Civil Engineer (Highway) (Design) - DIRECT HIRE

As a Highway Design Engineer, you will design transportation infrastructure for National Parks, Forests, and Wildlife Refuges and develop the plans, specifications, and estimates (PS&E) packages for advertisement and construction. Since the 1900s, Federal Lands Highway has delivered innovative transportation solutions in complex, unique environments. Join our team and make a difference! Learn more: https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/careers. We work where you play!As a Civil Engineer (Highway) (Design), you will: Develop plans, specifications, and estimates (PS&E) packages that clearly define the work, are biddable, and emphasize context sensitivity, safety, and constructability. Identify appropriate bid items, perform quantity computations for all facets of highway design, and develop summary tables for project plans and price estimates for all work items for assigned projects. Prepare appropriate design documentation,provide quality control reviews on PS&Es prepared by other designers. Develop the design and monitor the budget and schedule for assigned projects and have responsibility for the project from initial scoping through construction support. Manage workload by setting and adjusting short-term priorities, as required, to meet changing project needs and information. Generate and evaluate geometric design alternatives and develop sound design concepts, using 3D design software. Assess the impact of standard exceptions/compromises to established engineering principles and practices and conceptualize acceptable design exceptions and mitigation strategies, as necessary, to meet customer needs. Interpret, apply, and communicate the laws, regulations, policies, and guidance related to highway design. Assist in the development of plans for accomplishing business objectives and implementing quality initiatives, including assisting in the formulation and establishment of policies, standards, guidelines, and priorities for team operations. Identify, recommend, and/or use appropriate technologies for gathering data during PS&E development. Improve the quality of highway design work using new technologies and process improvements. Collaborate with internal staff and outside agencies. The ideal candidate is a mid-career design engineer with experience working both independently and with multidiscipline teams in developing, monitoring, and adhering to the design, budget, and schedule for assigned roadway construction projects, providing technical assistance from initial scoping through construction support, and addressing design engineering issues with a wide range of external contacts. This is an open continuous announcement for six months with various cut-off dates. We will routinely review applications.