Transportation Project Engineer

DEA's Inland Northwest market is hiring a Transportation Project Engineer to support our Roads and Highways group while working on transportation-related projects. Office locations for this position are Spokane, WA, Tri-Cities, WA, Coeur d'Alene, ID, Boise, ID or Pocatello, ID A successful candidate will be a highly motivated self-starter assigned to work on multidiscipline projects performing engineering calculations and design, using specialized technical skills, experience, and engineering judgment to transform concept designs into construction drawings and technical specifications. The work may include freeway, highway and roadway design, street improvements, utility plans, construction documents, and all supporting documentation. Our ideal candidate would be proficient with horizontal and vertical alignment design, A.D.A. requirements, utility relocations, coordination with bridge engineers and other engineering disciplines, earthwork, quantity take-offs, specifications, and engineer's estimates. Traffic engineering design experience, including traffic signals and illumination, is a plus. The candidate would also be eager to accept new challenges to diversify their skills by not only performing transportation engineering work, but also construction observation, general civil design, and traffic engineering. Finally, a successful candidate will have good interpersonal and communication skills and a passion for work.

Other duties include:

• Coordinate projects with supervisor, project managers, and firm staff.
• Provide sketches and/or detailed layout information to design staff for incorporation into the construction drawings.
• Design, prepare, and analyze preliminary and final plans in OpenRoads Designer and/or Civil 3D software.
• Analyze maps, reports, drawings, and as-builts for design projects.
• Prepare and modify reports, specifications, estimates, and designs for projects.
• Provide project specific technical information to the Project Manager for incorporation into the project specifications.
• Serves as the roadway task lead on projects, supporting the project manager and delegating work to junior staff.
• Develop, track and modify project schedules.
• Meet with project stakeholders and engage the public through open houses.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
• Idaho Professional Engineering license and Washington or the ability to obtain in 6 months
• 7+ years of civil engineering design related to transportation projects
• OpenRoads Designer and/or Civil 3D transportation project experience
• Project experience with DOTs and local agencies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Eastern Washington and/or Idaho with local agency and/or Idaho Transportation Department and Washington Department of Transportation is preferred

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life Insurance
• Health Savings and Lifestyle Spending Account with employer contribution
• Support for continuing education and training opportunities
• Paid Time Off (PTO)/Holiday Pay
• 401k and Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
• Flexible 9/80 (every other Friday off) work schedule
• Holistic Wellbeing Program with a focus on physical, emotional, financial, career and community health
• Opportunity for growth with support and mentoring to help with professional goals
• Potential salary range for this position is $105,000-$145,000 depending on location and experience

Transportation Jobs with DEA:

The increasing complexities of modern transportation include growing demands, aging infrastructure, rising costs, funding challenges, and environmental concerns. Agencies and communities faced with improving their transportation systems must do more with less. From initial investigations through planning, concept development, final design, and construction, DEA responds with solutions that serve today's transportation needs while accommodating tomorrow's growth. Our Transportation Business Unit focuses on five markets: Bridges and Structures, Roads and Highways, Transit and Rail, Smart Mobility and Construction Engineering.