Overview
AECOM is seeking a highly skilled Senior Roadway Geometric Design Engineer to join the Linear Infrastructure and Site Civils Team in Bogotá D.C. This role strengthens our technical delivery capabilities from our enterprise design center in Colombia.
The successful candidate will lead and contribute to a wide range of highway, urban road, and airport infrastructure projects, focusing on advanced geometric design solutions from conceptual development through detailed design stages.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop geometric designs for highways, urban roads, and airport projects from conceptual phase through detailed design.
- Perform designs for earthworks, platforms, and horizontal and vertical traffic signage.
- Model road corridors, airport platforms, runways, taxiways, and terrain surfaces using Autodesk Civil 3D.
- Interpret, justify, and implement traffic, road capacity, and road safety studies in the proposed geometric designs.
- Prepare design reports, technical documentation, specifications, and quantity take-offs.
- Ensure that designs comply with local and international standards as well as internal quality protocols.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams (drainage, structures, lighting, pavements, etc.).
- Participate in technical meetings with clients and authorities for design validation and approval.
- Conduct interdisciplinary reviews of deliverables, ensuring technical consistency and schedule compliance.
- Supervise and provide technical support to CAD designers and modelers within the project team.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Surveying Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or related fields, with six or more years of relevant experience in geometric roadway design, including highways.
- Advanced proficiency in Autodesk Civil 3D (required).
- Demonstrated experience delivering designs up to detailed construction documentation level.
- Knowledge of AASHTO standards and/or local roadway and airport design regulations.
- Technical management and leadership skills for geometric design activities.
- Intermediate or higher level of technical English (for reading standards and specifications).
- Valid professional engineering license.
Additional Information
- Preferred qualifications include experience in designing complex intersections, access ramps, runways, taxiways, and airside platforms.
- Participation in road safety audits or coordination of complementary elements (drainage, barriers, landscaping).
- Proficiency in additional modeling software such as InfraWorks, Navisworks, Istram, MicroStation, or OpenRoads Designer.
- Knowledge of Autodesk Subassembly Composer, Dynamo.
- Ability to lead technical proposals and support bidding processes.
- Specialization or master’s degree in Geometric Roadway Design, Transportation, or Road Infrastructure is a plus.
Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
Sponsorship for Colombia work authorization is not available for this position, now or in the future.
About AECOM
AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.
Depending on your employment status, benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, and more.
AECOM is a global infrastructure leader committed to delivering a better world and solving clients’ complex challenges across water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J
Business Line: Transportation
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Enterprise Capabilities
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: On-Site
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