OverviewABOUT THE POSITIONVHB's Watertown, MA office is looking for an
Entry Level Highway Designer - 2027 Graduate to join our team. Our team uses its skills and experience to improve our community's highway and roadway infrastructure with an integrated, context-driven, and innovative project delivery mindset. Our clients include MassDOT Highway Division, local Cities and Towns, MBTA, Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR), other state public agencies, Colleges and Universities, and private developers.
Responsibilities- Work within a team of design, engineering, and construction professionals in developing transportation design solutions for a multitude of projects
- Roadway design
- Drainage design
- Utility design
- Traffic control development
- Preliminary and final design plans
- Contract documents, including specifications
- Engineer's construction cost estimates and schedules
- Construction phase services
- Field inspection
- Traditional and alternative design development and project delivery including design-build
- Work on interdisciplinary design teams and collaborate and coordinate with engineers and contractors with specialties in bridge, traffic, environmental, utilities, and stormwater.
Skills and Attributes- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Comfortable working independently as well as on a team
- Detail oriented, self-motivated, and committed
- Strong computer skills
- Critical thinking and problem solving
Qualifications- Bachelor's of Science in Civil Engineering
- 0-1 years of professional transportation engineering experience
- EIT, or EIT in process, is a plus
- Roadway design experience is a plus
- AutoCAD Civil 3D experience is a strong plus
The full-time annual base salary range for this position, located in Massachusetts, is $86,000 to $88,000. The base salary offered will be determined based on job-related factors, including geographic location, internal equity, experience, credentials, skills, education, work schedule, and other factors permitted by law. The posted salary range reflects base pay only. Additional compensation and benefits available to eligible employees are outlined in our Total Rewards Program.
Annual base salary is one component of VHB's Total Rewards package. In addition to base pay, eligible employees may receive annual incentive compensation bonuses, spot bonuses, and merit-based salary increases, providing opportunities to increase earnings beyond base pay. VHB also offers a differentiating work experience, including a comprehensive benefits package that includes eligibility to participate in the VHB 401(k) plan, medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, and recognition programs.
Details on VHB's benefits package can be found here: Benefits Checklist
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