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Civil Engineering Associate, Transportation (Roadway)

Michael Baker International
full-time
Alexandria, VA | Manassas, VA | Richmond, VA | Virginia Beach, VA
Posted 10/22/2026

Job Description

Civil Engineering Associate, Transportation (Roadway Design)

(Hybrid)

What We're Looking For:

Michael Baker International is actively seeking a Civil Engineering Associate, Transportation to assist in the delivery of Virginia Transportation Projects from inception through completion. This is an exciting career opportunity to be part of and contribute to a growing transportation team with one of the preeminent national transportation engineering firms to focus on delivering innovative and sustainable solutions to VDOT and local governments.

What You’ll Do:

You will work together with other team members towards the successful delivery of roadway and highway projects within our Virginia Surface Transportation Practice. We are looking for a candidate possessing a strong transportation engineering background and verbal and written skills, as well as the ability to support and eventually lead design efforts on transportation projects. Specific characteristics will include:

• Responsible for developing design plans, calculations, cost estimates, for conceptual, preliminary, and final bid packages

• Experience providing engineering design services for traditional design bid-build projects and design build highway projects

• Demonstrated ability to assist and/or lead the design of project specific tasks, roadway and highway design, drainage design, maintenance of traffic control plans (MOT) designs, as well as other transportation engineering tasks

• Experience with VDOT and local agency projects

• Experience working within the VDOT OpenRoads Environment and the utilization of OpenRoads Designer and SUDA modules

• Willingness to help create and foster a team environment

• Possess strong a verbal and written communication skills, demonstrated ability delivering designs for complex transportation projects; as well as being goal oriented, quality focused, and have demonstrated success working within and fostering a team environment

• Collaborate with the other team members to develop transportation projects including but not limited to roadway/highway, bridge, rail, transportation planning, traffic control, signing, pavement marking, knowledge of hydraulic design, and preliminary design for environmental documents

What You'll Need to Succeed:

• 2-5 years of related experience

• BSCE in Civil Engineering

• Experience with VDOT on roadway projects

• Proficient with MicroStation and OpenRoads Designer

Compensation:

The approximate compensation range for this position is $85,000 - $120,000 per year. This compensation range is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation is dependent upon factors such as education, qualifications, experience, skillset, and physical work location.

Why Choose Us:

• Medical, dental, vision insurance

• 401k Retirement Plan

• Health Savings Account (HSA)

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

• Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability

• Professional and personal development

• Generous paid time off

• Commuter and wellness benefits

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About the job

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Salary

$85,000 - $120,000 / year

Job Type

full-time

Location

Alexandria, VA | Manassas, VA | Richmond, VA | Virginia Beach, VA

Categories

TransportationCivil / Site
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