed to offering an unmatched employee experience, where you work on meaningful projects, shape your career journey, and collaborate with co-workers invested in your success. We encourage and support your best work, providing the tools and resources to do so, while prioritizing the well-being of you and your family. Our employees are the heart of our company, and we foster a challenging, progressive, and inclusive work environment that promotes personal leadership, career growth, and development. We value passionate individuals who challenge the norm, deliver world-class solutions, and bring diverse perspectives.

Responsibilities

• Perform hands-on roadway design for Illinois Department of Transportation (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.
• Coordinate closely with project managers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless integration of roadway, drainage, traffic, utilities, and structures.
• Develop IDOT project specifications, special provisions, and cost estimates, ensuring consistency with IDOT standards and project scope.
• 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.
• 12 years of related experience.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required (10% or less).
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Skills

• Expert knowledge of computer-assisted design and drafting (CADD) 3D and 4D software and practices.
• Expert knowledge of engineering principles of design.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft business software (Excel, Word, etc.).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Expert knowledge of federal, state, and local regulations.
• Basic knowledge of design standards (AASHTO, NACTO, etc.).

Pay

Pay range minimum: USD $126,734.00

Pay range maximum: USD $221,790.00

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.

All bonuses at CDM Smith are discretionary and may or may not apply to this position.