Resident Engineer Jobs in Chicago, IL
Resident Engineer jobs in Chicago are concentrated in the Loop, River North, and the Near West Side, with demand running strong across infrastructure, construction management, and transit projects from firms like AECOM, EXP, and GFT. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Top employerAECOM
Work type80% On-site
Top credentialBachelor of Science
Companies hiring10
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Construction Resident Engineer
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Farnsworth Group
Construction Resident Engineer
Chicago, Illinois
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Senior Resident Engineer - IDOT District 8
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AECOM
Senior Resident Engineer - IDOT District 8
Chicago, Illinois
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Resident Engineer (Water)
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AECOM
Resident Engineer (Water)
Chicago, Illinois
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Senior Resident Engineer - Transit and Rail
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AECOM
Senior Resident Engineer - Transit and Rail
Chicago, Illinois
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Transportation Resident Engineer-2604235EL01
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Ardmore Roderick
Transportation Resident Engineer-2604235EL01
Chicago, Illinois
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Construction Resident Engineer
Farnsworth Group·Chicago, Illinois
Job functions:
$88k - $135k/yr
Hybrid
Bachelor's degree
501-1,000 employees
Job Description
Farnsworth Group is seeking a Construction Resident Engineer in one of the posting locations below. You will have an opportunity to work in the field on road and bridge construction projects.
In this role, you will be responsible for leading and supervising a field staff in contract management, administration, field engineering services and coordination of a mid to large size heavy highway construction projects. The candidate shall possess a strong background in construction management with residential streets, highways, bridges, utility relocation, trunk water main/sewer, retaining walls, stormwater pollution prevention implementation, traffic control review and related facilities. A person in this position is subject to occasional exposure to heavy traffic or adverse weather conditions. There are often interruptions to the work routine and must be able to think clearly and act effectively under these conditions.
Posting Locations for this role: Champaign, Chicago, Effingham, Lisle, Normal, Peoria, Pontiac, or Tinley Park, IL
What You'll Do:
In this role, you will be responsible for leading and supervising a field staff in contract management, administration, field engineering services and coordination of a mid to large size heavy highway construction projects. The candidate shall possess a strong background in construction management with residential streets, highways, bridges, utility relocation, trunk water main/sewer, retaining walls, stormwater pollution prevention implementation, traffic control review and related facilities. A person in this position is subject to occasional exposure to heavy traffic or adverse weather conditions. There are often interruptions to the work routine and must be able to think clearly and act effectively under these conditions.
Posting Locations for this role: Champaign, Chicago, Effingham, Lisle, Normal, Peoria, Pontiac, or Tinley Park, IL
What You'll Do:
- Lead and supervise the construction inspection team.
- Plan, prepare, and analyze construction documents.
- Manage construction contracts utilizing CMMS software.
- Supervise the preparation of inspector daily reports for inclusion on contractor progress payment estimates.
- Direct and assist staff in reviewing and analyzing contractor project schedules, staging plans, traffic control plans, and other required submittals to ensure they meet contract requirements and restrictions.
- Meet with contractors regularly to understand and review work plan and schedule, resolve issues in work areas, address scheduling concerns and sequence operations.
- Assign, schedule, supervise, review, and accept the work on behalf of client.
- Ensure that safety of personnel and the traveling public is paramount in all work activities.
- Administer contracts and confirm compliance in accordance with contract plans and specifications. Oversee the activities of Construction Inspectors, Materials Coordinators, Office Engineers, and Administrative personnel.
- Monitor contractors’ work for compliance to schedule, budget, technical specifications, and legal requirements.
- Conduct progress meetings and prepare reports on project status.
- Communicate and implement safety policies, and procedures.
- Recognize and act promptly on potential changes or additional work, contract conflicts or ambiguities in the plans and specifications and changes in field conditions.
- Negotiate, analyze, resolve, settle, deny, and/or make recommendations regarding contractor conflicts and claims considering contract plans and specifications, estimates, conditions, costs, and time.
- Conduct field visits to examine construction site conditions and issues.
- Participate actively as key a member of the client’s construction team for project delivery.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering.
- Professional Engineer (PE) License.
- 6 or more years of Resident Engineering experience for transportation projects.
- 10 HR OSHA, IDOT HMA and Concrete Level 1, and IDOT Aggregates certifications
- Partnering approach to Construction Management.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- IDOT, Tollway, and/or Local Agency federally funded construction experience.
