Civil / Highway Engineer (2+ years of Transportation Design)

Company Description

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Job Description

Civil Engineer – Highway / Transportation Design.  

Step into a career with momentum—AECOM offers engineers well-defined career paths that support advancement in technical engineering roles, project management, and organizational leadership. You’ll work on high-impact projects that shape communities, infrastructure, and mobility across Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

What You’ll Work On

You’ll contribute to a diverse portfolio of challenging transportation projects, including roadway and site‑civil design, highway and bridge reconstruction, traffic engineering analysis, and transportation planning studies.

Current project highlights include:

• I‑80 Reconstruction (Jefferson County, PA) – Six miles of rural interstate reconstruction featuring mainline widening, interchange ramp improvements, and bridge replacements.
• I‑70 Reconstruction (Washington County, PA) – A model‑based delivery corridor project including

What You’ll Do

In this role, you’ll help bring sophisticated engineering solutions to life while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities :

• Developing design criteria, alignments, superelevations, guiderail layouts, and modeling roadway corridors.
• Identifying and resolving utility conflicts through coordination with internal teams, clients, and utility owners.
• Preparing construction specifications, quantities, and cost estimates.
• Applying 3D CADD modeling techniques to support innovative digital delivery.
• Creating technical reports, exhibits, tables, and graphics that clearly communicate design intent.
• Supporting AECOM’s quality processes and contributing to interdisciplinary reviews.
• Helping shape project staffing strategies to meet scope, schedule, and budget commitments.
• Preparing presentations for clients and stakeholders.
• Working collaboratively with project managers and discipline leads to deliver successful outcomes.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (ABET‑accredited) or related engineering field.
• 2 years of relevant experience on U.S. highway/transportation projects or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education  
• Engineer‑in‑Training (EIT) Certification
• Experience with Bentley OpenRoads Designer (ORD), AutoCAD Civil 3D, or similar transportation design software.

Preferred:

• Experience working on PennDOT and/or Pennsylvania Turnpike projects.
• Expereince in roadway, or site‑civil engineering design
• Proficiency with MS Office (Excel, Word, etc.).
• Previous experience mentoring junior staff.
• PE License

Additional Information

• Relocation assistance is not available.
• Sponsorship for U.S. employment authorization is not available now or in the future.

About AECOM 

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan. 

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector