Transportation Project Engineer

ESP Associates, Inc. (ESP) has a great opportunity for a Transportation Project Engineer to join our team in San Antonio, TX. This is a great opportunity for a transportation professional to continue to grow their career with a dynamic firm supporting a variety of clients and projects throughout Texas!

Responsibilities:

• Assist in providing project management oversight and apply engineering expertise in the daily operational task of preparing Plans, Specification & Estimate (PS&E), preliminary engineering reports, schematic design, drainage design and TCPs for roadway projects.
• Ensures compliance with applicable federal and state laws, policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters of Engineering degree or other professionally recognized equivalent discipline from an accredited program.
• 3+ years of work experience within the field of highway design and transportation engineering
• Credible design experience in using and guiding the use of: MicroStation, GeoPak (Road and Drainage) and OpenRoads Designer (ORD).
• Experience in designing streets and highway projects (PS&E), including horizontal and vertical geometry design, Bentley OpenRoads Designer (ORD) modeling, culvert, and drainage design, retaining wall design, quantity calculations, miscellaneous details, and development of deliverables.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and highway design programs required for use in completing tasks.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments both independently and within a team environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Working experience in prioritizing and organizing work assignments.
• Candidate must be able to pass a drug screen, background check, and have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the company’s driving (MVR) policy.

Preferred:

• Professional registration (PE) within the field of engineering with the ability to obtain a Texas PE within 6 months.
• TxDOT Precertification
• Ability to create ORD templates.
• Experience in schematic development.
• Recent experience with and knowledge of TxDOT standards, specifications, policies, and procedures.
• Positive relationships with potential clients in Central Texas such as TxDOT, CTRMA, counties and municipalities.
• Additional software skills, such as Civil 3D or related disciplines.

Corporate Information:

ESP is a multi-discipline engineering design and consulting firm providing our clients with civil engineering, surveying, planning/landscape architecture, geosciences, environmental, subsurface utility engineering, and construction engineering inspection.

Through years of dedicated service to our clients, ESP has received a designation of 209 on the 2023 ENR Top 500 Design Firm rankings. For the firm's primary territory, the ENR Southeast Top Design Firms, ESP received a 2023 ranking of 32.

ESP offers an excellent employee benefits package including:

• Competitive compensation with yearly performance reviews and discretionary annual bonuses
• 401(k) (Traditional & Roth plans) with a guaranteed employer match of 100% up to the first 3% and 50% on the next 2% (eligibility after 60 days)
• PTO (Paid Time Off) & 10 Paid Holidays
• Tiered Health, Vision & Dental Insurance Options (eligibility after 30 days)
• Behavioral Medicine through Teladoc
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Education Reimbursement Opportunities
• Flexible and Dependent Benefits Plan
• Referral Bonuses