Pavement Technology Leader

Commercial Metals LTD; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day 1 benefits

401(k) match

Lifestyle benefit

Bonuses

Life & disability insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Training & advancement

Job summary

Commercial Metals LTD's Tensar Division seeks an Application Technology Manager to advance pavement technologies, validate designs, and translate testing into practical guidance, software, and training. This senior role connects engineering analysis, research, and field performance to Tensar pavement solutions.

The candidate will lead cross-functional teams, collaborate with researchers, and manage technology development projects, with travel 20–30% domestically and internationally.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of combined experience and education in civil engineering. A focus on pavement design or geotechnical engineering preferred.
• Expertise in pavement design and analysis, including linear elastic, mechanistic, empirical, and mechanistic-empirical methods.
• Working knowledge of pavement engineering, soil mechanics, geotechnical engineering, materials mechanics, and geosynthetics.
• Experience with research, method development, testing, validation, and interpretation of engineering results.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with professionalism and discretion.
• Approximately 20-30% domestic and international travel required.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop new pavement application technologies utilizing core Tensar products.
• Identify and implement technical improvements to existing Tensar pavement systems and design methods.
• Collaborate with technical engineers and research partners to develop, validate, test, and implement pavement technologies and design methodologies.
• Analyze laboratory, accelerated pavement testing, and field-performance data and convert findings into pavement design guidance, software logic, and implementation recommendations.
• Monitor competitor technologies, publications, design approaches, and performance claims.
• Provide technical leadership for pavement design and implementation of Tensar products within flexible, rigid, industrial, maintenance/interlayer, foundation, and specialty pavement solutions.
• Independently manage application technology development projects.

Skills

Pavement design

Geotechnical knowledge

Engineering analysis

Research & validation

Communication skills

Data interpretation

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Master of Science in Civil Engineering or related field

MBA

Job description

Commercial Metals LTD's Tensar Division seeks an Application Technology Manager to advance pavement technologies, validate designs, and translate testing into practical guidance, software, and training. This senior role connects engineering analysis, research, and field performance to Tensar pavement solutions.

The candidate will lead cross-functional teams, collaborate with researchers, and manage technology development projects, with travel 20–30% domestically and internationally.