Roads Design Engineer

Parsons Corporation

What You ll Be Doing:

• Reviews road and highway design drawings, reports, and specifications prepared by third-party designers at concept and detailed design stages, with particular attention to interfaces with structures, drainage, utilities, traffic, and other disciplines.
• Develops and evaluates conceptual design options for roads, junctions, and interchanges to support the PMO and client decision-making, including layout alternatives and high-level geometric solutions.
• Contributes to value engineering studies for highways and interchanges, identifying opportunities to optimize geometry, pavement solutions, and safety features while maintaining compliance with standards and project objectives.
• Prepares engineering details, sketches, and exhibits to illustrate design concepts, value engineering proposals, and design clarifications.
• Reviews pavement design and road safety related elements prepared by third parties, ensuring that recommendations are technically sound and aligned with applicable standards and good practice.
• Reviews third-party design submissions, supplier drawings, and technical documents, and prepares clear, coordinated technical comments and responses for PMO and client approval processes.
• Coordinates with multidisciplinary teams (bridges/structures, drainage, utilities, traffic, and architectural/landscape) to resolve design issues and ensure coherent, integrated solutions.
• Prepares and delivers presentations on complex road and interchange design matters to internal teams, clients, and external stakeholders.
• Assists in assessing design risks, constructability aspects, and phasing considerations for major road and interchange schemes.
• Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

What Required Skills You ll Bring:

• Bachelor s Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in road and highway design, preferably including work on major highways and interchanges.
• Solid experience in geometric road design, including horizontal and vertical alignments, cross-sections, and junction layouts in accordance with relevant international and local standards.
• Demonstrated experience in reviewing designs prepared by third-party consultants and producing structured, technically robust review comments.
• Working knowledge of pavement design principles and road safety engineering, with the ability to understand, challenge, and refine third-party proposals.
• Experience contributing to concept development and value engineering on road and highway projects.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment and coordinating with other disciplines.
• Proactive, solution-oriented approach, with willingness to support PMO processes and collaborate across teams to enhance overall project delivery.
• Good presentation and communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What Desired Skills You ll Bring:

• Previous experience in a design consultancy and/or PMC/PMO environment.
• Charted (or similar) status with an industry recognized engineering body
• Proficiency with relevant road design tools (e.g., AutoCAD Civil 3D, InRoads, or equivalent) sufficient to test concepts and prepare supporting sketches and exhibits.
• Experience participating in design review workshops, value engineering sessions, or technical coordination meetings for major infrastructure projects.