Senior Highway Design Project Engineer

Prudent Engineering, LLP; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K with company match

PTO plus paid holidays

Unlimited opportunities to advance

Job summary

Prudent Engineering, LLP is seeking an experienced Highway Design Project Engineer to support planning and design of transportation infrastructure across New York State. This role contributes to highway design, coordinates multidisciplinary activities, and guides junior staff while ensuring plans, specs, estimates meet client requirements and budgets.

The successful candidate will apply NYSDOT design criteria and use Bentley OpenRoads Designer to develop design models and contract plans, with a

Qualifications

• Direct experience working on NYSDOT highway design projects.
• Familiarity with NYSDOT project-development procedures, design deliverables, CADD standards, specifications, and electronic submission requirements.
• Experience with Bentley ProjectWise or similar document-management and collaboration platforms.
• Experience developing 3D roadway models and model-based design deliverables.
• Experience with public-agency or municipally funded roadway reconstruction, rehabilitation, safety, or complete-streets projects.
• Experience coordinating utility, drainage, traffic, environmental, and right-of-way considerations.
• Experience leading design tasks or small project teams and mentoring junior staff.
• Construction support or construction inspection experience.
• Familiarity with federal-aid project requirements and applicable FHWA guidance.

Responsibilities

• Perform highway and transportation design assignments from preliminary engineering through final design and construction support.
• Develop and review roadway plans, profiles, typical sections, alignments, grading, drainage, pavement, guiderail, signing, pavement marking, maintenance and protection of traffic, and related design elements.
• Prepare and review engineering calculations, design reports, technical memoranda, quantities, engineer’s estimates, specifications, and contract documents.
• Apply NYSDOT design criteria, standard specifications, engineering instructions, Highway Design Manual requirements, CADD standards, and other applicable agency guidance.
• Use Bentley OpenRoads Designer and related Bentley applications to develop and review highway design models and contract plans.
• Coordinate design activities with bridge, traffic, drainage, environmental, utility, survey, geotechnical, construction, and other project disciplines.
• Assist project managers with work planning, staffing, schedules, budgets, progress tracking, and client coordination.
• Identify technical issues and develop practical, constructible, and cost-effective solutions.
• Perform interdisciplinary reviews and participate in quality-control reviews at established project milestones.
• Provide technical direction and mentoring to engineers, designers, and CADD staff.
• Review the work of junior staff for technical accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance with project requirements.
• Participate in field investigations, project meetings, design reviews, and construction-phase support activities.
• Communicate effectively with clients, agency representatives, subconsultants, contractors, and internal project teams.
• Assist with scopes of work, fee estimates, proposals, and interviews when requested.

Skills

NYSDOT highway design

NYSDOT procedures familiarity

Bentley ProjectWise

3D roadway modeling

Municipal roadway projects

Utility/drainage/traffic coordination

Design task leadership & mentoring

Construction support/inspection

FHWA guidance familiarity

Tools

Bentley OpenRoads Designer

Bentley ProjectWise

Job description

Prudent Engineering, LLP is seeking an experienced Highway Design Project Engineer to support planning and design of transportation infrastructure across New York State. This role contributes to highway design, coordinates multidisciplinary activities, and guides junior staff while ensuring plans, specs, estimates meet client requirements and budgets.

The successful candidate will apply NYSDOT design criteria and use Bentley OpenRoads Designer to develop design models and contract plans, with a