Senior Technician-Transportation

HNTB; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled transportation designer/technician to join their Kansas City Metro offices. This role involves working on local and statewide highway transportation projects, utilizing CAD design software, and contributing to a collaborative team environment. With over a century of experience, this firm offers an exciting opportunity to be part of significant infrastructure developments. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in transportation design, excellent communication skills, and a passion for creating impactful solutions. Join a team committed to building communities that matter.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience in transportation design or 10 years without formal education.
• Proficiency in CAD design software and familiarity with transportation terminology.

Responsibilities

• Prepare drawings and assist in plan preparation for transportation projects.
• Verify accuracy of drawings and assist in engineering studies.

Skills

CAD design software

transportation terminology

communication skills

time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology

Associate of Science in Drafting

10 years of relevant experience

Tools

Bentley Microstation

Job description

What We're Looking For

Join our Kansas City Metro offices and be integral to growing our transportation design practice. We are looking for a team-oriented transportation designer/technician with KDOT, MoDOT, KTA, and/or local municipal transportation/roadway design experience who is knowledgeable in CAD design software. While the primary focus will be on local and statewide highway transportation projects, the candidate will have the opportunity to support other disciplines and projects through our Central States Offices and firmwide transportation practice. Join our 110+ years of experience and be a part of why HNTB is consistently a top design firm in surveys by Engineering News-Record.

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity is a moderately supervised position at a proficient level in a team environment in which primary responsibilities include preparing drawings with CADD, assisting in other aspects of plan preparation such as information gathering, processing survey data, and creating exhibits for use in meetings. Focus of responsibilities will generally be related to roadways and transportation projects.

The candidate for this position can be located either in our downtown Kansas City or Overland Park office.

What You’ll Do:

• Responsible for verifying the accuracy of drawings, compatibility of work across disciplines, and for checking detail and quantity calculations. Calculates design data, prepares layouts, detailed specifications, estimates, reports, etc.
• Assists in preparing engineering studies and evaluations involved in the development of projects from initial concept to the design stage, with the assistance from the project engineer/architect.
• Attends project and pre-construction meetings and provides input to ensure proper policies, procedures, and specifications are followed.
• Responsible for resolving technical design problems that may include performing field investigation or inspections, detailed design work, and data.
• Performs general administrative assistance by maintaining complex project plans. May develop documentation, prepare project management report, and monitor accomplishments as related to targeted goals.
• Makes recommendations regarding process improvement for project delivery at the office level.
• Calculates quantities and performs engineering-related computations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology or related field and 6 years of relevant experience, or
• Associate of Science in Drafting or Technical School or related and 8 years of relevant experience, or
• In lieu of education, 10 years of relevant experience.

What You'll Bring:

• Ability to interpret and work from design sketches to produce an intended drawing or detail with some supervision.
• Familiarity with transportation terminology.
• Ability to express your ideas and questions clearly with the design team.
• Proficiency with, or ability to quickly become proficient in Bentley Microstation software (OpenRoads and Inroads).
• Openness to applying skills to new and different processes.

What We Prefer:

• Good time management skills.
• Good communication skills.
• 2 years' experience with transportation/roadway projects.

Additional Information

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Locations: Kansas City, MO, Overland Park, KS (Sprint Parkway)

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