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Senior Rail Bridge Engineer - Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers

Kiewit

The Role

Overview

Lead design and delivery of rail bridge projects, mentoring staff and ensuring code compliance.

Key Responsibilities

  • bridge design
  • load rating
  • cadd coordination
  • design standards
  • project lead
  • client coordination

Tasks

-Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies. -Identify, interpret, and apply appropriate design standards and codes; ensure compliance with contract documents -Perform bridge engineering/design calculations, developing structural details, inspecting bridges and performing load rating calculations -Lead and perform engineering design tasks and coordinate with CADD teams in developing plans, specifications, and estimates for preliminary and final design of standard bridges, walls, substructures, foundations and other transportation structures (Culverts, Inlet structures, etc.) Mentor and lead other junior engineers and review/check designs of junior staff. -Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required. -Identify technical differentiators and develop schemes for key project pursuits -May lead a subset/segment of a project where you have project engineering responsibilities -Participate in technical meetings and discussions; strategize innovative solutions to complex or unique technical problems. Coordinate/communicate with clients, partners, and other disciplines. -Identify and understand technical requirements of design projects and implement engineering principles to develop solutions.

Requirements

  • professional engineer
  • 10+ years
  • seismic design
  • csibridge
  • midas
  • aashto lrfd

What You Bring

-Worked on a variety of projects including Class I railroads, shortlines, industrial and transit clients -Strong people skills and an ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment. -Minimum 10 years experience in relevant structural/bridge engineering design. -Experience with seismic design and analysis, preferred. -Strong all-around theoretical knowledge of structural engineering principles. -Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment. -Registration as a Professional Engineer -Regular, reliable attendance -Experience coordinating work across a geographical area with multiple offices/projects. -Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. -Bachelor’s degree or greater in Structural Engineering or Civil Engineering (Masters Preferred). -Work productively and meet deadlines timely -Preferred experience with engineering design software, i.e. programs such as CSiBridge, MIDAS, PGSuper, etc. -Demonstrated history of being a technical specialist or Project Manager on mid-size projects, and supervise more junior engineers in the performance of engineering tasks -Ability to travel as business requires. -Experience with AASHTO LRFD, AISC, ACI, and other North American design codes. -Experience with Design-Build or other alternative delivery methods, preferred.

The Company

About Kiewit

-It evolved into a massive employee‑owned network operating across North America, delivering projects valued in the billions. -Today it specializes in transportation, water/wastewater, power, oil, gas & chemicals, building, industrial, marine and mining sectors. -Signature projects include New York’s 63rd Street Tunnel, Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Tunnel, T‑Mobile Park in Seattle, and major renewable energy sites. -Its marine division undertakes dredging, coastal resiliency and naval base work, while energy teams deliver gas, power delivery and renewables. -With deep roots in engineering‑led construction, it is known for tackling the kind of ‘impossible’ projects that reshape cities and industries.

Sector Specialisms

Mine Management

Production

Infrastructure Construction

Maintenance

Contract Mining

Power Industry

Gas-fired Generation

Power Delivery

Renewable Energy

Transportation

Interstates

Highways and Bridges

Rail Lines and Rail Yards

Urban Mass Transit Systems

Airport Runways and Taxiways

Arts and Culture

Aviation

Commercial/Mixed-use

Federal

Healthcare

Higher Education

Hospitality

Sports/Entertainment

Transportation/Industrial Construction

Water Treatment and Supply

Desalination

Wastewater and Biosolids

Conveyance, Dams and Storage

Industrial Energy

Waste to Energy

Renewable Natural Gas

Food and Beverage

Pulp and Paper

Metals

Advanced Manufacturing

Industrial Water

Data Center / Mission Critical

Education

Government

Manufacturing / Industrial

Mixed Use / Retail

Transit Facilities

Offshore

Oil Sands

Gas Processing

Pipeline Facilities

Tanks and Terminals

LNG

Refining and Renewable Fuels

Petrochemical

Energy Storage

Gas and Hydrogen-fired Generation

Nuclear

Coal Retrofit