Who We Are
Join Farnsworth Group, a nationally recognized architectural, engineering, and surveying firm, where your career can thrive! For ten consecutive years, we’ve been certified as a Great Place to Work®, and our engineers, architects, surveyors, and scientists channel their passion and expertise into making meaningful contributions to the world around us. With almost 650 talented professionals across 24 offices, we collaborate with clients ranging from small communities to some of the world’s largest brands. Our success is built on our people - their passion, creativity, and commitment to excellence. Here, you’ll find a supportive culture that champions your growth, embraces challenges, values work-life balance, and empowers you to make a lasting impact for our clients and the communities we serve. Join us and move your career forward.
A Great Place to Work Certified
For ten consecutive years, Farnsworth Group has earned the prestigious Great Place to Work® certification—thanks to our employees! Each year, our staff participates in a survey administered by the Great Place to Work organization, measuring perceptions of credibility, respect, pride, fairness, and camaraderie. The results are benchmarked against the nation’s leading companies, and only top performers receive the certification. Insights from the survey help us continually enhance our work environment and foster a culture that makes Farnsworth Group an even greater place to work.
Featured benefits and perks include:
Join Farnsworth Group, a nationally recognized architectural, engineering, and surveying firm, where your career can thrive! For ten consecutive years, we’ve been certified as a Great Place to Work®, and our engineers, architects, surveyors, and scientists channel their passion and expertise into making meaningful contributions to the world around us. With almost 650 talented professionals across 24 offices, we collaborate with clients ranging from small communities to some of the world’s largest brands. Our success is built on our people - their passion, creativity, and commitment to excellence. Here, you’ll find a supportive culture that champions your growth, embraces challenges, values work-life balance, and empowers you to make a lasting impact for our clients and the communities we serve. Join us and move your career forward.
A Great Place to Work Certified
For ten consecutive years, Farnsworth Group has earned the prestigious Great Place to Work® certification—thanks to our employees! Each year, our staff participates in a survey administered by the Great Place to Work organization, measuring perceptions of credibility, respect, pride, fairness, and camaraderie. The results are benchmarked against the nation’s leading companies, and only top performers receive the certification. Insights from the survey help us continually enhance our work environment and foster a culture that makes Farnsworth Group an even greater place to work.
Featured benefits and perks include:
- 401(k) with 100% Company Match up to 5%
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- Short & Long-Term Disability
- Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Professional Development and Training
- Mentoring Program
- Paid Time Off
- Wellness/Fitness Reimbursements
- Pet Insurance Plan
- Hybrid Work Program
Farnsworth Group appreciates that flexibility and work-life balance are important aspects of the careers and lives of our employees. Our Hybrid Work Program offers employees a flexible work arrangement while contributing to the Company’s culture and success.
Salary Range: $88,000 - $135,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity)
Statement on Diversity and Inclusion
Farnsworth Group is a collection of employees with unique backgrounds and perspectives that all come together to make us a better Company. It is our goal to recruit, hire, develop, retain, and promote a diverse group of people. Join us…and let’s make a difference, together.
Farnsworth Group, Inc. is proud to be a M/F Disabled and Veteran EEO/AA employer.
For immediate consideration, please Apply Online by clicking on the "Apply for this Position" tab below.
#LI-Onsite
Salary Range: $88,000 - $135,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity)
Statement on Diversity and Inclusion
Farnsworth Group is a collection of employees with unique backgrounds and perspectives that all come together to make us a better Company. It is our goal to recruit, hire, develop, retain, and promote a diverse group of people. Join us…and let’s make a difference, together.
Farnsworth Group, Inc. is proud to be a M/F Disabled and Veteran EEO/AA employer.
For immediate consideration, please Apply Online by clicking on the "Apply for this Position" tab below.
#LI-Onsite
Farnsworth Group
Construction Resident Engineer
Chicago, Illinois
Added 2d ago501-1,000 employees
Job functions:
$88k - $135k/yr
Hybrid
Bachelor's degree
Job Description
Farnsworth Group is seeking a Construction Resident Engineer in one of the posting locations below. You will have an opportunity to work in the field on road and bridge construction projects.
