AECOM is seeking a creative, highly talented Transit Design Engineer (BRT) to join our Transit and Rail team in the Chicago, Ill. office. This position gives you the opportunity to engage in a variety of planning work that may include Transit and rail planning for all types of public transit modes, projects and programs.
Position Details:
- The Senior Transit Engineer is a key position that will be based in Chicago and report into the US West Region Transit/Rail Engineering Group
- This person will have the opportunity to work on a diverse set of exciting transit projects with the transit/rail group with a focus on supporting the regional Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) design team.
- The successful candidate may be asked to:
- Serve as an AECOM team and/or discipline lead, deputy project manager and/or technical task leader on planning studies, preliminary design studies, and final design of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects, and will coordinate, cooperate, and work collaboratively with others team members as well as support business development.
- Perform specific and moderate portions of a broader assignment of an experienced engineer.
- Prepare engineering related calculations and develop drawings and visual aids for BRT infrastructure
- Prepare and/or review multimodal street design
- Participate in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables.
- Develop construction cost estimates and estimates of technical efforts for projects.
- Use expertise in all steps of completing discipline component of PS&E package.
- Perform quality control review of design calculations or drawings.
- Prepare technical specification sections.
- Provides input to the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements.
- Coordinate tasks and provides leadership and mentorship to entry-level engineers.
- Perform work in accordance with the agreed-upon budget and schedule with little supervision.
- Work independently and with other team members to complete all the tasks necessary to complete primary design elements for engineering works.
- Performance at this level requires developmental experience in a professional position and demonstrated experience with the types of tasks that will be required.