Bridge Engineer - Transportation Market - BRIDG003177

$75,000 - $128,000/Yr

Gresham Smith - Dallas, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Onsite - Dallas, TX

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Bridge Engineer position at Gresham Smith focuses on designing and managing bridge projects for public clients. The role emphasizes collaboration within a creative team of architecture, engineering, and design professionals dedicated to creating healthy communities. The engineer will be responsible for technical project management, client interaction, and mentoring junior engineers, while also ensuring the successful execution of bridge design projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and project manage bridge projects for public clients at the local, county, or state level.
• Support client contact, marketing, and the design team.
• Plan, develop, and coordinate bridge engineering design projects with technical responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating assignments.
• Maintain relationships with individuals within or outside the organization with responsibility for acting independently on technical matters pertaining to the bridge design projects.
• Provide mentoring, supervision, and overall leadership to the design group.
• Perform calculations and act as technical advisor to less experienced engineers.
• Perform bridge inspections for routine and complex bridge structures, prepare reports, and coordinate with other team members.
• Develop scopes of work, project hours, and schedules.
• Check accuracy of completed work.
• Travel to collect field data, conduct reviews, monitor construction progress, conduct client meetings, and participate in public hearing or interview presentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil/Transportation/Structural Engineering; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 6 years' experience in bridge design; strongly prefer 8 or more years' experience.
• Professional Engineering licensure, P.E. is required.
• Bridge inspection experience is preferred and NHI Certification as a Team leader is preferred.
• SPRAT certification is preferred.
• Preferred experience would include project work on complex structures as well as load rating experience.
• Prefer experience with Alternate Delivery Projects.
• MicroStation and/or AutoCAD, as well as bridge software experience is required.
• Strong written and verbal communication and collaborative skills with the ability to lead a team.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Alternate Delivery Projects.
• Bridge inspection experience and NHI Certification as a Team leader.
• SPRAT certification.

Benefits

• Professional growth and development support.
• Opportunities to give back to the community.
• Flexible work schedules.
• Competitive benefits.