In this role, you will be responsible for leading and supervising a field staff in contract management, administration, field engineering services and coordination of a mid to large size heavy highway construction projects. The candidate shall possess a strong background in construction management with residential streets, highways, bridges, utility relocation, trunk water main/sewer, retaining walls, stormwater pollution prevention implementation, traffic control review and related facilities. A person in this position is subject to occasional exposure to heavy traffic or adverse weather conditions. There are often interruptions to the work routine and must be able to think clearly and act effectively under these conditions.
Posting Locations for this role: Champaign, Chicago, Effingham, Lisle, Normal, Peoria, Pontiac, or Tinley Park, IL
What You'll Do:
In this role, you will be responsible for leading and supervising a field staff in contract management, administration, field engineering services and coordination of a mid to large size heavy highway construction projects. The candidate shall possess a strong background in construction management with residential streets, highways, bridges, utility relocation, trunk water main/sewer, retaining walls, stormwater pollution prevention implementation, traffic control review and related facilities. A person in this position is subject to occasional exposure to heavy traffic or adverse weather conditions. There are often interruptions to the work routine and must be able to think clearly and act effectively under these conditions.
Posting Locations for this role: Champaign, Chicago, Effingham, Lisle, Normal, Peoria, Pontiac, or Tinley Park, IL
What You'll Do:
- Lead and supervise the construction inspection team.
- Plan, prepare, and analyze construction documents.
- Manage construction contracts utilizing CMMS software.
- Supervise the preparation of inspector daily reports for inclusion on contractor progress payment estimates.
- Direct and assist staff in reviewing and analyzing contractor project schedules, staging plans, traffic control plans, and other required submittals to ensure they meet contract requirements and restrictions.
- Meet with contractors regularly to understand and review work plan and schedule, resolve issues in work areas, address scheduling concerns and sequence operations.
- Assign, schedule, supervise, review, and accept the work on behalf of client.
- Ensure that safety of personnel and the traveling public is paramount in all work activities.
- Administer contracts and confirm compliance in accordance with contract plans and specifications. Oversee the activities of Construction Inspectors, Materials Coordinators, Office Engineers, and Administrative personnel.
- Monitor contractors’ work for compliance to schedule, budget, technical specifications, and legal requirements.
- Conduct progress meetings and prepare reports on project status.
- Communicate and implement safety policies, and procedures.
- Recognize and act promptly on potential changes or additional work, contract conflicts or ambiguities in the plans and specifications and changes in field conditions.
- Negotiate, analyze, resolve, settle, deny, and/or make recommendations regarding contractor conflicts and claims considering contract plans and specifications, estimates, conditions, costs, and time.
- Conduct field visits to examine construction site conditions and issues.
- Participate actively as key a member of the client’s construction team for project delivery.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering.
- Professional Engineer (PE) License.
- 6 or more years of Resident Engineering experience for transportation projects.
- 10 HR OSHA, IDOT HMA and Concrete Level 1, and IDOT Aggregates certifications
- Partnering approach to Construction Management.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- IDOT, Tollway, and/or Local Agency federally funded construction experience.
Who We Are
Join Farnsworth Group, a nationally recognized architectural, engineering, and surveying firm, where your career can thrive! For ten consecutive years, we’ve been certified as a Great Place to Work®, and our engineers, architects, surveyors, and scientists channel their passion and expertise into making meaningful contributions to the world around us. With almost 650 talented professionals across 24 offices, we collaborate with clients ranging from small communities to some of the world’s largest brands. Our success is built on our people - their passion, creativity, and commitment to excellence. Here, you’ll find a supportive culture that champions your growth, embraces challenges, values work-life balance, and empowers you to make a lasting impact for our clients and the communities we serve. Join us and move your career forward.
A Great Place to Work Certified
For ten consecutive years, Farnsworth Group has earned the prestigious Great Place to Work® certification—thanks to our employees! Each year, our staff participates in a survey administered by the Great Place to Work organization, measuring perceptions of credibility, respect, pride, fairness, and camaraderie. The results are benchmarked against the nation’s leading companies, and only top performers receive the certification. Insights from the survey help us continually enhance our work environment and foster a culture that makes Farnsworth Group an even greater place to work.
