Project engineer

Lakeside Engineers, LLC; Wauwatosa, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Lakeside Engineers, LLC is seeking a Project Engineer to support civil transportation design and construction projects. Under supervision of a Professional Engineer, you will design plans for highways, streets, bridges, and lighting, and prepare reports on traffic operations.

You will collect data, perform CAD drafting, and participate in safety reviews while ensuring quality control across project documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related engineering field.
• Must have demonstrated knowledge of transportation engineering and construction engineering.

Responsibilities

• Design or prepare plans for new transportation systems or parts of systems.
• Prepare technical or statistical reports on traffic-operation matters.
• Investigate traffic problems and recommend improvements.
• Data collection, GIS data collection and CAD drafting.
• Perform quality control procedures for design reports and project docs.
• Ensure safety protocols are included in the plans and propose safety devices.
• Identify and resolve technical and logistical challenges during projects.

Skills

Transportation design

Traffic engineering

CAD drafting

Data collection

GIS

Traffic safety

Technical reporting

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Project Engineers perform civil engineering tasks to help design and build transportation infrastructure through their work in transportation design, traffic engineering, transportation systems engineering, and construction engineering. Under the direct supervision of a Professional Engineer, Project Engineers perform the following tasks.

Core Responsibilities:

• Design or prepare plans for new transportation systems or parts of systems, such as highways, streets, bridges, drainage structures, or roadway lighting;
• Prepare technical or statistical reports on traffic-operation matters, such as accidents, safety measures, or pedestrian volume or practices;
• Investigate traffic problems and recommend methods to improve traffic flow or safety;
• Data collection, technology, and reporting, GIS data collection and computer-aided design (CAD) drafting;
• Perform quality control procedures to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the design reports, roadway plans, special provisions, and project documentation;
• Ensure necessary safety protocols are included in the plans, and propose and implement additional safety devices when necessary due to higher than normal occurrences of incidents;
• Identify and resolve technical and logistical challenges that arise during projects.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related engineering field. Must have demonstrated knowledge of transportation engineering and construction engineering.