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This civil engineering position with a focus on roadway design and active transportation earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race, or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

Our Denver team is a collaborative mix of staff that includes civil engineers, transportation engineers, planners, landscape architects, and marketing staff who recently celebrated our 100th project win. We have a diverse portfolio of multimodal transportation projects predominantly in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. Our projects range from citywide plans to street transformations in Colorado and throughout North America. Collaboration, fun, flexibility, and exceptional quality work are just a few of the characteristics that define us. You’ll be joining a dynamic and growing team in an exciting market and location. Whether it’s advancing Denver’s program to build 125 miles of high-comfort bikeways in 3 years, developing street design guidelines, reconstructing roadways to achieve Vision Zero goals, or creating multimodal transportation master plans, Toole Design is shaping Colorado’s future.

A Day in the Life of an Engineer I/II

As an Engineer I/II, the things you design will get built! You’ll use your civil engineering knowledge to deliver multimodal transportation infrastructure in a wide range of contexts from roadway reconstructions and streetscapes in highly urban settings to signature trail projects in suburban and rural areas that highlight and enhance the natural environment. You’ll use programs such as AutoCAD or MicroStation to fulfill production work on your projects. You will share your knowledge with staff and clients to develop feasibility studies, concept plans, and construction documents.

Work Schedule for an Engineer I/II:

This full-time position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week. We also provide employees with the flexibility and necessary equipment to work from home up to three days per week. The Denver office of Toole Design is conveniently located downtown, two blocks from the 16th Street Mall, easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit.

Ready to Join our Denver Team?

We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this civil engineering position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities — women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities, and people at all the intersections in between — to apply. Even if you don’t think your current skill set checks every box below, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We’re proud that about half of our managers are women and are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

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Qualifications of an Engineer I/II:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in civil engineering
• Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)/Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certification or ability to obtain within 9 months
• Up to 4 years of experience developing construction documents, cost estimates, and specifications with a preference for experience with the following agencies: City and County of Denver and Colorado Department of Transportation
• A broad knowledge base in civil engineering with a transportation focus and specific knowledge of horizontal and vertical roadway geometric design (MUTCD and AASHTO)
• Proficiency in one or more of the following: MicroStation InRoads, MicroStation OpenRoads, AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Working knowledge of Bluebeam and Microsoft Office applications
• Keen interest in multimodal and active transportation design preferred
• Ability to deliver high-quality work, on time and within budget
• Excellent task and time management skills

You’ll be great here if:

• You are passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable
• You enjoy producing high-quality work products and seeing your projects get built
• You have strong communication skills, whether written, verbal, or graphically
• You build relationships, bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are detail oriented with strong problem-solving skills

Salary for this role is commensurate with experience, and we are targeting a range of $60,000-$85,000.