Transportation Design Project Engineer (Newtown, PA)

Pickering, Corts & Summerson, Inc., an award-winning, multi-disciplinary engineering/design firm, has an opportunity for a Transportation Design Project Engineer in our Newtown, PA office. We are seeking a performance-driven individual to serve as a fully competent engineer in all conventional aspects of transportation design, planning and conducting work requiring judgment in independent evaluation, selection, and adaptation of standard techniques and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the bridge lead in preparing bridge designs, load ratings, construction plans, specifications, and estimates required for project submissions (e.g., Type, Size and Location Submissions, Final Plans Submissions, and the Final Plans, Specifications and Estimate package).
• Perform and oversee structural analysis and design of bridges, culverts, and retaining walls on various bridge replacement/rehabilitation projects and highway improvement projects from inception to completion, coordinating with other transportation engineering disciplines such as traffic, highway, geotechnical, civil, and environmental.
• Assist with bridge inspection tasks associated with transportation improvement projects, bridge replacement/rehabilitation projects, NBIS bridge safety inspections, locally administered transportation projects, highway, and bridges projects for a variety of clients, including PennDOT, PTC, DRPA, DRJTBC, NJDOT, NJTA, local municipalities, and agencies in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

Requirements

• Professional Engineer licensed in Pennsylvania required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related technical discipline from an ABET-accredited curriculum.
• At least 7 years of professional experience working in Civil Engineering (preferably with Transportation/Bridge Design projects).
• Experience working on transportation, roadway projects, or similar.
• Experience in analysis and all design phases of bridge repair, rehabilitation, and construction.

Skills

• Proficiency with PennDOT bridge design, analysis, and rating software, STAAD, LUSAS, Microsoft Office, Bentley MicroStation; AASHTOWare, BRASS, OpenRoads Designer, OpenBridge Designer.
• Bluebeam PDF editor experience a plus.
• Strong working knowledge of structural analysis software, design manuals, and standards for single and multi-span steel, prestressed concrete, concrete and timber superstructures, and concrete substructures with shallow and deep foundations.
• Knowledge of AASHTO LRFD and LFD design criteria.
• Knowledge of PennDOT design policies, standards, and specifications.
• NBIS bridge inspection certification and bridge inspection experience a plus.
• Demonstrated experience in finite element analysis using CSI Bridge, LUSAS, STAAD, SAP2000, or similar modeling software is a plus.
• MicroStation and/or AutoCAD experience.