About the role
Overview
ABOUT THE POSITION
VHB’s Watertown, MA office is looking for an
Entry Level Highway Designer - 2027 Graduate
to join our team. Our team uses its skills and experience to improve our community’s highway and roadway infrastructure with an integrated, context-driven, and innovative project delivery mindset. Our clients include MassDOT Highway Division, local Cities and Towns, MBTA, Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR), other state public agencies, Colleges and Universities, and private developers.
Responsibilities
Work within a team of design, engineering, and construction professionals in developing transportation design solutions for a multitude of projects
Roadway design
Drainage design
Utility design
Traffic control development
Preliminary and final design plans
Contract documents, including specifications
Engineer’s construction cost estimates and schedules
Construction phase services
Field inspection
Traditional and alternative design development and project delivery including design-build
Work on interdisciplinary design teams and collaborate and coordinate with engineers and contractors with specialties in bridge, traffic, environmental, utilities, and stormwater.
Skills and Attributes
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Comfortable working independently as well as on a team
- Detail oriented, self-motivated, and committed
Strong computer skills
Critical thinking and problem solving
Qualifications
Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering
0-1 years of professional transportation engineering experience
EIT, or EIT in process, is a plus
Roadway design experience is a plus
AutoCAD Civil 3D experience is a strong plus
The full-time annual base salary range for this position, located in Massachusetts, is $86,000 to $88,000. The base salary offered will be determined based on job-related factors, including geographic location, internal equity, experience, credentials, skills, education, work schedule, and other factors permitted by law. The posted salary range reflects base pay only. Additional compensation and benefits available to eligible employees are outlined in our Total Rewards Program.
Annual base salary is one component of VHB’s Total Rewards package. In addition to base pay, eligible employees may receive annual incentive compensation bonuses, spot bonuses, and merit-based salary increases, providing opportunities to increase earnings beyond base pay. VHB also offers a differentiating work experience, including a comprehensive benefits package that includes eligibility to participate in the VHB 401(k) plan, medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, wellness programs, tuition reimbursement, and recognition programs.
Details on VHB’s benefits package can be found here: Benefits Checklist
Building what’s next, together.
Our people make the difference. We foster a technology-empowered, people‑driven, future‑ready culture where agility, innovation, and collaboration shape how we work every day.
When you join VHB, you’ll find:
- Meaningful work on complex projects with real community impact
- A collaborative, inclusive culture that values curiosity and shared success
- Support to grow your skills and lead through change
- Learning and development supported by evolving tools and technologies, including AI
- Best-in-class benefits and a flexible, hybrid work environment
- We’re growing across the East Coast and are consistently recognized as a great place to work. Ready to shape what’s next? Learn more about what sets our employee experience apart and connect with us.
- VHB is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of inclusion and belonging, supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
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