Engineering Designer III

Engineering Designer III

Alta is looking for a Civil Engineer to join and help grow and lead our teams across the country. This production-level position is a great opportunity for someone who believes in the importance of active, multimodal, and sustainable transportation and who is interested in growing their career as a transportation engineer professional. In this role, you’ll work on the design of a variety of sustainable transportation and non-motorized recreation projects. This may include concept-level design efforts such as Complete Streets or greenway corridor studies, to development of construction documents, cost estimates, and specifications. Specific project work may involve shared use path design and feasibility, on-street bikeway design, wayfinding signage design, streetscape design, and urban design. You will be challenged to think at a variety of scales from the systems-level down to specific sites or intersections. Engineers who enjoy working closely with other disciplines will appreciate Alta’s multi-disciplinary approach that encourages collaboration with our planners, landscape architects, graphics designers, outreach specialists, and data analysts.  If you are looking to join an innovative organization and do work that connects people to places while advancing social justice, safety, and environmental resilience, apply with Alta today!
 

About Alta
Alta Planning + Design is a sustainable transportation company dedicated to creating active, healthy communities through planning, landscape architecture, engineering, and education/encouragement programs. Alta was founded in 1996 when communities were calling for safer streets for people walking and bicycling as the non-motorized transportation movement developed into a profession in the United States. We pioneered the field of active transportation, evolving our planning and design work into a visionary global practice that empowers people to live active, healthy lives and gets them to where they need to go.  

Our core values and work bring about positive change by creating places that are geared toward moving people rather than cars, connecting community members to daily needs and human experience, and empowering every person to live an active healthy life. As a global leader in mobility innovation for over 26 years, we are dedicated to connecting people to places by working across disciplines and scale to address social justice, safety, and environmental resilience.

Day to Day

With minimal oversight, you will be responsible for a variety of tasks including grading design, signing and striping, traffic signal design, storm drainage, demolition plans, typical sections, traffic control plans, construction staging, details, and engineer’s estimates for large-and small-scale bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects, complete streets, and multi-modal projects. This may include responding to internal QA/QC comments and external client comments. 

From time to time, you may participate in and lead some site visits to project sites to investigate existing conditions and observe construction activities.  You will lead some project tasks and assist in creating all project documents to prepare a complete bid-ready Plans, Specification, and Estimate package. There may be projects that require specific documentation, such as projects with Caltrans oversight, state and/or federal funding and you will be expected to assist in and lead some efforts in preparing necessary documents. You may be designated as the project design lead or support a project design lead and/or project manager, and other team members in client coordination, sub-consultant coordination, and document review. You will participate in and be encouraged to lead some project coordination meetings with clients (both internal and external).

Some support will be encouraged in pursuing projects including writing the scope of work, preparing fee estimates, preparing technical graphics and concepts, reviewing proposals for other technical content, and coordinating with internal staff. 

You will support a variety of internal and external clients on creating conceptual designs and plans for grant applications, feasibility studies, and other planning documents.

Qualifications

Required

• 4-6+ years of experience as a Transportation Engineer in a consulting environment or public entity.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
• Must possess a PE License or be able to obtain within 1 year
• Experience in, and knowledge of, the field of active, non-motorized transportation.
• Demonstrated understanding of and experience preparing Plans, Specifications and Estimates packages for roadway projects and a detailed understanding of project management principles, methods and techniques.
• Ability to guide staff members and manage internal team expectations.
• Exhibits strong initiative and ability to capitalize on opportunities to enhance Alta’s position in the marketplace.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, multiple simultaneous projects involving cross-functional project teams within budgetary and schedule constraints.
• Strong initiative and the ability to work independently with little or no supervision.
• Ability and willingness to travel.
• Excellent professional ethics, leadership skills, accountability, and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication and analytic skills.
• Good presentation skills.
• Proficient in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, MicroStation or similar software.
• Proficient in Excel, Word, MS Project, Bluebeam or similar software.
• Proficiency in enterprise-wide resource planning and project management tool.

Preferred

• Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering or a related field of study.
• Experience managing projects for both private and public clients.
• Experience using Deltek Vision
• Active participation in industry-relevant professional associations and committees.

What We Offer

Flexible Schedule

Alta offers a flexible, hybrid work schedule where most employees work from home three days per week. In-office days support our collaborative culture, one of our core values. Our Durham office is located Downtown, a thriving one square mile full with world-class restaurants and entertainment venues, and an incubator for creative thinking and innovative ideas. Destinations such as Central Park, Durham Food Hall, DPAC, and the Durham Bulls Athletic Park are just a short walk away; trend-setting trails such as the American Tobacco Trail and the upcoming Durham Rail-Trail are a short bike ride away.

Our office strongly believes in a flexible culture that understands that beyond employees, we are people who may be parents, have hobbies, or need a hybrid schedule to mitigate long commutes. Our passion drives our dedication and commitment to do what we do.

Compensation

The pay range for this job is commensurate with experience and job location. Placement within the range is based upon experience, skill sets, and qualifications.

Benefits

Alta offers comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees:

• Medical: PPO or HSA medical plans, Alta pays 75% of the cost
• Dental/Vision: PPO, Alta pays 90% of the cost
• Life Insurance: Alta pays 100% of the premium for life and AD&D, equal to your base compensation
• 401(k): Alta provides a safe harbor match up to 4%
• PTO: 21 days accrued annually to start
• Holidays: 11 total company paid holidays
• Parental Leave/Short-Term Disability
• Additional Benefits: Wellness reimbursement up to $800 annually, Alta Gets Around benefit of up to $900 annually, 5-year travel award, and professional development opportunities