Assistant Transportation Engineer Jobs in Florida

Ardurra is seeking a Transportation/Highway Engineer III in our West Palm Beach, FL office!  

Ardurra’s Transportation team offers design capabilities ranging from complex multilevel interchanges to urban arterial reconstruction to complete streets for our clients. Our portfolio features a plethora of signature projects including the I-395 Signature Bridge reconstruction project in Downtown Miami. Each of our designs is customized, sustainable, and cost-effective for our clients covering all project types, including Design Build or Design Bid Build. Our clients have relied on our expertise in comprehensive planning, engineering design, and construction management to provide safe and efficient transportation solutions.

We are looking for an engineer with an interest and experience in highway and roadway design to support a wide range of FDOT projects. Projects will include but are not limited to minor and major/complex roadways and interchanges and will offer the opportunity to mentor and guide junior staff and be mentored by some of the top local experts in the transportation industry.

Primary Function:

The successful candidate will be involved in a range of transportation-related design projects, developing contract plans, specifications, and estimates for construction. They will have the opportunity to engage in the entire project design delivery process. The candidate will perform engineering design tasks related to roadway geometric design, produce plans, and write technical reports and documents.

Primary Duties:

• Reviews and develops work product meeting the client requirements and develops specifications, drawings, instructions, models, and related documents
• Collaborates with suppliers to design and specify equipment
• Evaluates need for design or planning model changes and makes appropriate recommendations
• Consults with construction personnel concerning design constructability as related to field conditions, sequencing, and scheduling of construction activities
• Assures that production of drawings, specifications, reports, models and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost, and quality requirements
• May plan, schedule, coordinate, and oversee the work of lower-level engineers, designers or CADD staff who assist with transportation projects
• Prepares technical reports and sections of proposals as requested
• Assists the Project Manager with performing services during construction
• May provide direction to and supervision for Engineers I & II or CADD and lower-level design staff
• Assure their work has independent Quality Assurance and Quality Control reviews completed
• Utilize specialized computer software to assist with the analysis, design, and plan production for new transportation systems or parts of systems, such as highways, streets, and roadways
• Assist in creation and review of design drawings within defined limits
• Prepare technical reports or sections of larger reports
• Assist with plan alterations and modifications of existing streets, highways, or freeways to improve traffic flow

Education and Experience Requirements:

• A Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to obtain is strongly preferred
• Approximately 4-6 years of engineering experience in transportation/roadway design
• Familiarity with OpenRoads Designer (ORD)
• Proficient in MS Office Suite programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)  

Why Ardurra? 

While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart from our peers. We nurture a family-like culture, striving to create a work environment that is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding but also fun. We are acutely focused on developing our staff, whether through our internal Ardurra Academy or through our industry-leading Leadership program. We have made a deliberate and focused commitment to nurture a people-centric culture where people are: valued as individuals; supported in their professional and career development with multiple, varied career paths; and provide the tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work; and positive benefits, time-off programs, and flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home. 

Ardurra is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation. 

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES: 

Ardurra does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agency Agreement, Ardurra will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. If a resume or candidate is submitted to any hiring manager without a previously signed agreement, Ardurra reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. These candidates will be considered property of Ardurra. We’re not currently looking to add any more agencies to our list of approved vendors, so please do not contact any of our managers or recruitment team with sales calls or details of your candidates.  

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