Construction Engineer - Transportation

At Jacobs, we're not just building infrastructure, we're helping our clients innovate and grow by designing, engineering, and executing the construction of their state-of-the-art facilities that are changing our world.

As a Construction Engineer, you'll join our collaborative team providing our clients with award-winning engineering, construction management, and design-build project delivery. We are looking for a passionate Construction Engineer in the Milwaukee or southeast Wisconsin area who is driven by collaboration, exceeding expectations, and challenging the status quo. You'll provide construction engineering and inspection services on highway, roadway, bridge and other various infrastructure projects in Milwaukee and across southeast Wisconsin. As part of our project team, the responsibilities of this position may include but are not limited to:

- Being the Project Lead or Assistant Project Lead on WisDOT projects

- Documenting contractor progress and quantities completed

- Performing daily inspections to verify that the Contractor work is being completed in accordance with the contract documents

- Preparing daily construction reports that identify the contractor workforce, equipment, and activities, site visitors, and includes daily progress photos

- Reviewing contract plans, specifications, submittals and material information

- Reporting and documenting any field conditions that deviate from the Contract

- Utilizing contract documents to perform general monitoring and documentation of construction activities.

In this role you'll be part of a project team, surrounded by expert mentorship to help you thrive and opportunities to grow in your career. You'll communicate with members of the Jacobs team, client, and contractor and work together to mitigate or eliminate project risks. You'll be accountable for interacting with our construction sites, clients, and management to support the project team. Your keen ability to communicate effectively and maintain organized documentation records will be key to tackling project challenges.

Bring your curiosity, technical skill and desire to grow. Working together, we'll help you design your career and pursue what fulfills you so that we can make impacts on the future - big and small, global and local.

- Substantial years' professional experience in roadway/highway, bridge, or general civil construction projects

- Experience on WisDOT construction projects

- Ability to drive to/from project locations in SE Wisconsin and the Milwaukee area.

- Working knowledge of construction engineering and document control

- Proficiency with Microsoft applications, including Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook

- Excellent organizational and written and verbal communication skills

Ideally, you'll also have:

- WisDOT HTCP Certifications for Portland Cement Concrete Technician and Nuclear Density Technician

- OSHA 10- or 30- hour training

- Working knowledge of Bluebeam, MicroStation, Civil3D and/or AutoCAD

Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.