Senior Specialist

What You’d Actually Be Doing Here

This isn’t a job where you sit around waiting for someone to tell you what to do. This firm ; a well established civil engineering outfit ; needs a Senior Transportation Design Engineer who can jump in and start contributing from day one. You’ll lead design tasks, mentor junior staff, and produce preliminary and final engineering deliverables. Your projects will cover roadway rehabilitation and reconstruction, intersections, traffic signals, roundabouts, drainage, and multi use paths. You’ll apply INDOT, LPA, and AASHTO standards across active work. And you’ll collaborate closely with your internal team to deliver high quality results.

What They Need From You

• A Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• A Professional Engineer (PE) license in Indiana or the ability to get it within 6 months of starting.
• 4–8 years of transportation engineering experience under your belt.
• A real working knowledge of INDOT standards and procedures ; not just a passing familiarity.
• Experience with AutoCAD and Civil 3D.
• The ability to step into projects quickly with minimal training or ramp up time.

What Would Make You Stand Out

These aren't dealbreakers, but they'd sure help:

• Traffic signal or roundabout design experience.
• Drainage design or utility coordination experience.
• Curb ramp, sidewalk, or multi use path design experience.

The Culture and Compensation Part

The culture here is collaborative and people first. They actually listen to individual ideas and value each person's strengths. That's rare enough that it's worth mentioning twice. You'll get long term career growth opportunities plus professional development that goes beyond the usual annual training checkbox. The schedule is flexible ; they trust you to manage your time as long as the work gets done. Benefits are solid too: health insurance options (medical, dental, vision), paid time off for vacation and sick leave plus holidays observed by the company calendar annually as per policy details upon offer extended discussion regarding specific year accrual levels eligible employee contribution rates etcetera typical group plan coverage; normal stuff really but done right without nickel and diming you throughout open enrollment periods each fall season accordingly after first ninety day introductory probationary period ends satisfactorily reviewed month three performance checkpoint meeting scheduled biweekly until completion review process finalized formally documented personnel file maintained confidential secured company intranet portal HRIS system records retention compliance statute limitations governing privacy rights protected state law local ordinance applicable federal regulations thereunder including but not limited thereto thereof onward forward moving ahead progressing 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