Entry-Level Highway Design Engineer

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AECOM is actively seeking an Entry-Level Highway Design Engineer to join AECOM's Transportation team in Pittsburgh, PA.

This position is scheduled to begin in May 2025.

As an Entry Level Highway Design Engineer, you will gain experience working as part of a team on a wide range of transportation projects in the Greater Pennsylvania Area.

You will build analytic and design skills, create designs, perform calculations, and draft construction plans under the supervision of an experienced engineer.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Design of roadway geometry, traffic control, signing and pavement markings.
• Utility coordination support.
• Computer Aided Design production.
• Calculation of quantities and cost estimates.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or demonstrated equivalency of education and/or experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Related experience in a relevant internship or professional work experience in support of transportation design.
• FE/EIT (any state).
• Capable of using spreadsheets, word processing, and other standard Office software.
• Demonstrate effective time management, task prioritization, and strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work productively in a team environment.
• Professionalism in verbal and written communications.
• Ability to adapt to shifting priorities/work schedules.
• Receptive to comments and direction provided by others.

• Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

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You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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