What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Project Engineer position at EXP?
At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.
Are you ready to design your future?
Be our next Design Project Engineer
Your work environment at EXP
In this role, you will be a part of the Infrastructure & Transportation Practice that is primarily focused on multi-modal transportation and infrastructure projects in Madison, WI, Appleton, WI or Milwaukee, Wi. The candidate will work on various projects and act as a member of the infrastructure team and will get an opportunity to work on a wide-range of projects involving safety studies, multi-modal roadway planning, Transit, highway design, design review and construction oversight.
What a day at EXP has in store for you
- Perform and lead engineering design tasks for infrastructure projects from conceptual design to final design.
- Develop plans, specifications, quantities, and cost estimates.
- Possess excellent in-depth knowledge of roadway design software tools including MicroStation and OpenRoads.
- Mentor and develop new engineers in transportation and highway design.
- Lead and coordinate design activities between staff, subcontractors, and clients
- Perform technical analyses and reviews of infrastructure projects.
- Support Project Managers to ensure projects meet the defined schedules, cost estimates, and performance/technical measures and specifications. This includes development of Project Management Plans, Scopes of Work, Cost Estimates, and other project management related activities.
- Assists in preparing and developing proposals, presentations, reports, and studies.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- This position will also have the opportunity to work on CTA’s transformative Red Line Extension Design-Build project over the next few years.
What your experience looks like
- Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Engineering required. Preferably in civil, transportation engineering.
- 4 plus years of experience.
- Licensed PE in the State of Wisconsin
- In depth knowledge of MicroStation, Open Roads, and Civil3D.
- Strong technical design background in highway design and transportation engineering.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to direct and supervise staff engineers and technicians
- Basic knowledge of MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel.