Transportation Resident Engineer-2604235EL01
Chicago, ILJob$110–140K/yrSeen 3mo agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
Ardmore Roderick seeks a Transportation Resident Engineer in the Chicagoland area to oversee roadway rehabilitation construction, coordinate owners, contractors and stakeholders, resolve issues, and manage field inspectors, leveraging civil engineering expertise.
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About Us
Ardmore Roderick is a full-service infrastructure solutions firm that specializes in Utilities, Transportation, Aviation, Rail and Transit, Building and Facilities Projects. We are headquartered in Chicago, IL with offices in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.
Our Vision
Reimagining infrastructure to improve lives and communities
Our Mission
Transforming communities by empowering the best minds to deliver innovative infrastructure solutions
Our Values
We Care: especially about excellence, impact, innovation, inclusion and safety
Job Overview
We are seeking a new Transportation Resident Engineer to join our team at Ardmore Roderick. As a Transportation Resident Engineer, you join a team of infrastructure solutions experts working to solve our client’s ever evolving project needs. This opportunity will be located within the Chicagoland area and will be based out your assigned field office location.
Key Responsibilities
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Overseeing daily roadway rehab construction activities and ensuring compliance with the project's specifications, timeline and budget
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Serving as the project’s point of contact and coordinating with the owner, contractors, and other stakeholders to progress the project and address issues
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Addressing and resolving issues that may arise during the construction process
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Managing a team of field inspectors to assign daily tasks and oversee the documentation processes
Required Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or construction management
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Professional Engineer in Illinois
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5-10 years of overall transportation/construction management work
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Minimum of 2 years of experience leading teams and roadway construction management projects as a licensed Resident Engineer
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Willingness to work in the different weather elements and conditions
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Proficiency in Microsoft Office
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Have a team player mindset with the ability to communicate proficiently in written and verbal forms
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Have good to great organizational skills
Preferred Qualifications
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Advanced degree(s)
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CM certification
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PMP certification
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Experience managing projects for the Chicago Department of Transportation
Benefits
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We offer Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
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401K, Paid Maternity Leave, Competitive PTO
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Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and more
Sponsorship and relocation are not available for this opportunity.
Ardmore Roderick is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law. Ardmore Roderick participates in E-Verify.
We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. Please reach out to us if you require reasonable accommodation in responding to a job announcement, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process.
Salary Range: $110,032 - $139,984, Ardmore Roderick is providing the compensation range that the company believes it might pay and/or offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location.
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How this job compares
Set against the 876 open Transportation Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$110–140K/yr
- Illinois median$88–125K/yr22 salary ranges
- US median$87–152K/yr513 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $125K, is 12% above the Illinois median midpoint ($112K) — in the top quarter of Transportation Engineer salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 27 open Transportation Engineer jobs in Illinois and 876 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Transportation Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (673 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 470 of the 876 open Transportation Engineer jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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