Senior Engineer – Transportation

Stanley Consultants; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

401K Match

Professional Development Assistance

Job summary

Stanley Consultants is seeking a Senior Engineer, Transportation, to join our Austin, Texas office. You will provide engineering expertise on highway projects and manage complex design tasks. This role involves collaboration with clients like the Texas DOT on various projects.

The ideal candidate needs a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and at least 8-10 years of experience. The position offers a hybrid work model and several benefits including health insurance and professional growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of relevant experience in transportation engineering.
• Familiarity with managing clients such as Texas DOT.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design staff on transportation projects.
• Manage projects with Texas DOT and municipal organizations.
• Evaluate client needs and prepare engineering documents.

Skills

Leadership

Civil Engineering

Highway Design

Project Management

Texas DOT Regulations

Microsoft Office Suite

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering

Texas Professional Engineer (PE) license

Tools

Microstation

OpenRoads Designer

Job description

Senior Engineer, Transportation

Location: Austin, TX

Job Type: Hybrid

Are you motivated, energetic and connected with clients, contractors and subconsultants in the A/E/C industry? Is your passion for leading transportation projects contagious? Do you enjoy executing winning strategies for pursuits? Is work/life balance important to you? If this describes you, we are looking for a talented and ambitious Senior Transportation Engineer in our Austin, Texas office. You will provide engineering expertise on highway projects including roadway studies and design, drainage and utility systems, preliminary and final design, preparation of construction documents, cost estimates, project scheduling, and large, complex highway corridors.

This position offers exciting challenges and opportunities to develop the growing Texas program while managing all activities related to project scope, schedule, cost, quality, communications, and resources; mentoring young staff engineers, assisting in transportation market business development, and participating in professional organizations and technical committees.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Lead, direct, and mentor design staff on transportation projects, including plan development for a comprehensive range of transportation design projects ranging from roundabouts to interchanges and interstate widenings. Associated tasks will include horizontal and vertical geometry, cross sections, earthwork modeling, 3D roadway modeling, quantities calculations, construction specifications, and utility coordination.
• Managing and designing projects with clients such as Texas DOT and other municipal organizations.
• Assist in staffing requirements and make recommendations for hiring staff.
• Assist in the development of marketing strategies for transportation project opportunities.
• Adhere to company standards for quality assurance and quality control as defined in the quality manual.
• Participate in project scoping, fee estimating and proposal preparation, interviews, and negotiations.
• Review department projects after award to collaborate on work procedures/sequences and developing schedules, budgets, staffing, sub consultant involvement, and progress billings.
• Attend on-site and off-site client meetings.
• Evaluate client needs and identify requirements.
• Meet with client management as necessary during the term of a project to resolve issues and to obtain approvals at the project’s completion.
• Prepare and modify reports, specifications, plans, construction schedules, cost estimates, environmental studies, and designs for projects.
• Evaluate need for design changes and make appropriate recommendations.
• Submit documents to federal, state, and local agencies for code compliance review and obtain permits when required.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering
• A minimum of 8-10 years of relevant experience
• Texas Professional Engineer (PE) license required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the Texas Department of Transportation or similar State DOT and/or local government agencies developing, delivering, and managing highway design projects.
• Experience with Texas DOT design methods, plan preparation, standards and specifications or similar State DOT experience.
• Demonstrated capabilities and success in managing the design of medium to large multi-disciplined transportation projects, multi-office projects, and/or multiple projects.
• Working knowledge of roadway design software used to prepare engineering and design documents including Microstation and OpenRoads Designer.
• Experienced in and fully capable of using the Microsoft software suite including Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Experienced in preparing technical approaches and work plans (write ups) to support RFQ’s and technical proposals.
• Proven leadership, communication, mentoring and client liaison skills.
• Business acumen including negotiation skills.
• Established relationships with key clients.

Benefits:

• Member-Owned: Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance, and personal reward.
• Paid Time Away: Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave, and professional development leave.
• Health Insurance: We provide a comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources.
• Financial Health: We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection, and many other benefits.
• Professional Growth: When your skills grow, so do we, which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership, and more.
• Financial Rewards: We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation, and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.

Work-Life Balance

We realize there’s more to life than just work. We help you meet the demands of work, family and personal life through several flexible options.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)