Civil/Transportation Engineer - Fairbanks, United States - DOWL

Description

** Civil/Transportation Engineer - Entry to Mid-Level (Fairbanks, AK and Juneau, AK)**

**Job Category****:** Engineering **Requisition Number****:** CIVIL001737 Showing 1 location **Job Details**

**Description**

**Summary**

DOWL is seeking a Civil/Transportation Engineer to join our award-winning transportation engineering team As a member of DOWLs Alaska transportation practice area, you will have the opportunity to provide meaningful and innovative solutions to transportation projects across the State, from the high-volume traffic intersections of Anchorage to emergency access roads in rural communities. We are passionate about the contributions we make to our community, but also embody the live, work, play lifestyle. DOWL team members are often found after work recreating along one of the many community trails or up a nearby mountain. We seek to provide a work-life balance that advances your skills and career, while supporting your passions outside of work. This work hard, play hard way of life is a core quality of our company culture.

We are the people who make it happen, so getting and keeping the best and the brightest is one of our most important missions. Join a team of skilled engineers and avid Alaska adventurers at DOWL Take a look at our company page to learn more about our mission, philosophy, and history:

**This position requires Covid-19 vaccination.*

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities** include the following:

Assist in preparing fee proposals/goal proposals for new projects.

Provide assistance with overall project management.

Delegate project assignments to engineers and technicians.

Manage budgets and schedules.

Provide transportation engineering, planning, design, and public involvement support for transportation projects.

Provide construction engineering management of roadway construction projects.

Perform engineering calculations in support of civil engineering design projects.

Provide AutoCAD drafting requirements in support of design projects.

Perform field reviews and collect data for projects.

Write, review, and edit planning and engineering documents.

Coordinate with government agencies, client staff, and other professionals to obtain design information and approvals.

Prepare for and present projects at public meetings.

Prepare and route project-related correspondence and record keeping.

Conduct periodic site visits to construction sites to monitor quality and progress of the work.

Write and edit construction specifications and engineering reports.

Assist with project marketing and responses to Requests for Proposals.

Tabulate bid items and calculate construction bid quantities from plans and specifications. Estimate construction costs.

Consistently exercise discretion and judgment in all work tasks.

Other engineering related duties as assigned.

**Qualifications**

To be successful in this position, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

**Education and/or Experience**

Candidates should possess a B.S. degree from an ABET accredited civil engineering or related program and 4 years progressive experience.

**Certificates, Licenses, Registrations**

PE Required: This position is for a licensed engineer to practice transportation engineering in the state of primary practice, or should be licensed in a different state with the ability to get the required license within 6 months of hire.

Must have a valid drivers license and a good driving record.

**Mathematical Skills**

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical analysis, and fundamentals of geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

**Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**

AutoCad knowledge and experience is highly desirable.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret scientific and technical journals. Ability to respond to inquiries or complaints from clients, co-workers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to clients, co-workers, and the public.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with abstract and concrete variables.

Must be able to use Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and Project software.

**Physical Demands**

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

**Work Environment**

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR c)