What makes us different?
Our people come first. We want every single employee to develop both professionally and personally. With a strong focus on growth potential, we look to our internal employees as potential candidates for both national and international opportunities. We aim to achieve greatness by promoting from within every chance we get. We work hard and play hard and strive every day for success and achievement. With a diverse group of professionals working in a fast-paced environment, we achieve milestones constantly. And if that weren’t enough, we also offer our employees highly competitive insurance benefits, Paid Time Off, and a matching 401(k) program.
Job Description
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.
Gaining 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
Required Qualifications
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
