Professional Engineer – Lead

Professional Engineer – Lead 

Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Position Overview: J-U-B ENGINEERS, Inc. is seeking to hire a Professional Engineer – Lead, to work in our successful Salt Lake City, Utah office. Our purpose at J-U-B ENGINEERS, Inc. (J-U-B) is “Helping Each Other Create Better Communities.” We foster a supportive and team-oriented environment to solve problems that improve society, while providing employees growth opportunities and an expansive benefits package. We attract and retain the best people because we provide an enriching environment for our employees to build their careers in the communities where they live. J-U-B offers a clearly defined career path, a sense of belonging, and opportunities for employees to use their talents in a team environment. We are one of the largest professional engineering companies in the Intermountain West, with over 20 offices across seven states. There are ample opportunities to collaborate with other offices on projects, widening your experience and network.

This position is part of the J-U-B Surface Transportation Business Sector (STBS) which consists of over 80 full-time staff focused on surface transportation projects in Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Washington, Nevada, Oregon and Wyoming. The STBS is currently managing over 200 active projects, many of which include a variety of local roadways, highways, intersections, interchanges, roundabouts, and active transportation.

While applying technical civil engineering knowledge and skills, this engineering position will:

• Work with multidisciplinary design teams in the planning, design, construction, and permitting of a wide variety of transportation projects throughout the company, primarily for transportation projects for local agencies and State DOT’s, including projects with both local and federal aid funds.
• Collaborate with traffic engineers, structural engineers, and other specialty disciplines to deliver a comprehensive package of reports, studies, and drawings to our clients.
• Operate CAD (MicroStation/OpenRoads) to effectively produce alignments, models, and plans of transportation projects using current standards.
• Work in a team setting, reporting to and taking directions from a Project Manager or Senior Project Engineer.
• Analyze engineering data and utilize sound engineering judgement to produce final engineering documents including project plans, opinions of probable construction cost, construction drawings, technical specifications, studies, feasibility analyses, technical memoranda, and preliminary engineering reports.
• Mentor younger/junior staff such as EIT’s, drafters, and designers.
• Assist in business development by building relationships with clients and assisting with the preparation of proposals.
• Support the Project Manager in preparing and executing scopes of work, contracts, and design budgets for projects.
• Attend client meetings and participate in public meetings or open houses to discuss project details and inform the public.
• Coordinate with utility companies.
• Perform periodic fieldwork including construction observation and project reconnaissance.
• Supervise support staff assigned to projects including drafters, EIT’s, surveyors, and construction observers.
• Manage clients and client projects while providing responsive communications, professional services, and delivering quality projects to multiple clients.