Rail Engineer: Freight & Intermodal Design

URC Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability coverage

Paid time off

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects, seeks a Rail Engineer to design freight rail and related civil infrastructure. The role involves planning through final design, coordinating with project managers, clients, railroads, contractors, and field teams to deliver practical rail solutions.

The ideal candidate has a civil engineering background, EIT certification or ability to obtain within 6 months, and 3+ years of rail design experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related engineering discipline.
• E.I.T. certification within 6 months; PE license preferred for senior-level roles.
• 3+ years of rail, transportation, civil, track, terminal, intermodal, or railroad design experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed rail engineering designs for freight rail, industrial track, terminal, intermodal, yard, and related transportation infrastructure projects.
• Support project delivery from site feasibility and concept development through final design, construction support, commissioning, and closeout.
• Develop and review track plans, profiles, alignments, grading, drainage, layouts, quantities, specifications, cost estimates, and technical documentation.
• Coordinate with project managers, clients, railroads, contractors, subconsultants, field teams, and other disciplines to meet scope, schedule, budget, quality, and compliance requirements.
• Participate in field reviews, site visits, construction coordination, and temporary field assignments as needed.

Skills

Rail design

Project coordination

Client interaction

Field coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering

Engineer-In-Training (E.I.T.)

Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred

Tools

MicroStation

OpenRail Designer

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

OpenRoads Designer

Job description

Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects, seeks a Rail Engineer to design freight rail and related civil infrastructure. The role involves planning through final design, coordinating with project managers, clients, railroads, contractors, and field teams to deliver practical rail solutions.

The ideal candidate has a civil engineering background, EIT certification or ability to obtain within 6 months, and 3+ years of rail design experience.