Job Description

AECOM is seeking a talented Roadway/Transportation Drainage Design Engineer to join a dynamic and highly technical transportation team of planners, engineers, and technicians in the Chicago, IL office.

As a drainage engineer, you will lead the drainage design on our transportation projects for a variety of clients in public and private industries. You will also have the opportunity to be part of cutting-edge design projects that utilize the latest technologies for delivering design services to clients.

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Responsibilities:

• Roadway drainage design

• Bridge/culvert hydraulic analyses

• Scour analysis

• Erosion and sedimentation control

• Other related design tasks

• Plan production and development of bid sets

• Coordinating with other disciplines

• Obtaining permits required from regulatory agencies.

• Interact and coordinate regularly with clients and sub-consultants in the various assignments.

Qualifications

_ Minimum Requirements:_

• BA/BS + 6 Years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

• Must have valid driver's license.

_ Preferred Qualifications:_

• Illinois PE license highly preferred

• 8 + years of experience designing highway/roadway systems, drainage systems, and traffic control plans

• Experience with GeoPak Drainage, SWMM, HY-8, and HEC Programs

• Experience with design software including MicroStation and GEOPAK and/or OpenRoads

• Experience designing highway/drainage systems

• Experience managing multidisciplinary project with sub-consultants

• Familiar with MS Office 2010 software (Excel, Word, Project) is a plus

• Experience with drainage projects in Edwards Aquifer Zone and Water Quality Plans

• Experience with SUDA

• Design of drainage system in coastal environment

• Experience in preparing CLOMR/LOMR and Coordination with Local Flood Plain Administrators/Agencies

• Related experience and certification including Schematic Development, Roadway Design, Hydrologic Studies, Roadway Hydraulic Design, Bridge Hydraulic Design, Storm Water Pump Station-Hydraulic Design, Bridge Scour Evaluation and Analysis, Coastal Hydraulic Design, Riverive Hydraulic Design, and FEMA Regulations and Permits

• Experience with Business Development/Client Relations

• Experience with Illinois DOT proposals and interviews

• Experience with managing people at various experience levels and ability to mentor with their career development

• Good communication skills

Additional Information

• All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

• Relocation is not offered for this position.

• Sponsorship is not offered for this position.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.