Roles · Construction and engineering

AI rail engineer

Designs plans for new transportation systems and checks construction details for accuracy and conformity to standards.

Zanele Choi“I prepare designs for transportation facilities and check the calculations.”An example character, not a real person.
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Rail engineer · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Design plans for new transportation systems or parts of systems.
  2. Check construction plans and design calculations for accuracy and conformity.
  3. 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

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Role 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

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