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Ardurra is seeking a Transportation Engineer III to join our Transportation team in Orlando, FL!

Ardurra’s Transportation team delivers design expertise across a wide spectrum of projects, from complex multilevel interchanges to urban arterial reconstruction and complete streets. Our portfolio includes major projects such as the SR 417 Widening Project in Central Florida and the SR 40 Widening Project in Marion County, both of which demonstrate our commitment to enhancing mobility and safety. Each design is tailored to be cost-effective and responsive to client needs across all delivery methods, including Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build. We provide comprehensive planning, engineering design, and construction management to deliver safe and efficient transportation solutions.

This role is focused on state roadway design and production, supporting a mix of design-build and design-bid-build projects across Central Florida. The ideal candidate is a technically strong engineer who can independently execute design tasks using client standards and tools, particularly within a MicroStation / OpenRoads Designer (ORD) environment.

Primary Function

The Transportation Engineer III performs moderately complex transportation design engineering work with a focus on state roadway projects. This role requires full competency in conventional engineering practices and the ability to independently evaluate, select, and apply standard design techniques, procedures, and criteria.

You will contribute directly to the engineering and production of roadway design plans, coordinating with internal teams and ensuring compliance with state standards and project requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop roadway design plans in accordance with client standards, including alignments, profiles, cross sections, and quantities
• Utilize MicroStation and OpenRoads Designer (ORD) for 3D modeling and plan production
• Prepare and review engineering calculations, specifications, and supporting documentation
• Ensure all work products meet client criteria, scope, schedule, cost, and quality requirements
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams including drainage, traffic, and structures
• Review design for constructability, sequencing, and field implementation considerations
• Support design-build and design-bid-build project delivery, adapting to project-specific requirements
• Assist with technical reports, proposals, and engineering analyses
• Provide guidance to junior engineers, designers, and CADD staff
• Participate in QA/QC reviews to ensure accuracy and compliance with standards
• May support construction-phase services, including responding to RFIs and reviewing submittals

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET-accredited program
• 4–6+ years of transportation/roadway design experience
• Demonstrated experience working on FDOT projects and standards (Districts 1, 3, 4, or 5 preferred)
• Strong proficiency in MicroStation and OpenRoads Designer (ORD)
• Ability to independently perform roadway design and plan production

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Florida (or ability to obtain)
• Experience supporting design-build project delivery
• Familiarity with Central Florida municipal and county clients (e.g., Orange County, Seminole County, St. Lucie County)
• Experience coordinating with FDOT disciplines such as drainage, traffic, and utilities

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; provided 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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