
Staff Civil Engineer - Transportation (Chicago, IL)
Chicago, ILFull-time$105–155K/yrSeen 4w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago
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Job overview
The Burns & McDonnell transportation team in Chicago seeks a highly motivated Staff Civil Engineer to support roadway engineering projects for DOTs, counties, tollways, and design‑build initiatives, offering project management exposure, innovative AI‑driven solutions, and direct client interaction.
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Description
The Burns & McDonnell transportation team is growing in Chicago! Looking for a highly motivated and skilled Staff Civil engineer to join our group. This position will work closely with our roadway engineering team to provide support across a wide variety of infrastructure projects including varying size projects for DOTs, counties, tollway, Design-Build, and other civil support.
Burns &McDonnell is a 100% employee-owned company, where you are not only provided an ownership stake, but you get to contribute to the direct success of the company, our clients and our team. The employee ownership culture runs strong and provides endless opportunity for entrepreneurial thoughts and for career growth.
As a Staff Civil engineer, you will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful and unique ways at Burns & McDonnell, including:
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Opportunity to experience project management and technical engineering: Assist with project management tasks and leading technical engineering designs to get exposure to the different areas of a project and helping to determine strengths and develop skillsets.
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Opportunity to innovate: Use AI, emerging technologies, and creative problem-solving techniques to develop solutions that improve engineering workflows and project outcomes.
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Direct exposure to clients and stakeholders: Participate in discussions with project teams, stakeholders, and clients to help deliver safe, efficient, and technically sound engineering solutions.
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A voice in the process: Contribute fresh ideas, ask questions, and provide new perspectives that are actively considered in technical discussions and project decisions.
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This exciting position involves contributing to a collaborative work environment, working alongside some of the top industry leading experts, and ample potential to grow your career and knowledge base. This position works closely with everyone within the team from entry level staff up through senior leadership on technical design of transportation projects such as route planning studies, feasibility studies, roadway PS&E and schematic designs, and progressive design build projects. You will have exposure to a variety of clients, tasks, and projects from within the Chicago office and across the company. The ideal candidate brings their strong engineering foundation from the transportation highway industry to the table while having the motivation to further drive their technical skill set, engineering abilities and communication skills.
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This Staff Civil Engineer position offers incredible career advancement potential for motivated individuals seeking to advance their career with a company that invests in you. As a Staff Civil Engineer, you will work in a multidisciplinary integrated design team to perform the following duties:
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Work with a team of designers and engineers in the preparation of design details, plans, and drawings to meet project deadlines.
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Perform technical roadway design such as preparing horizontal alignments, profiles, intersections, and interchange layouts.
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Support engineering staff with related design experience in drainage, signing and marking, traffic control and construction sequencing, and illumination.
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Develop design criteria, design calculations, construction details, quantities, and cost estimates in accordance with the latest industry standards.
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Participate in Transportation QA/QC processes for project deliverables and submittals.
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Provide internal and external clients with professional and responsive service.
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Support the Design Department in achieving the Vision & Values of the Transportation Global Practice.
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Assist with other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
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Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering or related degree from an ABET accredited program. and 3 years of civil engineering experience, consulting required. Or,
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Bachelor Degree in Civil or related Engineering Technology from an ABET accredited program and successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam. and 3 years of civil engineering experience, consulting required. Or,
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Master Degree in Civil Engineering and 2 years of civil engineering experience, consulting required.
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Strong knowledge in standard civil engineering techniques, principles and procedures.
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Strong knowledge of transportation design standards including AASHTO design guidelines preferred.
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Strong knowledge of transportation engineering software including Bentley MicroStation, InRoads and/or Geopak and OpenRoads preferred.
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Has the ability to balance multiple projects and deadlines in an organized fashion strongly preferred.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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Ability to adapt plans according to budget constraints, design factors or client needs is strongly preferred.
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Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment and demonstrated critical thinking skills.
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Proficient computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite).
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Basic computer skills and civil analysis programs.
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Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization and problem-solving skills.
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Demonstrated leadership skills.
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Embraces ownership of daily tasks and responsibilities.
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Exhibits the ability to meet deadlines and budget strongly preferred.
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Prioritizes client success.
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Previous experience with local clients including Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Tollway and municipalities projects strongly preferred.
Compensation
$105,000.00-155,000.00 Yearly
The expected compensation range for this position is displayed in compliance with all local/state regulations. The expected compensation range for this position is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to: individual education, qualifications, prior work experience and work location. The total annual compensation package will consist of a base salary and eligibility to participate in our discretionary year-end incentive bonus program.
Benefits
Our extensive benefits package takes care of you so that you can focus on doing great work. From insurance and disability to time off and wellness programs, we provide the tools to meet your needs. As part of being 100% employee-owned, eligible employees participate in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) in addition to our 401(k) retirement program. For more information, please visit the Benefits & Wellness page.
This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
EEO/Disabled/Veterans
Job Civil Engineering
Primary Location US-IL-Chicago
Other Locations United States
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time
Req ID: 264786
Job Hire Type Experienced #LI-JH #TRN
How this job compares
Set against the 4,953 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$105–155K/yr
- Illinois median$91–140K/yr113 salary ranges
- US median$91–145K/yr2,697 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $130K, is 9% above the Illinois median midpoint ($120K) — in the top quarter of Civil Engineer salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 136 open Civil Engineer jobs in Illinois and 4,953 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- CDM Smith22 open
- Farnsworth Group17 open
- Sargent & Lundy14 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Civil Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 4,012 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,864 of the 4,953 open Civil Engineer jobs (78%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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