Highway Engineer

Job description

What we do is more than designing roads, we work every day to make the world better for everyone. If you want to join a company invested in you and your success, join us as a Highway Project Engineer. Based in Pittsburgh, PA, you will have the chance to work on exciting and engaging large-scale infrastructure projects and utilize your highway/roadway design expertise to serve as a Project Engineer on transportation related projects.

When you join us as a project engineer, you’ll be immediately engaged within a talented, diverse team to coordinate project development and delivery of several high profile, complex highway design and construction projects in the region. You will have the opportunity to collaborate not only with our local discipline staff, but also with our national and global staff to deliver successful solutions that exceed client expectations.

You’ll utilize your expertise to act as lead engineer on several projects within our extensive portfolio, and also serve as a client facing Jacobs representative in the industry. You’ll work daily with our team of highway engineers and designers to oversee major tasks and deliverables, coordinate with project managers to forecast progress and staff resources, and interface regularly with our clients and business partners.

The successful candidate will be familiar with the design procedures for clients in the region including Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and/or Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC). Familiarity and experience with Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PaDEP) Chapter 102 regulations and stormwater management design/permitting procedures is preferred. We want you to be empowered to deliver the boldest solutions for everyday living and have accountability for ongoing activities or objectives.

Jacobs offers excellent career growth and terrific benefits in support of work/life balance. Join us in challenging today and reinventing tomorrow for our region’s transportation clients. #LI-LM1236

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• Experience in transportation engineering with an emphasis on highway engineering projects
• Engineer in Training (EIT) certification
• Strong MicroStation/InRoads/ORD background
• Strong communications, mathematical, analytical, time management skills
• Local to Pittsburgh, PA Ideally, you’ll also have:
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in PA
• Experience with multi-discipline highway engineering design and construction projects
• Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and/or Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) project experience
• Experience with closed and open system drainage conveyance design, stormwater management design & erosion control design is preferred Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.

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