Bridge Design Engineer

About Us

Larson Design Group (LDG) is an award-winning, employee-owned Architecture, Engineering, and Consulting Firm. Guided by our core values, we’re expanding our team, opening new offices, and adding new offerings to provide responsive, innovative solutions to clients nationwide.   

Being 100% employee-owned directly impacts our culture: it drives our decision-making, motivates our teams, increases our productivity, improves retention, and contributes to the future success of our company. Our culture is one where we work hard for our clients and for each other – and we have fun collaborating, sharing experience and expertise, and learning along the way. We’re passionate about delivering exceptional quality, elevating client relationships, enriching the careers and lives of our employee owners, and enhancing the communities where we live and serve.     

At LDG, we strive to create an organization where people want to work. We offer a flexible work environment, paid training for required licensures, competitive benefits, bonus plans, and a company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) while supporting your professional and personal growth.    

Your Opportunity + Impact

The Engineer functions as a technical leader and is required to have a Professional Engineer (PE) license and commensurate work experience. This position will coordinate overall design activities, project submission schedules, and will be responsible for additional Quality Assurance and Quality Control duties to help ensure the final products meet the technical requirements and goals of the client.

Key Responsibilities

• Performs independent planning and design tasks, review the work of others, prepare construction documents, and successfully deliver projects to completion.
• Works on technically complex projects and applies advanced knowledge to resolve challenges.
• Maintains collaborative inter-departmental and cross-functional working relationships with members of the project team.
• Conducts initial QA/QC reviews of project submissions to ensure compliance with client requirements and technical standards.
• Assists senior management in developing schedules, technical proposals, and labor hour estimates.
• Works closely with project teams to effectively communicate and deliver the scope of work.
• Promotes, utilizes, and supports quality assurance and quality control processes to enhance deliverables and reduce design errors or omissions.
• Performs and verifies design calculations, develops technical specifications, and prepares cost estimates.
• Develops and manages design budgets for routine scopes of work.
• Provides guidance, training, and support to engineering associates and interns, helping them develop technical skills, design intuition, and professional growth. 

Education and Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in relevant Engineering field from ABET-accredited school, or related field of study.
• Experience: Minimum of (5) years job-related experience. PennDOT or Pennsylvania Turnpike bridge design experience preferred.
• Licensure/Certification: Professional Engineer (PE) required.      
• Must have thorough knowledge of the design and development process of transportation bridge projects and knowledge of AASHTO and Design Manuals, Standards, Specifications, Engineering Software, and MicroStation.
• Understanding of and ability to prepare bridge design, bridge construction plans, and specifications. Including special provisions, and other related project documents.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with Microstation, Open Roads, InRoads (Surfaces and Templates), and other related software programs preferred.
• Must have a strong desire to expand knowledge base and undertake new responsibilities.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Possess strong oral & written communication skills, and have strong organizational & time management skills
• Must be able to work both independently and as part of a project team.

EEO Statement

Larson Design Group, Inc. is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.