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Graduate Transportation Engineer
PennoniUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 15 Mar 2026
About the role
Pennoni is hiring Graduate Civil Engineers to join our Transportation Engineering team on a full-time, direct basis.
We have needs in each of the disciplines listed below.
Job Descriptions
Highway Engineer Job Responsibilities:
- Participate in the development of engineering design projects, while working in a team environment to produce engineering plans, documents, and reports.
- Review and apply standard engineering design principles.
- Implement the use of 3-D modelling software for transportation infrastructure projects while utilizing tools like MicroStation / InRoads or AutoCADD / Civil 3D.
- Contribute to developing sets of transportation infrastructure plans (including highway design, hydrology, and drainage calculations / design, SWM / E&SC design; water and sanitary sewer utility layout, MOT plans, and geometry, etc.).
- Support projects / tasks of various sizes for a variety of clients (including state agencies, counties, and local municipalities.)
Highway Engineer Preferred Qualifications:
- Basis understanding of engineering design parameters is a plus.
- Relevant experience with highway geometry development, water resources design, or overall plan preparation is a plus.
- Exposure to modeling tools such as OpenRoads is a plus!
- Experience working with highway and/or roadway design is strongly preferred.
- Experience working with drainage design, stormwater management, and erosion and sediment control; completion of Certified Construction Review (CCR) training is a plus!
- Exposure to Bluebeam Revu (PDF editor) and/or GIS tools is a plus!
Bridge Engineer Job Responsibilities:
- Assist with the structural analysis and/or design of Bridges (highway & railroad), culverts, retaining walls, and overhead sign structures on a variety of projects (bridge replacement/rehabilitation, highway improvement, etc.); this includes multi-disciplinary projects for various agencies in the Mid-Atlantic region!
- Supplement the bridge design functions with involvement with the NBIS Bridge inspections discipline across the Pennoni footprint on an as needed basis (with occasional opportunities for domestic travel).
- Learn and apply professional techniques to produce high-quality engineering documents for use in bridge design / inspection reports, specifications, studies, and other engineering documents.
Bridge Engineer Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Civil Engineering with a Structural Engineering focus is a plus!
- Successful completion of FHWA-NHI-13005 (Safety Inspection of In-Service Bridges)
- Bridge engineering experience with a major agency is a plus.
- Knowledge of structural analysis programs (e.g.: STAAD, LEAP Bridge, LEAP Concrete, AASHTOWare, BrR, BRASS, SAP/CSI, etc.) is a plus!
Traffic Engineer Job Responsibilities:
- Traffic Engineer needed to join a dynamic team responsible for working with many clients including state agencies, county governments, and local municipalities, for the development of Traffic related projects.
- Assist with traffic engineering tasks ranging from traffic impact analysis (TIA), safety evaluations, signal analysis and design and the preparation of signing and pavement marking plans, MOT / construction phasing plans, transportation management plans (TMPs), and lighting plans.
- Assist with traffic study reviews from third parties for new developments and projects.
Traffic Engineer Preferred Qualifications:
- Working knowledge of traffic signal design software (SYNCHRO) is a plus.
- Exposure to modeling tools such as OpenRoads is a plus!
- Familiarity with maintenance of traffic schemes, construction phasing, and traffic control plans.
- Experience with lighting design software is a plus.
Basic Requirement:
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline (e.g.: Structural Engineering, etc.).
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