Bridge Project Engineer - Team Lead

hntb; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB is seeking a senior engineering leader for Columbia and North Charleston, SC, to direct and mentor junior staff while delivering design calculations, technical reports, and engineering plans for diverse infrastructure projects. You will coordinate with clients and project managers to ensure timely and within-scope outcomes, guiding cross-discipline teams to successful delivery.

The role emphasizes staff development, proposal support, and ensuring quality deliverables across projects in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 6 years of relevant experience or Master's degree with 5 years or PhD with 4 years.

Responsibilities

• Plan and distribute discipline-specific work, and ensure schedule and budget adherence.
• Assist with marketing responsibilities and proposal generation.
• Develop scope of work and level of effort for projects within the discipline.
• Oversee accuracy of the project team's work and mentor staff toward objectives.
• Coordinate technical aspects with clients and teaming partners across disciplines.
• Collaborate with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Recruit, hire and develop staff, manage timecards and succession planning.

Job description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible for the production and modification of design calculations, technical reports, engineering plans and specifications for assigned projects. Consults with the project manager to perform research, development, calculations, design and delivery. Applies engineering techniques, procedures and design criteria for projects ranging in size and complexity. Leverages technical knowledge and experience to address design related issues or concerns, working closely with the project manager through creative problem solving, interactions with clients and by completing tasks to meet the project schedule. Develops conceptual and detailed designs and calculations to support the project completion using current drawing and technical tools, programs and software. As a member of the team, you will contribute to the successful project delivery for a diverse range of projects for HNTB's clients. This position is a lead role to direct, mentor and train junior staff.

What You'll Do:

• Responsible for the planning and distribution of discipline-specific work, and adherence to the schedule and budget on projects.
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
• Assists with the development of scope of work and level of effort for projects and/or assignments within discipline.
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team's work within the technical discipline. Guides and mentors team to overall project objectives.
• Coordinates technical aspects of project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline.
• Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Recruits, hires, develops and retains staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession. Coordinates schedules and approves timecards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience, or
• Master's degree in Engineering and 5 years of relevant experience, or
• PhD in Engineering and 4 years of relevant experience

What You'll Bring:

• Understands the impacts of decisions on technical design and work planning.
• Coordinates work planning and design effectively across multiple technical disciplines.
• Prepares high quality deliverables that are on time, and within budget and scope.

What We Prefer:

• Master's degree in Engineering
• 8 years relevant experience
• SC Professional Engineer (PE) certification
• Experience with SCDOT Design Manuals and Standards

Locations:

Columbia, SC, North Charleston, SC .

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.