Operations & Maintenance Junior Engineer

About the Role

• Be a part of the team who ensures the continued success of our projects.
• An Operations & Maintenance Trainee will assist in the monitoring of Operations & Maintenance costs, preparation of plans, presentations, reports, and consultant/vendor/materials comparison statements crucial to maintenance of our assets and many other challenging projects.

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities

• Support on the development of Operation & Maintenance (O&M) Cost Models in Excel for inclusion into overall Financial Models that are generated to study the feasibility of investing in new highway projects.
• Gather relevant data from sources such as the RS-Means cost database, project design drawings, Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP), environmental assessments, and design reports to conduct analysis of O&M expenditures for new proposals and existing concessions.
• Contribute to road safety projects: Road Safety Audits (RSA), Crash analysis, Highway Safety Manual analysis, Transportation Safety Planning/Management.
• Assist with project research, field work, and preliminary design calculations and analysis.
• Gain exposure to project, commercial, and client management.
• Support on monitoring O&M costs for existing concessions by collecting data on concessionaries from the O&M benchmarking system.
• Prepare presentations, reports, consultant/vendor comparison statements, and other necessary documents to be used within the Technical Department.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering or related.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD.
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Power BI.
• Data processing and management is a plus.
• Superior technical report writing and communication skills.
• Proficiency in MicroStation and/or ArcGIS preferred.
• Prior experience or exposure in the field is a plus, but not required.
• Ethical, caring and with the ability to work in a collaborative environment.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Availability to oversee nighttime work up to 50%.
• Nighttime/Weekend hours availability.
• Regular local travel between LBJ & NTE projects and offices.