Principal Technologist Engineering

HNTB Corporation; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB Corporation is seeking a senior engineering technology owner to guide the technology lifecycle across the enterprise, evaluating hardware, software, and cloud solutions for deployment viability. You will lead initiatives, set workflows, standards, and training to improve project delivery across projects, disciplines, and offices.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, knowledge transfer, collaboration with vendors and internal teams, and ongoing improvement of technology adoption

Responsibilities

• Serve as engineering technology owner for select engineering technologies across the lifecycle.
• Evaluate hardware, software and cloud solutions for deployment viability.
• Lead special projects and coordinate deployments with internal teams.
• Develop, document, and maintain technical workflows, standards, and training.
• Create documentation and learning materials, and provide knowledge transfer through training and coaching.
• Provide technical guidance to practitioners and stakeholders throughout project delivery.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams to ensure knowledge assets stay current.

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-owned firm. This opportunity entails serving as the senior-most technical leader and owner for select engineering technologies across the enterprise, responsible for leadership throughout the technology lifecycle, including evaluation, deployment, support, governance, and continuous improvement. Champions technology initiatives, vendor relationships, and stakeholder engagement efforts while guiding the development of workflows, standards, training, and support practices that drive consistent and effective technology adoption across projects, disciplines, and business groups. Leverages deep technical expertise and industry knowledge to influence technology strategy, mitigate risks, identify emerging opportunities, and improve project delivery outcomes through informed technology decisions. This position may be based out of any major HNTB geographic location.

What You'll Do

Serves as the engineering technology owner for select engineering technology through the lifecycle. Evaluates hardware, software and cloud solutions to gauge viability and effectiveness to determine suitability for deployment. Assesses functionality and usability, compatibility with databases and cloud storage solutions, integrations within and between vendors and relevant third-party add-ons. Identifies, prioritizes and leads related special projects that may be required throughout the lifecycle. Coordinates technology deployment changes as needed with internal teams. Serves as an expert leader with technical practitioners, project teams, communities of practice, technical steering committees, and business stakeholders to support the effective application and adoption of select engineering technologies. Leads discussions for select engineering technologies within new and established forums, gathers and communicates stakeholder feedback, shares technical knowledge, and contributes to initiatives that improve workflows, standards, support services, and project delivery. Develops, documents, communicates, delivers, and maintains technical workflows, standards, guidance, and training that improve project delivery quality, consistency, and efficiency applying select engineering technologies. Creates technical documentation and learning materials and provides knowledge transfer through classroom instruction, virtual learning, hands-on coaching, demonstrations, and other appropriate methods. Coordinates contributions from other subject matter experts, evaluates feedback and adoption results, and ensures knowledge assets remain current, scalable, and aligned with the needs of multiple projects, disciplines, and offices. Champions organizational change to knowledge management systems to meet evolving expectations. Provides technical guidance and support to practitioners using select engineering technologies throughout the project delivery lifecycle. Responds to user questions, investigates technology and workflow issues, identifies and documents solutions, and coordinates with internal teams or vendor support when needed. Maintains communication with affected users and contributes support knowledge that improves issue resolution, technology reliability, and user effectiveness. Identifies and develops improvements to workflows, standards, training, configurations, and support processes that reduce future issues. Champions the coordination of critical ideas and defects with vendors to resolution to minimize future disruption. Champions coordination efforts between HNTB technical staff and vendor personnel for select engineering technologies. Organizes and leads recurring business review meetings to influence future vendor roadmaps and coordinates service strategies. Establishes and maintains productive working relationships with technology vendors to support the effective use of assigned engineering