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Apply your Illinois Structural Engineer license and bridge design expertise to complex steel and concrete structures while collaborating with a multidisciplinary firm consistently ranked among ENR’s leading transportation, mass transit, and rail engineering providers.\nThe Opportunity\nLead and deliver structural engineering assignments for highway, transit, freight rail, and passenger rail bridges, along with retaining walls, culverts, foundations, and related transportation structures. Provide senior technical direction, coordinate multidisciplinary design teams, mentor engineers, and work directly with Illinois agencies and clients from planning and preliminary engineering through final design and construction.\nYour Impact\nLead structural engineering tasks and projects for highway, transit, freight rail, and passenger rail infrastructure from planning through construction.\nDevelop and oversee designs for steel and concrete bridge superstructures, substructures, foundations, retaining walls, culverts, sign structures, and related assets.\nPrepare and review structural calculations, design memoranda, Bridge Condition Reports, feasibility studies, plans, specifications, quantities, and cost estimates.\nPerform structural evaluations, rehabilitation analyses, load ratings, and bridge inspections.\nResolve complex design issues, conduct quality-control reviews, and confirm compliance with AASHTO LRFD, IDOT, Illinois Tollway, and applicable rail standards.\nCoordinate with roadway, rail, geotechnical, drainage, traffic, architecture, CADD, and construction teams to produce complete, constructible packages.\nManage assigned scope, fees, schedules, staffing, deliverables, risk, and technical quality.\nPartner with IDOT, Illinois Tollway, CDOT, CTA, Metra, Amtrak, Class I railroads, municipalities, contractors, and project stakeholders.\nSupport construction through shop-drawing reviews, RFI responses, field observations, and resolution of structural issues.\nMentor junior and mid-level structural engineers and coordinate CADD and technical staff.\nContribute technical approaches, scopes, fee estimates, proposals, interviews, and capture planning for bridge and rail pursuits.\nAdvance design standards, reusable tools, technical innovation, and continuous improvement.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering from an accredited program.\nActive Illinois Structural Engineer (S.E.) license.\n10+ years of progressive structural or bridge engineering experience, including the design of steel and concrete transportation structures.\nExperience designing bridge superstructures, substructures, foundations, retaining walls, and culverts using AASHTO LRFD and applicable AISC and ACI standards.\nFamiliarity with IDOT and Illinois Tollway standards, procedures, and design deliverables.\nDemonstrated ability to prepare and review structural calculations, plans, specifications, technical reports, quantities, and cost estimates.\nExperience leading design tasks, coordinating multidisciplinary work, performing quality reviews, and mentoring engineering staff.\nProficiency with MicroStation and structural analysis/design software used for bridge engineering.\nStrong technical writing, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.\nAbility and willingness to attend client meetings and perform project-site and field visits as needed.\nPreferred Qualifications\nMaster’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering.\nActive Professional Engineer (P.E.) license and ability to obtain additional state registrations.\nExperience with CDOT, CTA, Metra, Amtrak, Class I railroads, municipalities, or other Illinois transportation clients.\nRail bridge design experience and working knowledge of AREMA standards.\nExperience with bridge inspection, NBIS requirements, Bridge Condition Reports, load rating, rehabilitation design, or Illinois inspection Team Leader credentials.\nProject management experience involving scope, budget, schedule, staffing, client coordination, and financial performance.\nExperience supporting proposals, technical approaches, client interviews, and business development activities.\nExperience with OpenBridge Modeler or OpenBridge Designer, Mathcad, Midas Civil, LARSA 4D, CSiBridge, SAP2000, STAAD.Pro, LEAP Bridge, MDX, or comparable bridge design software.\nConstruction-phase engineering, field inspection, and shop-drawing review experience.\nCompensation Range:\n$179,064.64 - $204,645.30STV offers the following benefits\nHealth insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account\nDental insurance\nVision insurance\nFlexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)\nDisability insurance\nLife Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment\n401(k) Plan\nRetirement Counseling\nEmployee Assistance Program\nPaid Time Off\nPaid Holidays\nBack-Up Dependent Care\nParental Leave\nContinuing Education Program\nProfessional Licensure and Society Memberships\nSTV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV’s good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.\nNot sure this role is the perfect match? We encourage you to apply if STV’s work and values resonate with you. We know great candidates don’t always meet every qualification, and research shows women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they do. 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