Staff Civil Engineer - Pavement Engineering - Applied Research Associates, Inc

ARA is seeking a pavement engineer to support our work as a consultant to the Illinois Department of Transportation. This is a full-time position working on-site at the Illinois DOT in Springfield, IL.

What you will do as a staff civil engineer:

Under the direction of the ARA project manager, you will perform tasks that may include, but not be limited to:

• Assisting with developing specifications and policy documents.
• Arranging for the deployment and technology transfer of research project findings and deliverables.
• Evaluating and reporting on the benefit of implementing research project findings.
• Preparing and maintaining annual nondestructive testing programs (FWD, skid resistance, and surface profile).
• Assisting and participating in yearly conferences, workshops and programs.
• Reviewing pavement design and life cycle costs from Illinois DOT districts.
• Maintaining the mechanistic pavement monitoring program and coordinating data input for the database.
• Reviewing and analyzing contract pavement roughness data in general accordance with project specification and special provisions.

Occasional travel and outdoor work (field testing) may be required.

ARA’s culture supports career growth and rewards innovation, self-motivation, and technical excellence. We recognize that our employees are our greatest asset, and we offer competitive salaries and outstanding benefits including stock ownership.

Staff civil engineer requirements:

• Professional Engineer (PE) license required. Please submit a copy of your license with your application.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Civil Engineering or related field, with a focus on pavement engineering
• 5 years professional engineering experience, including:
  • Thorough understanding of pavement engineering principles and construction practices
  • Experience developing pavement-related policies and specifications
  • Experience with pavement surface characteristics greatly preferred but not required
• Knowledge of current Illinois DOT policies and practices preferred

About ARA:

ARA is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs more than 2,200 professionals and continues to grow. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in civil technologies, computer software and simulation, defense technologies, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for pavement analysis, environmental site characterization, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)