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Senior Transportation Engineer

AECOM
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 16 May 2025

About the role

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

AECOM’s Portland Transportation group is actively seeking a highly motivated experienced Civil Engineer with experience in roadway, highway, and/or civil site design. This role will be part of an established surface transportation group and will work with a broad variety of transportation clients and projects throughout AECOM’s West Region. Projects may include:

  • Roadway design

  • Transportation and multi-modal planning

  • Construction Management and Safety audits

  • In this role you will also work collaboratively with colleagues throughout AECOM’s West Region on rail/transit infrastructure projects for multiple state, local and federal government

  • Senior technical resource may serve as technical advisor for team

  • Provides specialized technical input to studies and design for staff's specific area of expertise

  • Develops study and design procedures to facilitate high quality cost effective work by others

  • Participates in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables

  • Develops construction cost estimates and estimates of technical efforts for projects

  • Uses expertise in all steps of completing discipline component of PS&E package

  • Performs quality control review of design calculations or drawings

  • Prepares technical specification sections

  • Provides input to the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements

  • Directly manage junior level staff

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

  • BA/BS + 6 years of experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education

Preferred Qualifications

  • Oregon Professional Engineers License or ability to obtain license within six months
    Experience with designs and plans production for transportation/civil infrastructure projects including calculations

  • Prior experience designing railroads/highways/roadways for transportation projects

  • Experience and ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment in the solution of work problems

  • Experience using InRoads and/or Civil 3D design software packages for the conceptual and detailed design of horizontal and vertical alignments, sections, and 3D modeling on rail and/or highway projects

  • Ability to communicate effectively; verbal and written

  • Design Build experience preferred

Additional Information

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 clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2024. Learn more at aecom.com. 

What makes AECOM a great place to work 

You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions. Work on groundbreaking projects - both in your local community and on a global sc

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