With a job at CH2M HILL, the greatest challenges provide the biggest rewards. Each day, your drive and ideas will provide solutions that help build a better tomorrow. For decades, CH2M HILL has been a global leader in full service engineering, procurement, construction, management and operations, working on the most challenging and impactful projects around the world. So whether it is the pride that comes with accomplishment, your own personal growth, or making a difference in the world, you will discover true success in a career that brings out the best in you.

CH2M HILL Transportation

At CH2M HILL, we know life moves fast. And each day the pace picks up. From increased population to growing global businesses, your job in our Transportation Business Group help keeps the world in motion. Whether it is aviation, highways and bridges, transit and rail, or ports, you will be presented with the most challenging projects that impact more than you imagined. Are you ready?

CH2M HILL Associate Design Engineer Careers - Portland, Oregon

The challenge? Helping our communities stay safely on the move. Our Associate Rail Design engineers support rail design efforts for a variety of transit and freight rail programs. Each day you will have the opportunity to work on some of the Portland region's most exciting transit and rail projects. You will work closely with other engineering professionals on multiple light rail transit, bus rapid transit, heavy rail transit, and freight rail projects throughout the Pacific Northwest. Responsibilities include trackway design, alignment, and identification of safety improvements.

You should be a self-motivated professional with a B.S. in Civil Engineering (or equivalent, M.S. preferred) and be a licensed professional engineer in the State of Oregon with a minimum of six years experience in rail design. Successful candidates will be able to work independently on large design tasks with minimal guidance, and provide oversight and mentoring to junior rail designers. You will also demonstrate a knowledge of other design disciplines as well as strong collaborative skills between those disciplines on large teams. Effective written and verbal communication skills are a must. Candidates must be experienced with AutoCAD and MicroStation. Experience with the Land Development Desktop is preferred as well as a desire to grow personally as well as professionally with each engineering opportunity.

Our Associate Engineers:

• Mentor and assist junior engineers


• May coordinate design activities and meetings between staff, subcontractors, and CH2M HILL


• Lead and support safety plan


• Assist in business development and proposal efforts


• Interact with CH2M HILL project teams and client program level directors


• Complete tasks within schedule and budget with teams comprised of different disciplines


• Have strong written and oral communication skills and a team-oriented attitude


Qualifications: Basic Qualifications:



• BS in Civil Engineering


• A minimum of 8 years experience in rail design or similar design experience


• Capability to work with AutoCad






Join CH2M HILL and discover why we have been named by FORTUNE magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2008, 2006, and 2003. You will find an employee-owned organization built on tradition, driven by values, dedicated to a diverse workforce and committed to a positive work/life balance, as each day we focus on Developing People through Challenging Projects.




CH2M HILL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.




Learn more about CH2M HILL at http://www.careers.ch2m.com.