Transportation Engineer

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design and merchandising institution in Tucson, Arizona, is seeking a Transportation Engineer to play a key technical role in urban and rural highway projects. The successful candidate will prepare thorough engineering designs while interacting with clients and overseeing a team. Applicants should possess 3+ years of roadway engineering experience, hands-on knowledge of CAD tools, and hold a professional engineering license. This is a full-time position that offers significant involvement in project management and design activities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years experience in roadway engineering design.
• Hands-on experience with specified CAD engineering software.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve under the direction of a Project Manager on highway projects.
• Oversee CAD Designers and possibly other EITs.
• Prepare detailed engineering designs for projects.
• Participate from site analysis to construction phase.
• Interact with clients as needed.

Skills

Roadway engineering design

Highways and Roads CAD engineering software

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Professional engineering license (PE or P.Eng)

Tools

Bentley ConceptStation

Open Roads Designer

Autodesk Infraworks

Civil3D

Job description

Position

Transportation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Serve in a technical role under the direction of a Project Manager on the engineering development of urban and rural highway/roadway projects
• Oversee the work of CAD Designers, and possibly other EITs
• Prepare detailed engineering designs for roadway and highway projects
• Participate in activities ranging from site feasibility analysis to final design and through the construction phase
• Assume some project management duties and interact with clients as needed
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 3 years experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design

Required Qualifications

• Previous experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design
• Hands‑on experience with Highways and Roads CAD engineering software such as Bentley ConceptStation and Open Roads Designer and/or Autodesk Infraworks and Civil3d
• MS Office knowledge
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Experience should include urban and rural highway interchanges, intersection design, traffic management, transportation planning, site planning, preparation of concept alignments, geometrical layout and CAD base alignment plans
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must

Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.

Location

United States – Arizona – Tucson

Industry

Highway + Road

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Job Posting

Apr 9, 2026

EEO Statement

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.