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Entry Level Highway Designer

VHB, Boston, Massachusetts, us, 02298

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ABOUT THE POSITION VHB’s Watertown, MA office is looking for an Entry Level Highway Designer 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

Our best estimate of the salary range for this position is $80,000-83,000. The final compensation will be based on a variety of factors including internal comparators, skills, education, training, credentials, experience, scope and complexity of role responsibilities and geographic location.

We are VHB! We’re an inspired and innovative team of engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Our work helps improve mobility, enhance communities, and contribute to economic vitality. We do this while balancing development and infrastructure needs with stewardship of our environment.

VHB provides a differentiating employee experience, which includes:

Diverse and inclusive culture of collaboration and innovation

Opportunity to work on complex, transformational projects

Community and social responsibility as sustainable stewards

Focus on learning, development, and career growth

Best-in-class benefits, including flexible, hybrid workplace

We are consistently rated one of the top AEC firms to work for across our 30+ offices on the East Coast. We’re growing, and we hope you’ll join us!

VHB is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of inclusion and belonging, supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

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