Senior Civil Engineer - Philadelphia, United States - Toole Design

Description

Job Description

Toole Design Group in Philadelphia, PA is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Senior Civil Engineer. Do you have a strong background in civil engineering with active transportation and multimodal design experience? Are you passionate about creating safe access for all forms of travel? Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being of its employees? If so, please consider joining our Mid-Atlantic team.

This senior civil engineering position with a focus on roadway design and active and multimodal transportation earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Our talented team of engineers, planners, and landscape architects are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life of a Senior Civil Engineer

You are at the forefront of brainstorming creative solutions for challenging projects. You lead, support, and mentor an interdisciplinary team to deliver multimodal transportation infrastructure in a wide range of contexts from roadway reconstructions and streetscapes in highly urban settings to signature trail projects in suburban and rural areas that highlight and enhance the natural environment. Projects may include multimodal transportation analyses, intersection safety and improvement studies. You use programs such as AutoCAD or MicroStation in order to fulfill production work on your projects. You will share your knowledge with staff and clients, to develop concept plans, and construction documents, as well mentor your colleagues to ensure that our projects are consistently of the highest quality.

You will be at the table with clients and colleagues from a variety of disciplines, delivering project ideas from concept to construction. You share your knowledge on stakeholder and public outreach, developing feasibility studies and concept plans and preparing construction documents for innovative projects in the City of Philadelphia and the Mid-Atlantic Region. You participate in business development pursuits in your home region as well as across our Mid-Atlantic offices. Your job can sometimes be challenging, but you get to work with a close-knit team that is passionate about the work and the communities that you serve

Qualifications of a Senior Civil Engineer:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in civil engineering, transportation
• Professional engineering license (PE)
• 10+ years of experience developing construction documents for roadways or highways
• 2+ years of experience serving in a project or design management role
• Experience managing and/or overseeing work of junior staff
• A broad knowledge base in civil engineering
• Experience preparing transportation and local agency permit documents
• Experience with multimodal design
• Familiarity with national and/or local transportation engineering standards, including the City of Philadelphia, PennDOT, AASHTO, MUTCD, Highway Capacity Manual, Highway Safety Manual and/or ITE guidance documents
• Interest in multimodal and active transportation design
• General knowledge of project performance metrics and strategies for monitoring them
• Proficiency in Computer Automated Design (AutoCAD ) and a design software (Civil 3D) is required
• Experience reviewing construction plans and providing constructive feedback
• Experience developing construction documents, cost estimates and specifications

You'll be great here if:

• You have strong leadership skills and enjoy participating in multi-disciplinary teams
• You are passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable
• You enjoy producing high-quality work products and seeing your projects get built
• You have strong communication skills, whether written, verbal, or graphically
• You can build relationships, bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are detail oriented with strong problem-solving skills
• You have strong relationships working with other consultant teams as a prime or sub consultant

Work Schedule for a Senior Civil Engineer:

This full-time position typically works 40 hours a week. This position is currently managed from our Silver Spring, MD headquarters and we will provide the necessary equipment and flexibility to work remotely along with other Philadelphia team members. When we open our Philadelphia office, this position will work a hybrid schedule of 2+ days in the office.

Ready to Join our Philadelphia Team?

We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Senior Civil Engineer position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box below, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and we are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting and asking for Human Resources or emailing

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