Senior Civil/Rail Engineer

Transystems - Raleigh, NC

Full-time - Senior

Raleigh, NC

1,001-5,000 employees

Real Estate

About the position

TranSystems Corporation is seeking a Senior Civil/Rail Engineer to join their Transit and Freight Rail Sectors. This role involves project management, design leadership, and maintaining client relationships while working on diverse transit and rail projects. The successful candidate will contribute to high-quality designs and mentor junior staff, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall Project Management including scope development, contract negotiations, staff management, project delivery, quality, and safety.
• Serve as lead civil/track designer on projects.
• Ensure projects are completed within the allocated time and budget.
• Provide team leadership.
• Plan, organize, and supervise the work of junior engineers and technicians.
• Grow and mentor staff, help recruit, and be a positive role model.
• Assist with writing proposals and making presentations.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and reviewing professional publications.
• Serve as a technical specialist for the organization for an assigned area of responsibility.
• Perform Independent Reviews of major projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering field required.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in design of major transit/freight rail engineering transportation projects.
• Strong communications skills.
• Strong experience working with transit agencies and/or Class 1 Railroads.
• Ability to lead civil/track aspects on multiple assignments.
• Strong experience in the preparation of plans, specifications and estimates.
• Extensive working knowledge of Microstation/Openroads platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint and various engineering and scheduling software.
• Professional Engineer license required.

Nice-to-haves

• Actively engages multiple perspectives when solving problems.
• Seeks to learn from peers and encourages reciprocal learning among team members.
• Actively advocates for full inclusion in the workplace.

Benefits

• Hybrid (in-person and remote) work environment.
• Access to company vehicle provided for inspection work.
• Comprehensive health benefits package including wellness, maternity/paternity leave, and employer paid AD&D, STD, and LTD.
• 401(k) company match.
• Vacation accrual separate from sick time.
• Eleven (11) paid holidays for 2024 with the option to substitute 2 holidays for employees to celebrate other days of significance.
• Six (6) day winter break in 2024 included in the paid holiday schedule.