Featured benefits and perks include:
Join Farnsworth Group, a nationally recognized architectural, engineering, and surveying firm, where your career can thrive! For ten consecutive years, we’ve been certified as a Great Place to Work®, and our engineers, architects, surveyors, and scientists channel their passion and expertise into making meaningful contributions to the world around us. With almost 650 talented professionals across 24 offices, we collaborate with clients ranging from small communities to some of the world’s largest brands. Our success is built on our people - their passion, creativity, and commitment to excellence. Here, you’ll find a supportive culture that champions your growth, embraces challenges, values work-life balance, and empowers you to make a lasting impact for our clients and the communities we serve. Join us and move your career forward.
A Great Place to Work Certified
For ten consecutive years, Farnsworth Group has earned the prestigious Great Place to Work® certification—thanks to our employees! Each year, our staff participates in a survey administered by the Great Place to Work organization, measuring perceptions of credibility, respect, pride, fairness, and camaraderie. The results are benchmarked against the nation’s leading companies, and only top performers receive the certification. Insights from the survey help us continually enhance our work environment and foster a culture that makes Farnsworth Group an even greater place to work.
Featured benefits and perks include:
- 401(k) with 100% Company Match up to 5%
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- Short & Long-Term Disability
- Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Professional Development and Training
- Mentoring Program
- Paid Time Off
- Wellness/Fitness Reimbursements
- Pet Insurance Plan
- Hybrid Work Program
Farnsworth Group appreciates that flexibility and work-life balance are important aspects of the careers and lives of our employees. Our Hybrid Work Program offers employees a flexible work arrangement while contributing to the Company’s culture and success.
Salary Range: $88,000 - $135,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity)
Statement on Diversity and Inclusion
Farnsworth Group is a collection of employees with unique backgrounds and perspectives that all come together to make us a better Company. It is our goal to recruit, hire, develop, retain, and promote a diverse group of people. Join us…and let’s make a difference, together.
Farnsworth Group, Inc. is proud to be a M/F Disabled and Veteran EEO/AA employer.
For immediate consideration, please Apply Online by clicking on the "Apply for this Position" tab below.
#LI-Onsite
Salary Range: $88,000 - $135,000 (Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity)
Statement on Diversity and Inclusion
Farnsworth Group is a collection of employees with unique backgrounds and perspectives that all come together to make us a better Company. It is our goal to recruit, hire, develop, retain, and promote a diverse group of people. Join us…and let’s make a difference, together.
Farnsworth Group, Inc. is proud to be a M/F Disabled and Veteran EEO/AA employer.
For immediate consideration, please Apply Online by clicking on the "Apply for this Position" tab below.
#LI-Onsite
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Resident Engineer Jobs in Chicago: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a resident engineer job in Chicago?
Target Chicago's active construction and infrastructure sectors: the city's ongoing transit expansions, lakefront development projects, and Loop-adjacent commercial builds generate consistent demand. Civil and structural backgrounds travel well here, but candidates who know Chicago's permitting environment and have experience with Illinois Department of Transportation or City of Chicago project standards stand out. Direct applications to general contractors, engineering consultancies, and public agencies in the metro area tend to move faster than recruiter-led searches.
Which companies hire resident engineers in Chicago?
Chicago resident engineer roles are posted by AECOM, EXP, and GFT and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Hiring is spread across general contractors managing large-scale infrastructure, municipal agencies overseeing capital programs, and engineering firms supporting private development along Chicago's expanding neighborhoods.
Are there remote resident engineer jobs in Chicago?
Yes, but resident engineer work is largely site-dependent by nature, so fully remote roles are uncommon. About 20% of resident engineer openings tied to Chicago are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, which is lower than most desk-based roles. Where hybrid arrangements do exist, they typically apply to the documentation, reporting, and coordination portions of the role rather than field inspection duties.
How can I get a resident engineer job in Chicago with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in Chicago is through a field engineer or construction inspector role with one of the city's larger general contractors or with the Chicago Department of Transportation, both of which hire at the junior level and promote internally. Community college construction management programs and apprenticeships tied to Chicago's building trades also provide a direct route. A demonstrated familiarity with Chicago-area project types, such as transit, water infrastructure, or commercial high-rise, gives entry-level candidates a clear edge in local interviews.
Which industries hire the most resident engineers in Chicago?
The sectors hiring the most resident engineers in Chicago are Consulting & Professional Services and Construction & Real Estate, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Chicago's status as a major transit hub, combined with sustained public investment in water systems and private commercial development in neighborhoods like Fulton Market, keeps these sectors consistently active.
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