Project Engineer - Highway

Metro Associates; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Metro Associates in Syracuse, NY seeks a Project Engineer - Highway to lead design and roadway projects for NYSDOT, City of Syracuse, and regional clients. You will develop plans, manage design documents, and coordinate with agencies and staff to ensure project success.

The role emphasizes highway engineering, mentoring junior engineers, and delivering quality design and construction support across multiple projects in New York and adjacent regions.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of transportation experience, with highway engineering preferred.
• Professional Engineer license is required.
• Experience with MicroStation and OpenRoads.

Responsibilities

• Complete highway design, drainage design, alignments, and related transportation engineering tasks.
• Develop preliminary and detailed design plans, specs, and cost estimates.
• Maintain records for design documents, progress reports, budgets, schedules, and decisions.
• Coordinate with project managers, staff, clients, subconsultants, regulators, and other disciplines.
• Mentor junior engineers and support client meetings, scheduling, and project development tasks.
• Provide technical support during construction, including RFIs, site visits, and progress reviews.

Skills

Transportation design

Highway engineering

Mentoring

Client coordination

Education

B.S. in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer license

Tools

MicroStation

OpenRoads

Job description

Project Engineer - Highway - Syracuse, NY

Project Engineer - Highway / Roadway Design

Design Central New York highway and roadway infrastructure supporting NYSDOT, the City of Syracuse, and other municipal clients. Projects include corridor improvements, sidewalks, trails, and transportation projects across the region.

In addition to supporting the Syracuse market, this technical project role helps advance highway design, roadway analysis, quality control, and staff mentoring for transportation projects throughout New York, Pennsylvania, and our client’s broader regional operations.

With our client, we are a multidisciplinary design services firm with nine locations nationwide. Our services span civil/site engineering, transportation engineering, landscape architecture, architecture, planning, environmental services, land surveying, GIS, construction inspection, precast, and construction engineering, each offering opportunities to shape communities and improve lives.

What You’ll Do

• Complete highway design, drainage design, alignments, and related transportation engineering assignments.
• Develop preliminary and detailed design plans, specifications, and cost estimates for projects and infrastructure improvements.
• Maintain accurate records for design documents, progress reports, budgets, schedules, and project decisions.
• Coordinate with project managers, technical staff, clients, subconsultants, regulatory agencies, reviewers, and other our client disciplines.
• Mentor junior engineers and support client meetings, presentations, schedule management, and project development tasks.
• Provide technical support during construction, including RFIs, site visits, and construction-progress review.

What We’re Looking For

• B.S. degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of transportation experience, with highway engineering experience preferred.
• Professional Engineering license required.
• Experience with MicroStation and OpenRoads.
• Ability to manage technical tasks, deadlines, documentation, quality, and changing priorities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with NYSDOT design standards, roadway/drainage design, construction-phase support, and multidisciplinary transportation project coordination.
• Strong client communication, ownership, collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, and sound judgment.
• Professional performance aligned with our client’s Mission, Vision, Core Values, and Clientship philosophy.

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