Bentley Design Technology Lead

Kimley-Horn; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Exceptional Retirement Plan

Comprehensive Health Coverage

Flexible Scheduling

Tuition Reimbursement

Family-Friendly Benefits

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Senior Civil Technology Leader in their Orlando, Florida office. The role involves leading the Bentley Design Technology Practice, enhancing transportation engineering capabilities, and ensuring effective training and technical leadership. Candidates should have a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering, significant experience in transportation engineering, and proven leadership skills. Comprehensive benefits and a commitment to employee development are highlighted, including a robust retirement plan and health coverage.

Qualifications

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) preferred.
• Significant experience in transportation engineering.
• Track record of supporting DOT projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic deployment of Bentley technologies.
• Establish standardized design workflows and practices.
• Serve as the firm’s primary Bentley liaison.

Skills

Leadership

Transportation Engineering

Bentley Technology

ProjectWise

People Management

Technical Strategy

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

Bentley OpenRoads Designer (ORD)

ProjectWise

Job description

Overview

Kimley-Horn is seeking a senior civil technology leader to serve as the firmwide Bentley Design Technology Practice Lead for our Transportation practice, based in our Orlando, Florida (FL) office. This is not a remote position.

Responsibilities

This role will be responsible for building, leading, and scaling our firmwide Bentley OpenRoads Designer (ORD) roadway and bridge design capabilities, including training, technical leadership, as well as our ProjectWise strategy. The selected candidate will:

• Provide firmwide leadership on the strategic deployment of Bentley technologies within Kimley-Horn’s Transportation practice

• Build and oversee a firmwide Bentley Design Center of Excellence for roadway and bridge design

• Establish and maintain standardized ORD design workflows and modeling practices aligned with DOT standards

• Own enterprise ProjectWise / CDE strategy in coordination with IT and technical leadership

• Provide strategic leadership for SMEs to build out training programs, and learning paths that scale ORD capability across the firm

• Partner with delivery leaders to ensure Bentley workflows directly support our clients

• Guide adoption of automation and intelligent design workflows where they deliver recognized client value

• Serve as the firm’s primary Bentley liaison and internal thought leader, fostering a culture of technical excellence

Qualifications

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) (preferred)

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

• Significant experience in transportation engineering, including roadway design

• Career foundation built through hands-on project delivery, client engagement, and technical leadership

• Proven track record supporting DOT programs and complex transportation projects

• Demonstrated ability to stand up and lead multi-office technical initiatives or programs

• Significant technical experience with Bentley ORD, ProjectWise, and DOT delivery environments

• Experience establishing or leading a design technology group, center of excellence, or training program

• Strong people leadership skills with a passion for building and developing engineers and designers

• Background integrating engineering workflows with automation, data, or custom tooling

• Experience managing enterprise Bentley contracts (preferred)

Benefits

Why Kimley-Horn?

At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients, and employees are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it— that’s why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn’s placement on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work” list for 19 years!

Key Benefits at Kimley-Horn

• Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to-1 company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution.

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.

• Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.

• Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.

• Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.

• Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.

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Posted Date 1 day ago (4/12/2026 7:14 PM)

ID 2026-23394

Education Bachelor’s Degree

Discipline/Focus Information Technology