Senior Engineer (Transportation/Roadway/Civil)
Toole DesignAbout the role
Toole Design Group in Silver Spring, MD is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Senior Engineer (Transportation/Roadway/Civil). Do you have a strong background in civil engineering with roadway/corridor design or site development experience? Are you passionate about creating quality construction documents? Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being of its employees? If so, please consider joining our Silver Spring team.
This senior engineer position with a focus on roadway design and active transportation earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), a flexible spending account (FSA), and all staff start with at least 22 days PTO. We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.
About Toole Design
Toole Design is the leading engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race or gender. As an Engineering News-Record top 500 design firm, we have also been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.
Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.
Qualifications of a Senior Engineer:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in civil engineering
- Professional engineering license
- 10+ years of experience developing construction documents for roadways or highways
- 2+ years of experience serving in a project or design management role
- Experience preparing transportation and local agency permit documents
- Proficiency in one or more of the following: MicroStation InRoads, MicroStation OpenRoads, AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Experience coordinating utility, right-of-way, street lighting, traffic signals, and landscape and hardscape layout
- Experience developing construction documents and cost estimates
It would be a plus if you have any of the following:
- Experience working on engineering projects in one or more of the following agencies: MDOT SHA, VDOT, DDOT, PennDOT
- Exposure to construction management
- Experience analyzing and designing stormwater infrastructure
- Experience using stormwater design software such as HydroCAD or HydroFlow
- Having a strong interest in multimodal and active transportation design
You'll be great here if:
- You have strong leadership skills and enjoy participating in multi-disciplinary teams
- You are passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable
- You enjoy producing high-quality work products and seeing your projects get built
- You have strong communication skills, whether written, verbal, and/or graphically
- You can build relationships, bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are detail oriented with strong problem-solving skills.
A Day in the Life of a Senior Engineer
You are at the forefront of brainstorming creative solutions for challenging projects. You lead, support, and mentor an interdisciplinary team to deliver multimodal transportation infrastructure in a wide range of contexts from roadway reconstructions and streetscapes in highly urban settings to signature trail projects in suburban and rural areas that highlight and enhance the natural environment. You use programs such as AutoCAD and/or MicroStation to fulfill production work on your projects. You share your knowledge with staff and clients, to develop feasibility studies, concept plans, and construction documents, as well mentor your colleagues to ensure that our projects are consistently of the highest quality.
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