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***JOB POSTING***

 

Volkert is employee owned and a Top 100 design firm, committed to delivering the future of infrastructure in three key areas of service: Design + Engineering, Planning + Environmental, and Program + Construction Management.

 

Volkert Perks:

  • Competitive compensation
  • Flexibility and a positive work/life balance
  • Challenging and innovative projects
  • Employee referral program
  • Professional development
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan + employer matching
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays
  • Medical, Dental, & Vision
  • Employer-Paid Life/AD&D insurance
  • Employer-Paid short-term disability and long-term disability
  • Wellness incentives
  • Additional voluntary benefits

 

 

Current Openings

 

Roadway Engineer

 

Volkert is currently searching for a highly motivated Roadway Engineer to join their East Gulf Region in the Tuscaloosa, AL and Huntsville, AL areas.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Engineering design including geometric design of highways and streets, drainage design (hydrology and hydraulics)
  • Prepare construction plans and project displays
  • Assist in roadway plan set design & production including roadway alignments, cross-sections, drainage, maintenance of traffic and erosion and sedimentation control
  • Assist in preparing cost estimates, reports, and technical memos
  • Prepare memorandums summarize analysis work

 

What You Need To Have

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
  • 1 – 5 years of experience
  • EI Certification or PE License (if eligible)
  • Knowledge of fundamental transportation standards
  • Familiarity with state and FHWA design standards, guidelines, and policies
  • Proficient in the use of MS Office tools such as Excel, Word, and Powerpoint
  • Experience with computer programs such as MicroStation, ArcGIS, InRoads, various CAD, and OpenRoads Designer
  • Self-motivated to meet individual goals and maintain accountability in a team environment
  • Able to maintain project schedules, which may require occasional extended hours and overnight travel
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • General interpersonal skills including active listening, teamwork, responsibility, dependability, leadership, motivation, flexibility, and patience
  • ALDOT or local government design experience preferred
  • Characteristics of a successful Volkert team member:
  • Be a brand ambassador for the company who engages in diversity and inclusion,
  • Be self-motivated to meet individual goals and maintain accountability in a team environment
  • Exercise initiative and independent judgement in the solution of work problems
  • Be able to communicate effectively- verbal and written
  • Be able to multi-task in a team environment

 

 

Traffic/Transportation Engineer

 

Volkert is currently searching for an experienced Traffic/Transportation Engineer to join their East Gulf Region in the Tuscaloosa, AL and Huntsville, AL areas.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Perform routine aspects of assignments requiring knowledge and application of basic engineering principles
  • Projects may include traffic operations analysis, traffic signal design, traffic signal timing development, corridor planning studies, transportation safety studies, roadway master planning, long range transportation planning, and transportation modeling (micro and macro)
  • Assist the Project Manager and Project Engineer in the development and design of projects
  • Prepare engineering studies, documents, and reports

 

What You Need To Have

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
  • 0 – 5 years of experience
  • EI Certification or PE License (if eligible) required within one year of employment
  • Familiarity with Synchro, VISSIM, SIDRA, HCS, and Microstation
  • Familiarity with CUBE Voyager and TransCAD is a plus
  • Proficiency with MS Office products
  • Must be dependable with the ability to work independently, as well as part of a team to meet deadlines and provide high quality work
  • Able to maintain project schedules, which may require occasional extended hours and overnight travel
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • General interpersonal skills including active listening, teamwork, responsibility, dependability, leadership, motivation, flexibility, and patience
  • Characteristics of a successful Volkert team member:
  • Be a brand ambassador for the company who engages in diversity and inclusion,
  • Be self-motivated to meet individual goals and maintain accountability in a team environment
  • Exercise initiative and independent judgement in the solution of work problems
  • Be able to communicate effectively- verbal and written
  • Be able to multi-task in a team environment

 

 

Utility Engineer

 

Volkert is currently searching for an experienced Utility Engineer to join their East Gulf Region in the Tuscaloosa, AL and Huntsville, AL areas.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Engineering design for various linear utility projects, including water and wastewater, electric, telecommunications and natural gas
  • Planning and management of various projects
  • Oversee and guide designers and drafters to deliver linear utility projects
  • Responsibilities may include applying established and well-defined engineering techniques, procedures, policies or standards
  • Performs design computations, checks plans or computations, and develops quantity takeoffs
  • Adjusts and correlates data, recognizes discrepancies in results
  • Identify and analyze problems using reasoning to arrive at conclusions
  • Applies standard practices and techniques to accomplish work assignments
  • Understands and adheres to assigned phase and task schedules and budgets to ensure timely and cost-effective completion of project
  • Participates in ongoing development, communication and implementation of team concepts, programs and policies
  • Coordinates work to ensure best practices with all team members
  • Attends appropriate team meetings
  • Actively look for ways, and reinforce the actions needed, to improve performance within the larger organization
  • Prepare transportation reports and plans based on project analyses and assessments
  • Adheres to company standards for quality assurance and quality control as defined in the quality manual
  • Working closely and effectively communicating with team members

 

What You Need To Have

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
  • 1-5 years of design experience using AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation, GeoPak, OpenRoads, and InRoads
  • Ability to obtain EI Certification within a year
  • Registered Professional Engineer (PE) preferred
  • Utility experience preferred
  • Previous client relationships are a plus
  • Ability to work well with other related disciplines and coordinate design activities for timely completion and within resource budgets
  • Experience and ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment in the solution of work problems.
  • Characteristics of a successful Volkert team member:
  • Be a brand ambassador for the company who engages in diversity and inclusion
  • Be self-motivated to meet individual goals and maintain accountability in a team environment
  • Exercise initiative and independent judgement in the solution of work problems
  • Be able to communicate effectively- verbal and written
  • Be able to multi-task in a team environment

 

 

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