Transportation Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Athena Engineering is a civil engineering firm in the transportation sector, specializing in Transportation Design, Program and Project Management, and other supporting services. We provide smart, practical solutions for delivering and managing quality transportation infrastructure systems and assets. Our expertise covers a wide range of project types, funding sources, and delivery methods.

Athena Engineering is a fast-growing startup with a strong project backlog and exciting momentum. Our early success has driven the need to expand our team to meet current demand and support our rapidly growing portfolio. We’re hiring because we’re thriving—and we’re just getting started.

As a relatively new business, we are in the early stages of growth with a bright future ahead. This is an exciting opportunity to join a company that is building from the ground up, where your contributions will directly shape our success and growth! We're looking for passionate professionals who want to help us pave the way forward.

Role Description

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Transportation Engineer. This is an exciting opportunity for an early-career professional to gain hands-on experience across a broad range of engineering tasks. As Transportation Engineer, you will support a variety of technical assignments in the fields of highway and stormwater design and will play a key role in developing designs, producing construction plan packages, preparing calculations and technical reports, and other relevant tasks that may be associated with this position.

This role is ideal for someone looking to become a well-rounded transportation engineer while working with a passionate and talented team.

This position is based primarily in person in Peachtree Corners, GA, as working together in the office fosters innovation, supports professional growth, and enables us to deliver better results for our clients. However, flexibility and hybrid work arrangements are available to support individual needs.

Requirements

• 2 years of relevant experience
• 4-year Civil Engineering (or related) degree
• Some combination of Roadway Design and Modeling experience; Drainage Design and Modeling experience; and / or Construction Staging experience, with willingness to expand skills into related disciplines
• Familiarity with Bentley OpenRoads Designer
• Ability to produce construction plan drawings, author technical reports, and complete design calculations, with minimal oversight
• Ability to develop engineer's quantity takeoffs and construction cost estimates, with minimal oversight
• Knowledge of AASHTO design policies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Engineer in Training (EIT) license (desired)
• Experience designing GDOT projects and familiarity with the GDOT PDP (desired)

Employee Benefits and Our Vision

At Athena Engineering, we believe in rewarding the hard work and dedication of our team and place an emphasis on our employees, their career development, and their job satisfaction. We are flexible and agile in meeting our employees' needs and offer competitive employee benefits including :

In addition, as a growing small business, we have the flexibility to share the company’s financial success in ways that recognize the contributions of our employees and align with the company’s continued growth. This means that as Athena Engineering grows, there are opportunities for employees to benefit from the success they help create through potential performance-based rewards.

Apply today to learn more about how you could fit into our exciting journey!