Transportation Designer

Job Responsibilities and Duties

• Performs basic technical tasks with market sector with limited oversight
• Performs quality control of basic deliverables
• Eager to learn and expand skill set, advanced understanding of technical writing skills
• Reviews, interprets, and employs appropriate design guidance from technical memos and reports
• Produces the following under limited direction/oversight from others:
  • Technical reports and memos
  • Specifications
  • Construction quantity calculations and cost estimates
  • Design documents and construction plans
• Exhibits understanding budget and schedule
  • Moderate understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets
  • With guidance, predicts the level of effort for individual tasks and successfully deliver tasks within that level of effort
  • Maintains monitoring results on moderately complex projects
• Understands and employs the following design codes:
  • AASHTO and FHWA - Moderate
  • Local Client - Moderate
• Responds to emails, attends meetings, and answers questions/comments with limited autonomy

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 2 years of experience required
• 1 year of experience with advanced degree required
• EIT/EI required
• Valid driver’s license required for support of legitimate business purposes

Qualifications

• Strong work ethic
• Desire to learn
• Developing proficiency in design software

Skills

• Basic technical expertise
• Understanding of technical fundamentals
• Quality control of basic deliverables
• Advanced understanding of technical writing skills
• Ability to interpret and employ appropriate design guidance
• Ability to produce technical reports and memos
• Ability to calculate construction quantities and costs
• Ability to draft design documents and construction plans
• Ability to monitor results on moderately complex projects
• Understanding of design codes AASHTO and FHWA
• Ability to respond to emails, attend meetings, and answer questions/comments with limited autonomy