Senior Technical Transportation Engineer - CD0034

About the role

Felsburg Holt & Ullevig is looking to hire a full-time transportation design engineer in our Greenwood Village Office. This mid-level engineer position offers a rewarding career in transportation engineering, working on a wide range of transportation-related design projects for private, state, and municipal clients, with emphasis on transportation modeling software, leading/managing roadway design, mentoring junior engineers, and overseeing construction contract documents.

Responsibilities

• Develop trail/roadway/intersection/interchange design criteria for both final design as well as construction phasing.
• Use appropriate federal, state, or municipal standards in development of the criteria.
• Complete conceptual design layouts considering both horizontal and vertical design for trails, roadways, highways, intersections, interchanges, etc.
• Develop conceptual design graphics and exhibits to be used in the planning documentation.
• Provide input for environmental study limits, and area of potential effect for historic resources.
• Assist the project manager in determining data collection limits for survey, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), and geotechnical subsurface investigation for pavement and embankment design.
• Assist the project manager in coordinating the data collection efforts.
• As primary transportation design modeler, use computer aided design engineering software (Civil3D and/or MicroStation/InRoads & OpenRoads) for design and modeling of transportation design projects.
• As roadway design lead, coordinate roadway design elements with other design disciplines and required environmental resource avoidance or mitigation. This may require coordination with subconsultants.
• As roadway design lead, oversee the work of junior engineers and designers in the production of roadway construction contract documents.
• Also oversee the compilation of overall plan set for construction contract documents.
• As required, assist the project manager with writing project special provisions and assembling specification packages.
• Maintain organized electronic records of roadway related action items, design decisions, variances, and design related project correspondence.
• In coordination with other design specialties, determine required right-of-way acquisition, permanent easements, and temporary construction easements.
• Oversee roadway quantity calculations by junior engineers or designers.
• Develop overall project opinion of probable costs using current construction cost data with input from other design specialties.
• Assist the project manager in preparation for project related meetings including agendas and exhibits, plus documentation of meetings via meeting minutes.
• Assist the project or quality control managers with adhering to FHU's Total Quality Management Program for roadway design.
• Assist the project manager in meeting project schedules and staying within budget for roadway design tasks.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Civil Engineering Degree from an accredited four-year college or university is required.
• 10+ years of transportation engineering experience including but not limited to roadway, highway, interchange, trail and/or transit design engineering.
• Professional engineer licensed in the State of Colorado. If licensed in another state will be required to obtain a CO PE license within six months after start date.
• Modeling, design, and plan production experience with Civil3D and/or MicroStation/InRoads/Open Roads.
• Experience in development of roadway plans, specifications, and opinions of probable costs.
• Ability to multi-task several projects at once time while staying on budget and on schedule.
• Ability to prepare technical reports and business correspondence with Microsoft Office applications.

Pay

The pay for this position has a range of $115,000 - $150,000 annually. The actual offer will carefully consider a range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, and experience.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage, with FHU contributing a significant portion of premiums and covering 100% of the cost for some plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions for employees enrolled in the high-deductible health plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for healthcare and dependent care expenses
• Telehealth and mental health resources available at no cost to eligible employees
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offering confidential counseling, legal, financial, and work-life support services
• Generous vacation, sick leave, paid holidays, and floating holidays