Bridge Inspection Team Leader

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AECOM has a position available for a Bridge Inspection Team Leader to join our Transportation Group in Boston, MA. In this role, the qualified candidate will join a team of peers, who have varying years of related experience, and work on interesting and challenging projects. This is a hybrid work model that includes working 3 days a week in the AECOM office located in downtown Boston.

The responsibilities of this position include, but may not be limited to, the following:

• Performs field inspections according to requirements of MassDOT, MBTA, and RIDOT, as well as the FHWA NBIS and NTIS as applicable.
• Supervises Team Members as well as access and equipment vendors.
• Work at heights, on ladders, on scaffolding and on aerial lifts, or other bridge inspection access equipment.
• Work in confined spaces, work adjacent to live traffic, work in or around water and work under adverse weather conditions.
• Work overnight as required, including work within railroad right-of-way.
• Prepares inspection reports, which may include developing sketches, calculating NBE/NTE total and defect quantities, and determining preliminary construction cost estimates for repairs and maintenance.
• Performs quality control reviews of work developed by others.
• Additional tasks may include preparing bridge load rating calculations and reports using various analysis software, repair/rehabilitation plan and specification development, construction cost estimates, and construction phase services such as submittal review and field observations

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS degree plus 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Relevant experience should include 6 years of related bridge inspection experience
• Qualified as a National Bridge Inspection Standards (NBIS) and/or National Tunnel Inspection Standards (NTIS) Team Leader, which includes completing NHI Safety Inspection of In-Services Bridges, NHI Tunnel Safety Inspection, and associated refresher trainings as applicable.
• Valid Driver’s License required to visit project sites, clients, and other AECOM offices. As a condition of employment, selected candidate must pass AECOM's Motor Vehicle Records review.
• Field work is required for this role therefore individual must be capable of walking up/down steep embankments, working within confined spaces, working at heights, and working around active traffic locations
• Capable of lifting and carrying equipment that may weigh up to 50 lbs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited school preferred
• Professional Engineering (P.E.) License in the State of Massachusetts highly desired
• Experience with MassDOT, MBTA, and RIDOT Bridge Inspection helpful
• Experience with MassDOT and MBTA Tunnel Inspection helpful
• Additional NHI training (i.e. Fracture Critical/NSTM, Ancillary Structures)
• ANSI 92.24/92.22 Mobile Elevated Work Platforms/Snooper Training
• Previous Fall Protection and Confined Space Training
• Previous MBTA, Keolis, and/or Amtrak Contractor Right of Way Training helpful
• Bridge load rating experience
• Bridge & Tunnel repair experience
• Familiar with MassDOT 4D Database and AASHTOware BrM database helpful

• Sponsorship is not available for this role
• Relocation support is not available for this role

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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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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.

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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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