Roles · Construction and engineering
AI rail engineer
Designs plans for new transportation systems and checks construction details for accuracy and conformity to standards.

Rail engineer · What it does
Three tasks it takes off your hands
- Design plans for new transportation systems or parts of systems.
- Check construction plans and design calculations for accuracy and conformity.
- Prepare final project layout drawings that include stress calculations.
Where these come from
The tasks of “Transportation Engineers” (O*NET 17-2051.01), as O*NET lists them:
- Design or prepare plans for new transportation systems or parts of systems, such as airports, commuter trains, highways, streets, bridges, drainage structures, or roadway lighting.
- Check construction plans, design calculations, or cost estimations to ensure completeness, accuracy, or conformity to engineering standards or practices.
- Prepare final project layout drawings that include details such as stress calculations.
Rail engineer · Tools and industries
It works in the tools you already use
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
- Bentley MicroStation
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Industries it fits
Hire this roleRole facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits
