Roadway Engineer

  • Jacobs
  • Reston, Virginia
  • Full Time
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The Jacobs Virginia Transportation team is searching for a motivated Roadway Engineer who can utilize their excellent technical and design management skills to deliver highways-related infrastructure projects. This opportunity is your chance to work on multi-disciplined transportation projects that focus on highway, roadway, and interchange projects. You will serve as a mid-level Roadway Design engineer on large transportation projects throughout the Virginia geography to perform preliminary and final design engineering and prepare documentation to satisfy the requirements for local and State roadway projects for our Virginia transportation top clients such as the Virginia DOT and local county and city governments.

Wed look to you to provide technical expertise on all aspects of highway design projects including design-build transportation project. Youd perform work with the preparation of roadway design using local (State, County or City) or AASHTO standards at both conceptual, preliminary and final design levels. Also, youd develop specifications, cost estimates, and prepare final bid packages.

Youd grow professionally with the opportunity to coordinate with all complimentary disciplines (roadway, drainage, structural, traffic, public involvement and environmental), technical preparation and supervision of roadway and planning design tasks, perform plan quality reviews, participate in value engineering studies.

Youll be coordinating activities of design engineers and technicians to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget. Participate in project decisions regarding technical approaches, cost and scheduling performance as well as maintain a close relationship with management and track upcoming project opportunities and collaborate on project pursuits.

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Licensed as a Professional Engineer or able to obtain within 6 months

Previous professional project experience associated with the highway market sector and with large transportation infrastructure projects and programs.

Proficiency and prior experience of using MicroStation and OpenRoads

Demonstrated track record of roadway design experience with VDOT. Knowledge of VDOT design standards and design criteria is required.

Experience in transportation design work with an emphasis on roadway/highway and geometrics final design and/or Maintenance of Traffic and Traffic Control final design.

Strong technical design background in traffic engineering, highway design, and highway drainage, as well as expertise with AASHTO, FHWA and MUTCD standards.

Ideally,youll also have:

3D modeling experience using OpenRoads. Strong MicroStation and OpenRoads background.

Working knowledge of ProjectWise.

Previous Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) experience and understanding of VDOT policies and procedures.

Previous experience working on alternative delivery (Design-Build and PPP) major transportation projects

Actively engaged in professional organizations.

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.
Job ID: 480429932
Originally Posted on: 6/8/2025

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