Roadway Design Engineer

Posted 9 Days Ago
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2 Locations
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Senior level
Other • Professional Services • Real Estate • Energy
The Role
Design roadway infrastructure projects, including roadway plans, contract documents, cost estimates, and technical analyses. Support traffic, signal, lighting, ITS, drainage, and grading work while ensuring compliance with engineering standards. Manage client and contract relationships, conduct engineering inspections, contribute to proposals, and deliver small- to medium-scale projects. The role requires collaboration, quality assurance, HSE compliance, and ongoing professional development.
Summary Generated by Built In

Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transport, and we’ll help you go all the way. 

Who are we looking for?

Join GHD’s growing Transportation team as a Transportation Roadway Engineer and help deliver impactful roadway infrastructure projects across the Central Region! In this role, you will develop roadway design plans, contract documents, cost estimates, and technical analyses while contributing to traffic, signal, lighting, and ITS projects. You will play a key role in ensuring designs meet applicable standards and are delivered with quality, accuracy, and efficiency.

We are seeking a licensed Professional Engineer with at least five years of transportation engineering experience and a strong background in roadway design. The ideal candidate brings experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D and/or MicroStation, excellent communication and time management skills, and the ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. Experience with drainage, grading, and traffic engineering tools is a plus

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in: 

  • Client & Customer Management (External): Manage relationships with small clients while also helping senior colleagues manage relationships with larger key clients and customers.
  • Community of Practice Management: Participate actively in a community of practice in a defined area of expertise or consulting to build own expertise.
  • Contract Management: Deliver required outcomes by managing day-to-day relationships with contract service providers while working within an established contract management plan.
  • Engineering Inspections: Carry out inspections to evaluate the quality of engineering works and/or the integrity of existing installations or structures, and specify the remedial works needed to ensure conformance with specifications and regulatory requirements.
  • Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conform to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
  • Engineering Standards Specification: Contribute to the analysis of information, the drafting of engineering standards and specifications, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
  • Health, Safety, and Environment: Follow the organization's health, safety, and environment (HSE) policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions to identify and mitigate environmental risks and risks to the well-being of self and others in the workplace. Identify patterns of risky behavior within the team and take appropriate action to resolve them, escalating serious issues as appropriate.
  • Improvement/Innovation: Identify shortcomings in existing processes, systems, and procedures, and use established change management programs to address them.
  • Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
  • Product and Solution Development: Define and deliver products and services that meet customer needs by selecting the best possible approaches available within established systems.
  • Project Management: Deliver small- or medium-scale projects while working within an established program management plan.
  • Request for Bid Solicitation/Proposal/Tender Response: Gather information and resources, draft and complete proposals, and fulfill all process requirements (in terms of deadlines, documentation, etc.) in response to bid solicitations, request for proposal, and request for tender to create the best chance of being awarded the contract.

What you will bring to the Team:

  • Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or related degree
  • Minimum 5 years transportation engineering experience
  • Professional Engineering License required
  • As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or veteran status.

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Benefits: 

  • 401K - Employees are eligible to participate on the first day of the month following 3 months of service
    Paid time off – Our PTO benefit is designed to provide eligible employees with a period of rest and relaxation, sick, and personal time throughout the year. PTO starts at 16 days per year and increases with years of service
  • Holiday Pay - Holiday pay is provided for eligible employees. GHD observes 9 holidays per year. Holiday pay will be based on the regular set schedule for the employee
  • Wellness Benefit- Regular full-term employees are eligible to participate in the wellness reimbursement program. GHD will reimburse 50% of the cost of the following to maximum of $250.00 reimbursement annually for such items as: Health club membership fees, Home exercise equipment purchases, Bicycles, Race, run & marathon entrance fees, Smoking cessation programs, Weight loss programs (i.e.—Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig), Fitbits and Fitness Tracking devices

As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

 

Skills Required

  • Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or a related degree
  • At least 5 years of transportation engineering experience
  • Professional Engineering License
  • Strong roadway design experience
  • Experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D and/or MicroStation
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong time management skills
  • Experience with drainage, grading, and traffic engineering tools

GHD Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GHD and has not been reviewed or approved by GHD.

  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support, flexible work options, and confidential mental-health assistance are emphasized across the offering. Employee assistance programs for employees and their families further strengthen lifestyle support.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid-leave flexibility is highlighted, with the option in some locations to purchase additional leave. Paid holidays and time off are also part of the package in regions where listed.
  • Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, vision, and life insurance are available in certain countries, and healthcare options are regarded positively in some locations. These medical benefits contribute to a broadly comprehensive baseline.

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The Company
HQ: Sydney
11,027 Employees
Year Founded: 1928

What We Do

GHD recognises and understands the world is constantly changing. We are committed to solving the world’s biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. We are a global professional services company that leads through engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Our forward-looking, innovative approaches connect and sustain communities around the world. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are focused on building lasting relationships with our partners and clients. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals connected by over 200 offices, across five continents – Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region.

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