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Role Overview

Confidential Client is seeking a Traffic Design Engineer (REMOTE option) to join their Office of Road Design. This full-time role focuses on the design and assembly of plans for safe, cost-effective, constructible highway projects. The role includes working with CAD and civil design tools to establish horizontal/vertical alignments, cross-section templates, and modeling roadway and drainage elements while following federal, state, and departmental standards.

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What You’ll Do

• Design and prepare roadway plans and construction documents for highway projects.
• Use CAD and civil design software to create horizontal and vertical alignments, cross sections, templates, and drainage models.
• Participate in project scoping, public meetings, design inspections, and meetings with landowners.
• Provide day-to-day direction to CAD Technicians assigned to projects.
• Ensure designs comply with Federal, State, and Department policies, guidelines, and acceptable engineering practices.
• Analyze data, calculate design quantities, and draw engineering conclusions to support constructible designs.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and provide clear, professional communication to internal and external stakeholders.

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Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related field.
• Familiarity with civil engineering principles (transportation, surveying, hydraulics, materials, structural basics).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and CAD/civil design software.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and good organization/customer service practices.

Preferred / As Experience Allows

• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification or progress toward EIT.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, or the ability to obtain licensure.
• Experience in roadway/highway design and public-sector project processes.
• Experience providing work direction to CAD/technician staff and participating in public outreach.

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Compensation & Benefits

• Hourly pay range: $32.85 - $45.45 (depending on qualifications and experience).
• The confidential client provides a comprehensive benefits package including:
  • Health insurance options (including low- and high-deductible plans and a $0 premium employee-only option).
  • Dental and vision coverage.
  • Health savings account (HSA) options.
  • Employee assistance program.
  • Basic life insurance.
  • Membership in the applicable state retirement system with partial state match.
  • Paid family leave (e.g., paid leave for birth/adoption as noted by the client).
  • Eleven paid holidays and standard vacation/sick accrual.
• Example total compensation estimate (hourly wage + benefits) for an entry-level Road Design Engineer provided by the client: approximately $91,332 annually.

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Additional Details & Legal

• Employment type: Full time.
• This position has the option to be remote (telecommute).
• Veterans' Preference eligible per ARSD 55:10:02:08.
• The Confidential Client does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees.
• Applicants must apply online; emailed resumes or other submissions may not be accepted.

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Keywords & Skills (for candidates and applicant tracking)

• Traffic design, highway design
• CAD and civil design software
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT), Professional Engineer (PE)
• Roadway alignments, drainage modeling
• Remote / telecommute option
• Sioux Falls, SD

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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