Description:
UEG is currently looking for an energetic and knowledgeable individual to fill a full-time Bridge Engineer position.
Job Summary/Objective
You will work under the direction of a senior team member and receive specific instruction for required tasks and project components. The ideal team member is a driven individual focused on building a career with our team with professional presence, solid decision-making, planning, and organizational skills. This is an opportunity to really challenge your critical thinking with a significant opportunity for career growth!
*Position can be located in any of their offices in Kansas/Iowa/Nebraska.
Essential Functions
- Assist as a team member on routine and fractural critical bridge inspections.
- Assist with instrumentation on bridges that require load testing.
- Evaluates, selects, and applies standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform a task or sequence of tasks for conventional projects with few complex features.
- Collaboratively uses judgment to determine adaptations in methods for non-routine aspects of assignments.
- Works on small projects or portions of larger projects.
- Understands and provides input to quality program.
- Performs moderate design tasks.
- Prepares portions of project documents, edits specifications.
- Performs research and investigations.
- Assists with client, customer, or official contacts and communication pertaining to specific assignments or meetings.
- Strong sense of urgency and self-initiative to meet client deadlines.
- Knowledge of and ability to apply the fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of civil engineering to construction projects.
- Involved in outreach activities with community service organizations.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET accredited program.
- EIT Preferred
- 1-5 years of experience required
Preferred Education and Experience
- Master’s degree not required, but preferred.
- Experience or knowledge of DOT Standard Plans and Specifications
- Safety Inspection of In-Service Bridges (FHWA-NHI-130055)