Highway Discipline Manager (Transportation Design Engineer VII)

Maryland Department of Transportation; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Maryland Transportation Authority seeks a Highway Discipline Manager in Baltimore to lead and coordinate the design and management of major highway projects within the Office of Engineering and Construction. This role oversees MDTA engineers and consultants on capital projects, providing review, supervision, and direction for highway design work.

Ideal candidates will hold a Maryland PE license and have several years of highway project management experience, including supervision of a design

Qualifications

• Maryland PE license required at time of appointment.
• Three years of highway engineering project management as a licensed professional engineer.
• Two years of experience supervising engineers or a design team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate major highway interchange and toll plaza projects.
• Oversee public involvement activities and prepare materials for meetings.
• Review proposals for consultant contracts and manage project budgets and invoices.
• Manage and preserve highway pavements and traffic barrier assets.

Skills

Highway project leadership

Project management

Public involvement coordination

Contract management

Team supervision

Education

Maryland Professional Engineer license

Job description

OPEN UNTIL FILLED

EXECUTIVE SERVICE

The MDTA owns, operates, and maintains eight major toll facilities comprised of four bridges, two tunnels, and two turnpikes, across the State of Maryland. For over 50 years, the MDTA has provided Maryland's citizens and visitors with safe, secure, and convenient transportation facilities. We are committed to quality and excellence in customer service, and we rely on our organization's values, traditions and - most importantly - our employees to achieve these goals.

Nature of Work:

The Highway Discipline Manager serves in the Office of Engineering and Construction by assuming the leadership role for managing and coordinating major highway interchange projects, major highway design and toll plaza projects, minor facility rehabilitation projects, and highway studies. This position is responsible for the management of consultants and in-house design of capital projects and task orders by providing review, supervision, and direction to MDTA engineers and consulting engineers for MDTA highway projects and in support of other engineering projects or MDTA projects that involve highway design. Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Manage, plan and design complex highway related projects including major highway interchange projects, major highway design and toll plaza projects, minor facility rehabilitation projects, and highway studies;
• Coordinate public involvement aspects of highway projects including overseeing and managing the preparation for public meetings, public workshops, preparation of handouts, color display boards, computer rendered photos and other graphic exhibits for use at meetings with small groups or large communities;
• Attend public meetings to address citizen questions directly related to highway projects;
• Review and evaluate technical proposals for consultant contract selection;
• Contract Management: evaluate and analyze project schedules and resource requirements to ensure timely completion of assignments, review and evaluate cost efficiency and scope of services to effectively complete engineering tasks, monitor task progress, issues and budgets, review and track invoices to effectively monitor contract costs; and
• Manage and preserve highway pavements and traffic barrier assets.

This position will report to the Deputy Director of Engineering and/or other designated official.

The current vacancy is in Baltimore, Maryland. Hybrid telework schedules may be available for this position.

MDTA employees are offered a generous benefits package including a minimum of 11 paid holidays, a minimum of 27* days of leave annually (personal, vacation, and sick), access to the State Pension System, deferred compensation plans, excellent health, dental, and vision plans, and more! *May be prorated based upon start date.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Possession of a Maryland Professional Engineer license, in the appropriate option, is required. Evidence of license must be presented at time of appointment.

Experience: Three (3) years of experience managing highway engineering projects as a licensed professional engineer. Two (2) years of the required experience must have involved the supervision of employees or a design team of engineers.

The ideal candidate will possess the following

• Extensive experience in highway engineering design and project management including; the development and review of highway plans, specifications and estimates, and coordination for permitting and procurement;
• Two years of experience working in the Federal Government.

1. An applicant's current license as a Professional Engineer in a state with comparable requirements acceptable to the Maryland State Board for Professional Engineers, in the appropriate option for which application is made, will be accepted but the applicant must obtain a Maryland Professional Engineer license within twelve (12) months of appointment. Evidence of out of state license must be presented at time of appointment.

2. Employees in this classification are assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland. Applicants must list their license number and expiration date the application.

NOTES

Registration requirements are established under Title 14, Business Occupations and Professions Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. 1. Employees may be subject to emergency recall 24 hours a day and may be required to maintain a reliable communication link (telephone or pager) for the purpose of emergency call back requirements. 2. Eligible applicants may be subject to a background investigation under federal or State laws and regulations. A conviction is not an automatic disqualification to employment. Erroneous, misleading or fraudulent information on an application is sufficient grounds for rejection from the hiring process, withdrawal of an offer for employment or immediate discharge.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. MDTA does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.

MDOT has various careers for people of all experiences, backgrounds, and abilities who come together to contribute to one mission - connecting our customers to life's opportunities. Join us in serving our Maryland residents, visitors, and businesses!

Reasonable Accommodations for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request.

Appropriate auxiliary aids and services for qualified individuals with disability will be provided upon request. Please notify in advance. MD Relay Service Number 1-800-735-2258 (TTY Number: 711). Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.

Issue Date: 01/30/2026