Transportation Engineer - Mid Level at Moffatt & Nichol in Richmond, Virginia

Job Description:

Moffatt & Nichol is seeking a Transportation Engineer to join our Richmond or Norfolk, Va. office. M&N provides a wide variety of transportation engineering services to VDOT, County, municipal and private clients. We are looking for an individual with strong written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to assist and grow into leading projects and teams. This individual must be energetic, self-directed, and success-focused.

Moffatt & Nichol is a global infrastructure advisory firm of 800+ employees in 40+ offices and 7 countries. We provide practical solutions to clients in the marine terminal, transportation, energy, environmental, federal, and urban development markets around the world. We are a multi-discipline professional services firm with specialized expertise in structural, coastal, and civil engineering; environmental sciences; economics analysis; inspection and rehabilitation; and program management solutions.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Manage engineering projects from concept through completion including design, planning, computations, quality assurance, and will train to take on project management responsibilities


• Plan, schedule, and complete work assignments within established budgets and timelines


• Utilize knowledge of VDOT, municipal design standards and criteria, and practices and policies


• Prepare design documents and reports for railroad, roadway, trail, and sidewalk projects


• Assist in preparing proposals


• Develop specifications, cost estimates, and prepare final bid packages


• Occasional travel to other offices and provide project support as needed


• Perform limited field observations in support of construction and data collection


• Coordinate design activities and meetings between design staff, subcontractors, and client managers


• Mentor and assist junior engineers in developing final design plans, including but not limited to implementation and knowledge of roadway and/or rail alignment design, cross sections, traffic control, drainage, and signing and pavement markings plans

Other duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering; required
  • Transportation emphasis preferred
  
  


• 6-10 years of related experience in highway/roadway/rail engineering design; required


• Professional Engineer (PE) registration; required. Virginia PE, or ability to obtain within 12 months; preferred


• Knowledge of AASHTO, VDOT, municipal design standards and criteria, and practices and policies


• Experience working with AREMA, CSA, Norfolk Southern and/or other railroad design standards; preferred


• Proficiency with: MicroStation, OpenRoad Designer or OpenRail Designer; required


• Occasional work requirements beyond normal working hours for deadline completion or to accommodate field conditions


• All new hires will be required to complete and pass a background check in compliance with NIST 800-171

Physical requirements:

Majority of work is office based. Some site visits may be required which may necessitate navigating unpaved or natural terrain while carrying equipment.

Moffatt & Nichol's EEO Statement

As a global business, Moffatt & Nichol relies on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goal of Creative People, Practical solutions serving our client needs, and ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI and VII of the Civil rights Act of 1964. We continuously seek talented, qualified employees in our world-wide operations regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, religion, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, protected veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Moffatt & Nichol is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer/ Federal Contractor desiring priority referrals of all protected veterans for job openings.

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