Senior Engineer - Highways

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Your impact

Your Impact

Motivated and experienced Road Design Engineer who can utilize their strong technical and project management skills to deliver highways-related infrastructure projects.

The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting their project manager/ Team lead on design tasks to support infrastructure highways engineering activities. Includes planning, design phases of development projects of urban, rural roadways, expressway and freeways schemes.

Responsibilities

• Technical competence in detailed highways geometry design and able to independently deliver work and integrate with larger project team
• Preparation of concept and detailed design of Roundabouts, priority junctions, signalized junctions, interchanges, generating earthwork quantities.
• Competent to check the work of more junior team members.
• Analyses problems assigned under guidance and Offer new ideas to improve solutions and processes.
• Communicating with counterpart in lead office/Client.
• Coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams on project delivery.
• Willingness to share information and knowledge with team members.
• Shows flexibility in work tasks and locations.
  
  
  

REPORTING Design Manager /Engineering Manager

Here's what you'll need

Qualifications

• BE Degree in Civil Engineering /Post-Graduation in Transportation/Highway Engineering.
• Desirable Chartered Engineer or working towards with Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) or equivalent.
  
  
  

Experience

• 7-12 years’ experience in highway engineering design (preferable Global Design Center experience).
  
  
  

KEY COMPETENCY – Technical Skills

• Understanding of engineering standards (DMRB/AASHTO/Australian/Middle East), codes of practice, local authorities’ guidelines and offer new ideas to improve solutions and processes.
• Able to lead projects independently and integrate with larger project team.
• Adopt QA/QC checking procedures as per company policy to ensure sound and coordinated design both internally and across other disciplines.
  
  
  

KEY COMPETENCY – Soft Skills

• Minimum 6-7 years of proven highway design experience with software proficiency in Open Roads or Civil3D. Exposure to other software tools (Inroads, 12D, TransiCAD, PDS Sign & Lines) and relevant design standards (DMRB/ Aashto /AusRoads preferable.
• Working knowledge of CDE platform (Common Data Environment) i.e. ProjectWise or BIM360.
  
  
  

At Jacobs we value people. Having the right balance of belonging, career and lifestyle enables us to consistently deliver and exceed clients’ expectations.

Working alongside industry leaders, you will have the opportunity to develop your career working on key projects in an environment which encourages collaboration, knowledge sharing and innovation. To support your professional growth, Jacobs flexible working arrangements, extended leave options and a host of social, health and wellbeing events and initiatives will underpin our commitment to you.

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