Transportation Project Engineer - Mobile AL
Transportation Project Engineer - Mobile AL
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Job Description
Thompson Engineering has an immediate opening for a Transportation Project Engineer to join our growing team in one of our offices located in Mobile Daphne or Orange Beach AL. Enhance your engineering career with a company that aspires to be the firm of choice by driving success with our clients employees and communities. At Thompson Engineering we offer a wide range of services to a growing list of clients across multiple markets throughout the Southeast.
At Thompson we aim to make the communities we live and work in better by providing our services in alignment with our core values: integrity safety performance ownership teamwork innovation & entrepreneurial spirit and professionalism. We have a work environment and company culture that allows selfdriven engineers to gain valuable experiences and develop technical proficiencies needed for a successful and rewarding career. As an employeeowned company we also seek to offer competitive compensation packages and employee benefits.
Description
This position is for an aspiring and motivated engineer with 510 years of roadway design experience on local and/or state transportation projects and is seeking opportunities for growth into a project engineer position. The ideal candidate will exhibit qualities needed to assume a lead design role on road and bridge projects. This position requires knowledge of all aspects of geometric roadway and roadside design needed for the development of roadway plans for state and local clients in Alabama.
Immediate benefits of this position include offering interested candidates the opportunity to develop client relationships and represent the company in professional trade organizations. Longterm benefits of this position may include growth opportunities into a senior management position overseeing and developing other engineers and managing multiple projects. We have a multidisciplined team of engineers surveyors and environmental scientists which this position will coordinate and communicate with regularly.
Your Role
As a transportation project engineer you will work closely with team leaders and support staff to perform a variety of tasks needed to produce quality designs and plans on road and bridge projects throughout the Southeast. Regular duties will include the following:
- Preparing preliminary design studies project planning and related activities that lead to the design of a project.
- Preparing project specifications cost and material estimates reports and engineering studies.
- Preparing design detail and layout drawings and design sketches.
- Planning and adhering to task and submittal schedules and project budgets to ensure timely and costeffective completion of projects
- Following company policies and procedures regarding safety and quality.
Minimum Requirements
- A bachelors degree in civil engineering
- 510 years experience
- Alabama PE or ability to obtain such required
- Proven experience with ALDOT design methods plan preparation standards and specifications required
- Proficient with MicroStation InRoads and other related Bentley products
- Knowledge of OpenRoads is desired
- Knowledge of drainage design and applicable software is a must
- Ability to manage client expectations project schedules and budgets
- Ability to mentor and train entrylevel engineers
- Ability to communicate clearly both oral and written
- Ability to work in various work environments both outside in the field and in an office for extended periods of time
This position offers a competitive compensation package including a signon and/or relocation bonus to qualified candidates. Baldwin County is a fastgrowing county with 4 of the 5 fastest growing cities in the state and a diverse range of communities to call home.
Physical Requirements
- Must be willing to work flexible schedules and overtime as needed by the department needs.
- Must be able to operate a computer and sit for long periods of time.
- Ability to wear appropriate PPE for hazardous materials.
- Must have a valid drivers license and be able to drive company vehicle if needed.
About Us
Thompson Engineering was formed in 1953 to provide quality assurance for construction projects related to industrial infrastructure and community development. As a drilling materials testing construction inspection and chemistry laboratory firm we supported the engineering and construction industry. Our early years were building blocks that allowed us to get our feet wet literally performing services along the Gulf Coasts rivers bayous and streams.
Today Thompson Engineering is known for leadership on projects defining skylines coastlines and transportation lines. We support clients in the industrial commercial transportation federal and municipal markets. While we are still one of the first companies on project sites conducting environmental assessments land surveys and geotechnical studies our design teams are close behind. We now deliver cuttingedge solutions to complex infrastructure and building requirements. And our project management and construction management services mean we are often one of the last teams to leave. From start to finish we are a proven leader in the planning design and construction of major transportation economic development and waterfront projects across the Southeast.
Thompson Engineering and Watermark Design Group are equal opportunity employers. M/F/D/V. Preemployment drug screen and motor vehicle record checks are required.
Employment Type
Contract
