Highway Designer

Overview

Are you searching for a rewarding career which allows you to help shape safe and efficient highways across Pennsylvania? The Highway Designer position with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) invites you to take part in creating detailed roadway designs that support our communities. Within this role, you will have the opportunity to work on important projects from early sketches through final plans.

Apply today to join a team where your innovative critical thinking skills will benefit travelers throughout District 6!

This position supports the preparation of safe and efficient roadway designs in order to advance PennDOT projects. This specialized work includes drafting, calculating project elements, and assembling complete plan packages that guide construction. As a Highway Designer, you will perform the following duties:

• Design Preparation: Develop construction and right‑of‑way drawings and determine quantities for a wide‑range of roadway projects
• Geometry Calculations: Compute grade lines, curve data, drainage needs, and earthwork quantities for design accuracy
• Drafting
  
  Activities:
  
  Produce detailed plans using CADD tools from preliminary layouts to final drawings
• Field Support: Assist engineers during field visits by taking notes, measurements, and reference sketches
• Data Interpretation: Apply survey notes, aerial photographs, and engineering information to support project designs
• Safety Compliance: Follow all safety procedures, report hazards, and understand emergency actions for all work areas

• Full‑time employment
• Work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday‑Friday, with a 30‑minute lunch.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home part‑time, up to 5 days per pay period. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high‑speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in King of Prussia. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $59,345.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• One year as a Highway Draftsman‑Designer; or
• Three years of professional experience in highway design work including six months of CADD operation, and an Associate's Degree in civil engineering, drafting, or design technology; or
• One year of professional experience in highway design work including six months involved CADD operation, and a Bachelor's Degree in civil engineering, or a closely related field; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training.

• This particular position also requires possession of a valid driver's license.
• You must meet the PA residency requirement.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.