Roadway, Traffic and Drainage Designers and Engineers

About the role

AECOM’s Transportation business line partners with public and private clients to build, modernize and expand transportation projects that safely and reliably move people across cities, countries and continents. We deliver integrated planning, design and management solutions for highways, interchanges, traffic systems and drainage infrastructure, often on large alternative-delivery projects. Selected candidates will work on complex interstate highway and mega-projects throughout Maryland and Virginia.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and coordinate design packages for highway improvement projects, including cross sections, profiles, typical sections, traffic control plans, signing, pavement markings, detour routes and temporary drainage.
• Perform roadway design calculations (superelevation, stopping sight distance, decision sight distance, acceleration/deceleration lanes).
• Develop traffic control plans and traffic signal designs for interstate corridors and complex interchanges.
• Conduct highway drainage design tasks: storm drain design, cross culvert analysis and design, hydrology studies, ditch design, bridge deck drainage and temporary drainage systems.
• Apply the 2018 AASHTO Green Book and agency standards to produce construction-ready documents.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams in a Design/Build or alternative-delivery environment.

Desired skillsets

• Roadway: Design/Build or alternative-delivery experience; complex interstate highway design; Bentley MicroStation/Open Roads proficiency; MOT design (cross sections, typical sections, traffic control plans, profiles, signing, pavement markings, detour routes).
• Traffic: Large Design/Build or alternative-delivery projects; Bentley MicroStation/Open Roads; signing/pavement marking design; traffic signal design; interstate design and complex interchanges.
• Drainage: Large Design/Build or alternative-delivery projects; Bentley MicroStation/Open Roads; storm drain design; cross culvert analysis and design; hydrology; ditch design; bridge deck drainage; temporary drainage; stormwater quantity control.

Requirements

• Designers: Bachelor’s degree or demonstrated equivalency of education and/or experience.
• Junior Engineers: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering + 2 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency.
• Mid-Level Engineers: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering + 6 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency.
• Senior Engineers / Task Leads: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering + 10 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency.

Preferred qualifications

• EIT Certification or Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Sponsorship for U.S. employment authorization is not available for this position. Relocation assistance may be available. Positions are hybrid (remote/in-office) and based out of a local AECOM office. New hires must complete in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office.