What are the responsibilities and job description for the Highway Engineer I position at RS&H?
The Opportunity
RS&H is seeking a Highway Engineer I to join our team in the Charlotte or Raleigh, NC office!
The Highway Engineer will be responsible for roadway/highway analysis and design, plans production, specifications, reports, and estimates efforts on conventional and design-build projects for NCDOT and North Carolina municipal clients. Additional responsibilities include monitoring labor budgets and schedules for assigned tasks/projects; coordinating with discipline key task leaders and staff to ensure ongoing communications; meeting project deliverable schedules and budgets for assigned projects; and supporting marketing and business development initiatives.
Essential Functions:
- Prepares project specifications, compiles, and analyzes relevant data, and prepares complete project documents, analysis, and reports.
- Analyzes and interprets data. Performs analyses of design, planning, and impact studies, as well as cost analyses, design requirements, site selection, and limited design layouts.
- Designs a complete project, system, component, or process and prepares project documents, engineering analysis, and reports.
- Performs quality control reviews and ensures achievement of key milestones.
- Formulates and solves problems with timely and innovative solutions.
- Maintains professional registration and licensure by ensuring conformance with professional, ethical, educational, and discipline practice requirements. Remains knowledgeable of all applicable federal, state, and local codes, criteria, regulations, and ordinances that are pertinent to respective discipline. May provide technical guidance and assign tasks to junior and support staff for project duration. May also manage discipline and small multidisciplinary teams and ensure adherence to company and project contractual requirements.
- Performs all other duties as assigned and within scope of practice.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited university.
- Minimum of 5 years roadway design experience for NCDOT and/or NC municipalities.
- North Carolina PE licensure.
- Working knowledge of OpenRoads, MicroStation, and/or Corridor Modeling.
- Must possess strong oral and written communications skills.
- Must have the ability to effectively interact with and build strong relationships with clients, customers, contractors, and other key stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Working knowledge of OpenRoads Designer.
If this sounds like the role for you and you're ready to join an amazing team, please apply.
An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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Please note: no agency representation or submissions will be recognized for this vacancy. Candidates should apply directly to this role to be considered. It is the responsibility of all third-party recruiting and employment agencies to know and adhere to our recruiting policy.
The Company
Employee-owned, RS&H is one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering, and consulting firms whose associates work hard every day to create a more connected future where everyone can thrive. We offer an exceptional journey from start to future. Our integrated teams translate experience into insight, turn challenges into opportunities, and build relationships that are as strong as the buildings and infrastructure we deliver together. We attribute our success to an unwavering commitment to our core values of: integrity, caring, forward-thinking, creativity, inclusivity, and ownership.
