Senior Engineer - Pavements

Description

The company is a Fortune 500 firm with revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025 and more than 50,000 staff, working in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings for public and private clients.

The Pavements team sits in the Linear Infrastructure group and supports highways, civil and aviation programs from feasibility through detailed design, tender and construction support.

Projects include pavement-led work such as condition assessments, investigations and life cycle analysis, plus multidisciplinary work, long term frameworks with Local Authorities and Design & Build commissions for major contractors.

The company has delivered work across Australia, the USA, the UK, Canada and the Middle East, and experience in any of these regions is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Help produce pavement design inputs for flexible, rigid and composite pavements on highways, airfields and civil sites, including analysis, calculations, design reports, drawings, bills of quantities and specifications.
• Help plan and interpret pavement investigations and condition assessments, covering FWD, GPR, coring, DCP data, visual surveys, materials test reviews and deterioration analysis.
• Help evaluate rehabilitation and maintenance options, run life cycle cost analysis and rank treatment strategies against client budgets and performance targets.
• Prepare and check CAD deliverables and design models with the digital and CAD teams, making sure outputs meet applicable standards and client requirements.
• Contribute to tender documents, method statements and technical notes, and help answer technical queries during construction.
• Work with geotechnical, highways, drainage, structures, traffic and construction colleagues to fit pavement solutions into the wider design.
• Follow internal QA/QC procedures, document control protocols, health and safety rules and risk management practices on every task.
• Present analyses and recommendations clearly in client meetings and workshops.
• Help program and report tasks, covering scope, schedule and progress, and take on small work packages under senior engineers' guidance.
• Help manage survey datasets, GIS layers and laboratory results, and build reusable templates and digital workflows.

Requirements

• Essential: a bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a closely related field, with an interest in pavements, highways and/or geotechnical engineering.
• Essential: more than 5 years' experience in pavement design, investigation or rehabilitation planning. Internships and placements count.
• Essential: working knowledge of at least one set of standards, such as Austroads, UK DMRB/MCHW, AASHTO/ME or FAA guidance.
• Essential: understanding of pavement design principles, including mechanistic empirical concepts, traffic and loading, materials characterization, subgrade behavior and drainage.
• Essential: proficiency in MS Office and basic CAD such as AutoCAD or Civil 3D, with the ability to produce clear sketches and markups for design development.
• Essential: strong analytical and written communication skills, with close attention to detail in calculations, reports and presentations.
• Essential: a collaborative attitude, a willingness to learn, and the ability to manage priorities across several projects at once.
• Nice to have: experience with pavement tools such as AASHTOWare Pavement ME, Circly, KENPAVE, EverStress or equivalent, and interpreting FWD, GPR and IRI data.
• Nice to have: exposure to materials testing for binders, asphalt, concrete and granulars, along with specifications and mix design basics.
• Nice to have: GIS workflows for asset mapping and program planning, and/or basic scripting for data processing in Excel VBA or Python.
• Nice to have: experience on Design & Build projects or public sector frameworks.
• Nice to have: field experience in site investigations, construction monitoring and QA checks, and awareness of site safety protocols.
• Nice to have: work or academic exposure to Australian, US, UK, Canadian or Middle Eastern standards and practices.

Conditions

All newly hired employees must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at a company office as a condition of employment.

The company is committed to a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and takes fraudulent hiring seriously.

The company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and handles all applicant information confidentially under EEO guidelines.

Benefits

• Benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D cover, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, an employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, a retirement savings plan and an employee stock purchase plan, depending on employment status.
• Mentoring from senior pavement, geotechnical and highway engineers, and a structured route to professional development and chartership.
• Work on varied, high profile infrastructure portfolios across several regions.
• A training and development program covering technical and leadership skills, with a focus on technical excellence, digital delivery and continuous learning.