Transportation Engineer IV

at  AECOM

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Job Description
AECOM is seeking a talented Transportation Engineer IV to join a dynamic and highly technical Transportation design team in Birmingham, Alabama. As a Transportation Engineer IV, you will be working with a multi-disciplinary design team to deliver projects for Alabama cities, counties, and the Alabama Department of Transportation. Projects include design for complex interstate highways, urban and rural roadways, interchanges, design-builds, and bridge replacements. This is a hybrid work option position with opportunity for advancement. Join us!

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• BA/BS in Transportation Engineering, Civil Engineering or related field plus 6 years or more of demonstrated equivalency and experience and/or education.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to receive in one year of start.
• Four years of civil drainage design or related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Design experience on roadway projects including freeways, highways, and local street improvements.
• Experience working on ALDOT projects.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience with design software including MicroStation and/or Open Roads.
• Familiar with MS Office 2010 software (Excel, Word, Project).
  Additional Information

• Will serve as a technical advisor.
• Will function as Task/Design Lead for transportation design projects.
• Work with clients such as the state, cities and counties of Alabama, in addition to private clients.
• Prepare engineering plans, construction documents, maps, reports, construction cost estimates and other project related items.
• Design projects that include public and private road systems, grading, drainage, erosion and sediment control, and traffic control plans.
• Will read, analyze and interpret engineering and construction documents, soil and material reports, and government regulations.
• Perform drainage and hydraulics calculations.
• Participate in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables.
• Perform quality control review of design calculations and drawings.
• Interact and coordinate with clients, design team partners and sub-consultants as needed for project tasks.
• Will have the ability to make decisions independently related to engineering design and methodology.