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CDM Smith · 1 day ago

Transportation Engineer 5

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$95K/yr - $166K/yr

7+ years exp

CDM Smith is a company dedicated to providing an exceptional employee experience and fostering personal leadership and career growth. The Transportation Engineer 5 will develop large-scale transportation projects, ensure compliance with regulations, and mentor junior staff while maintaining high-quality project delivery.

Civil EngineeringConstructionEnergyTransportationWater

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Mary Schroeder

Responsibilities

With general direction, develop large-scale projects such as highways, interchanges, and urban/rural roadway designs of basic to high complexity to meet client project requirements

Reviews draft designs for compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and signs off on completed designs

Ensures that firm policies and practices are followed on all designs

Meets with current and potential future clients to review their current and future design needs

Driving day-to-day technical content coordination and ensuring high-quality delivery

Establishing consistency and efficiency in project delivery across the organization

Perform project quality management, technical disciplines integration, and Intellectual Property reuse on multi-discipline design projects

Review and Preparation of design calculations for roadway-related design tasks

Develop contract-specific provisions and cost estimates

Perform field work to document condition assessments and existing conditions

Collaborates with sales staff to create proposals in response to current and potential client requests for proposals (RFPs)

Attends conferences, symposia, etc. to improve the visibility of the firm's products and services in collaboration with applicable sales staff

Provides technical guidance and training to more junior staff

Mentors more junior staff and develops them for future growth within the discipline and firm

Supervise the work of junior engineers on project work

Qualification

Professional Engineering (PE) licenseOpenRoads Designer (ORD)Illinois DOT projects experienceTechnical writingMultidisciplinary team management

Required

Bachelor's degree in Civil, Transportation, or Structural Engineering or related discipline

Professional engineering (PE) license

7 years of related experience

Domestic and/or international travel may be required

Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree

Preferred

Experience with Illinois DOT projects

Expert knowledge of IDOT Design Manuals, Standards, Specifications, and Guidelines

Experience with OpenRoads Designer (ORD)

Excellent technical writing with the ability to develop work plans and document technical discussions required

Successful multidisciplinary team/task management or design lead experience

Company

CDM Smith

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CDM Smith is an engineering and construction firm that offers environmental, transportation, and energy-smart solutions and facilities.

Founded in 1947

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.cdmsmith.com

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