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Accenture Construct – Resident Engineer (Highway), ANS

Accenture

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Compensation
$250–300K/yr
Location
Multiple U.S. locationsHybrid
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

California Professional Civil Engineer License

Job overview

The Resident Engineer will inspect highway and roadway construction projects, assess compliance with plans and specifications, and coordinate with contractors, agencies, and project teams. The role also supports structural inspections, construction calculations, change orders, estimates, materials testing, progress tracking, project records, and reporting. The work location arrangement mixes remote work, client sites, and Accenture offices.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Roadway Construction InspectionHighway Construction InspectionStress AnalysisStructural MechanicsStrength of MaterialsRoadway MaterialsBridge MaterialsConstruction Field DecisionsField Problem SolvingInspector DirectionToll Road ProjectsTolling SystemsCaltrans District 4 Highway

Qualifications

California Professional Civil Engineer LicenseCaltrans Highway Project Experience8+ Years Construction Inspection3+ Years Stress Analysis Experience3+ Years Structural Mechanics Experience3+ Years Strength of Materials Experience3+ Years Roadway and Bridge Materials ExperienceCaltrans District 4 Highway Experience

Full job description

You've Never Been Satisfied with "Good Enough."

You didn't get into this to manage one piece of a project. You got into it to change how the world gets built.

At Accenture Construct, that's the job. You'll help deliver the data centers, power grids, rail networks, factories and public infrastructure that keep communities moving — smarter, safer and more sustainably.

You'll work alongside people who think big and act bold: project managers, engineers, technologists and strategists who pair real-world delivery with AI. And you won't be handed a slice of it. We take on whole programs, from early strategy through construction and handover, and we stand behind how they land.

Because “good enough” builds the past. You're here to build what's next.

Visit us here to learn more about Accenture Construct (https://www.accenture.com/en/construct)

As Accenture continues to grow, you may see a variety of new career opportunities, and depending on the role and location you may be directed to apply through Accenture LLP or one of our other legal entities - Accenture Construct LLC or Accenture Construct Inc., with benefits varying by country and role, so please check with your recruiter for details.

THE WORK:

  • You’ll provide inspection and quality assurance on highway and roadway construction projects, determining whether completed work follows plans and specifications.

  • You’ll coordinate work with contractors, public utility agencies, the project team, Construction Staking CMCs, and Material Testing CMCs.

  • You’ll coordinate directly with the general contractor and negotiate change orders.

  • You’ll assist with inspections to confirm structural construction complies with contract plans, specifications, and special provisions, including bridges, foundations, walls, falsework, shoring, and drainage structures.

  • You’ll make or support grade, alignment, quantity, falsework, and shoring calculations.

  • You’ll prepare or assist with contract change orders, contract estimates, progress pay estimates, and other required project documents and reports.

  • You’ll coordinate construction-material sampling and testing to monitor compliance with contract specifications.

  • You’ll monitor and track contractor progress, maintain project records, and prepare required daily, weekly, and monthly reports.

$250,000 - $300,000 a year

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia or Washington as set forth below.

WORK LOCATION:

Site Specific:

Flexible: this role mixes remote work, client sites and Accenture offices.

Every role here has some in-person time — for collaboration, for learning, and because capital projects happen in physical places. We'll be as flexible as we can around how you make that work.

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

  • You must be a licensed Professional Civil Engineer in the State of California.

  • You must have experience on a minimum of 1 construction highway project for or on Caltrans.

  • You must have a minimum of 8 years’ experience conducting roadway and highway construction inspection in major public works projects.

  • You must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience with stress analysis, structural mechanics, and strength of materials, and a minimum of 3 years’ experience with the physical characteristics and properties of various roadway and bridge construction materials, including concrete and steel.

BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE:

  • Ability to perform duties in the construction field office and effectively make decisions concerning construction work in progress and solving field problems

  • Ability to direct the efforts of subordinate inspectors

  • Expertise in toll road projects including tolling systems (e.g., overhead gantries, cameras, in-pavement vehicle detection loops, etc.)

  • Experience working with Caltrans District 4 Highway

Requesting an Accommodation

Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

If you would like to be considered for employment opportunities with Accenture and have accommodation needs such as for a disability or religious observance, please call us toll free at 1 (877) 889-9009 or send us an email (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/about/contact-us) or speak with your recruiter.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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Other Employment Statements

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. Further, at Accenture a criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment.

The Company 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. Additionally, 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 Company's legal duty to furnish information.

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How this job compares

Set against the 5,102 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$250–300K/yr
  • California median$118–166K/yr252 salary ranges
  • US median$91–143K/yr2,833 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $275K, is 91% above the California median midpoint ($144K) — in the top quarter of Civil Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 294 open Civil Engineer jobs in California and 5,102 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Civil Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (4,123 postings).
Education
3,879 of the 5,102 open Civil Engineer jobs (76%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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