Highway Engineering Design Task Lead

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking a HIGHWAY ENGINEERING DESIGN TASK LEAD to be based in Eastern Pennsylvania. AECOM has offices in Mechanicsburg, Philadelphia and Conshohocken, PA. This is a HYBRID position and additional office locations may be considered.

In this role, you will provide technical leadership and design coordination to highway engineering designers and associate task leads working on medium to large scale transportation projects in the Greater Pennsylvania Area.

If you are experienced in developing the highway design technical approach, quantities and pricing, while providing technical guidance and oversight to associate highway task leads and designers working under your direction, then this will be a great fit. In this role, you will also coordinate with other project discipline design leads, the highway engineering technical lead or engineering manager, and the project manager to advance project scope and deliverables.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Technical guidance and verification of design criteria, horizontal and vertical alignments, superelevation, barrier/guiderail design, and spot elevation details
• Technical guidance and verification of rigid and flexible pavement designs
• Technical guidance and verification of signing and pavement marking plans and details
• Technical guidance and verification of construction phasing plans and maintenance of traffic based on interdisciplinary coordination and constructability reviews
• Technical guidance and verification of coordinated utility conflict resolutions based on interdisciplinary constructability reviews, client feedback, and utility needs
• Technical guidance and verification of construction specifications, quantities, and cost estimates
• Technical guidance and verification of 3D Model in Open Roads
• Technical guidance and verification of technical calculations and reports per client and/or internal AECOM standards
• Adhere to and promote AECOM quality procedures
• Verify completion of interdisciplinary technical reviews
• Contribute to internal project-related staffing decisions to facilitate meeting client schedule, scope, and budget.
• Contribute to the development of proposals and other marketing efforts to win new work.
• Prepare presentations that explain technical findings, recommendations, and limitations
• Work collaboratively as part of a larger design team to proactively meet the client’s scope, budget, and schedule through ethical and responsible decision making.
• Provide support to AECOM project managers and technical department managers.

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