Roadway/Transportation Drainage Design Engineer

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AECOM is seeking a talented Roadway/Transportation Drainage Design Engineer to join a dynamic and highly technical transportation team of planners, engineers, and technicians in the Chicago, IL office.

As a drainage engineer, you will lead the drainage design on our transportation projects for a variety of clients in public and private industries. You will also have the opportunity to be part of cutting-edge design projects that utilize the latest technologies for delivering design services to clients.

Responsibilities:

• Roadway drainage design
• Bridge/culvert hydraulic analyses
• Scour analysis
• Erosion and sedimentation control
• Other related design tasks
• Plan production and development of bid sets
• Coordinating with other disciplines
• Obtaining permits required from regulatory agencies.
• Interact and coordinate regularly with clients and sub-consultants in the various assignments.

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS + 6 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering
• 6+ years of previous drainage design experience and geometric design on transportation projects including Schematic Development and/or Preparation of Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PS&E)
• IL Professional Engineering (PE) License
• Good communication skills and ability to work as a team
• Experience preparing IDOT Hydraulic Reports and Phase 1 drainage studies, such as Location Drainage Studies
• Experience obtaining permits drainage design related permits, such as U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Section 404 and IDNR-OWR Floodway Construction permits
• Experience on multidisciplinary project with subconsultants
• Experience with GeoPak Drainage, SWMM, HY-8, and HEC Programs
• Experience with SUDA preferred
• Experience with design software including MicroStation and GEOPAK and/or OpenRoads
• Familiarity with MS Office 2010 software (Excel, Word, Project) is required

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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.

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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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