Project Engineer - Transportation

About This Role

This Project Engineer role focuses on complete streets and multimodal transportation, joining a diverse and growing team in Pennsylvania. The Project Engineer will be responsible for the design, coordination, and analysis of complex multimodal transportation design projects throughout their entire life cycle, from concept development through final design and construction administration. Projects will center on complete streets, bikeway design, trails, and improving multimodal safety, delivering new roadways, trails, bikeways, complete streets widenings, and resurfacing projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop planning-level concepts that address vehicular, bicycle, and/or pedestrian safety concerns for intersections and corridors
• Working with an interdisciplinary team, develop and deploy a toolbox of solutions that improve the multimodal transportation network, including road diets, geometric safety improvements, separated bicycle facilities, raised bicycle lanes, bicycle signals, sidewalk improvements, transit boarding islands, ADA ramps, protected intersections, median refuge islands, trails, trailheads, pedestrian bridges, drainage, signing and pavement markings, tactile walking surface indicators, and others
• Design and analysis of horizontal and vertical alignments of roadways, trails, and bicycle facilities
• Prepare plan, profile, cross section, and detail sheets
• Design temporary traffic control plans
• Calculate quantities and prepare phased construction cost estimates based on the level of submission
• Support preparation of design documentation
• Support preparation of specifications and bid packages
• Collaborate with project managers to develop scopes of work, cost proposals, and marketing materials
• Coordinate with other disciplines on creative solutions to a variety of design challenges
• Work alongside the project management team to ensure adherence to project scope, schedule, and budgets
• Manage, teach, and mentor junior engineers and entry-level designers
• Effectively communicate with staff at all levels, clients, and peer consultants and teaming partners
• Collaborate with project managers and senior members of RK&K’s Pennsylvania management team to achieve the best outcomes
• Effectively communicate projects to the community, including experience with planning, supporting, and/or executing successful public engagement activities
• Seek input early in design through a variety of methods, including virtual and in-person public meetings and deployment of survey tools
• Describe how designs address the project need using effective graphics and written/oral communication
• Conduct 1:1 conversations with concerned stakeholders

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