Staff Civil Engineer - Transportation (Chicago, IL)

Description The Burns & McDonnell transportation team is growing in Chicago! Looking for a highly motivated and skilled Staff Civil engineer to join our group. This position will work closely with our roadway engineering team to provide support across a wide variety of infrastructure projects including varying size projects for DOTs, counties, tollway, Design-Build, and other civil support. Burns &McDonnell is a 100% employee-owned company, where you are not only provided an ownership stake, but you get to contribute to the direct success of the company, our clients and our team. The employee ownership culture runs strong and provides endless opportunity for entrepreneurial thoughts and for career growth. As a Staff Civil Engineer, You Will Have The Opportunity To Engage In Meaningful And Unique Ways At Burns & McDonnell, Including Opportunity to experience project management and technical engineering: Assist with project management tasks and leading technical engineering designs to get exposure to the different areas of a project and helping to determine strengths and develop skillsets. Opportunity to innovate: Use AI, emerging technologies, and creative problem-solving techniques to develop solutions that improve engineering workflows and project outcomes. Direct exposure to clients and stakeholders: Participate in discussions with project teams, stakeholders, and clients to help deliver safe, efficient, and technically sound engineering solutions. A voice in the process: Contribute fresh ideas, ask questions, and provide new perspectives that are actively considered in technical discussions and project decisions. This exciting position involves contributing to a collaborative work environment, working alongside some of the top industry leading experts, and ample potential to grow your career and knowledge base. This position works closely with everyone within the team from entry level staff up through senior leadership on technical design of transportation projects such as route planning studies, feasibility studies, roadway PS&E and schematic designs, and progressive design build projects. You will have exposure to a variety of clients, tasks, and projects from within the Chicago office and across the company. The ideal candidate brings their strong engineering foundation from the transportation highway industry to the table while having the motivation to further drive their technical skill set, engineering abilities and communication skills. This Staff Civil Engineer position offers incredible career advancement potential for motivated individuals seeking to advance their career with a company that invests in you. As a Staff Civil Engineer, you will work in a multidisciplinary integrated design team to perform the following duties: Work with a team of designers and engineers in the preparation of design details, plans, and drawings to meet project deadlines. Perform technical roadway design such as preparing horizontal alignments, profiles, intersections, and interchange layouts. Support engineering staff with related design experience in drainage, signing and marking, traffic control and construction sequencing, and illumination. Develop design criteria, design calculations, construction details, quantities, and cost estimates in accordance with the latest industry standards. Participate in Transportation QA/QC processes for project deliverables and submittals. Provide internal and external clients with professional and responsive service. Support the Design Department in achieving the Vision & Values of the Transportation Global Practice. Assist with other duties as assigned. Qualifications Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering or related degree from an ABET accredited program. and 3 years of civil engineering experience, consulting required. Or, Bachelor Degree in Civil or related Engineering Technology from an ABET accredited program and successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. and 3 years of civ…

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