Senior Highway Engineer

Ardurra; West Palm Beach (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Benefits programs

Flexible work-life balance

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Florida is seeking an experienced Senior Highway Engineer to join their team. Responsibilities include developing contract plans, ensuring compliance with design criteria, and supervising engineering tasks. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in transportation design and proficiency in Microstation and OpenRoads Designer. This position offers competitive compensation, a supportive work culture, and growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of post-licensure engineering experience in transportation design.
• Strong analytical problem-solving, time-management, and organizational skills.
• Experience preparing final design plans, specifications, and estimates.

Responsibilities

• Develop contract plans and prepare technical specifications and cost estimates.
• Perform quality control on engineering work products.
• Coordinate day-to-day activities of engineers, designers, and technicians.

Skills

Microstation

OpenRoads Designer

MS Office Suite

Verbal communication

Technical writing

Analytical problem-solving

Time management

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Job description

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Ardurra is seeking a Senior Highway Engineer to join our team in any of our offices in Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Tallahassee, or West Palm Beach, Florida.

Our Transportation team offers design capabilities ranging from complex multilevel interchanges to urban arterial reconstruction to complete streets for our clients. Our portfolio features a plethora of signature projects including the I-395 Signature Bridge reconstruction project in Downtown Miami as showcased in the Engineering News‑Record! Each of our designs is customized, sustainable, and cost‑effective for our clients covering all project types, including Design Build or Design Bid Build. Our clients have relied on our expertise in comprehensive planning, engineering design, and construction management to provide safe and efficient transportation solutions.

Primary Function

The successful candidate will work on a variety of transportation‑related design projects, developing contract plans, specifications, and estimates for construction. They should have experience with the entire project design delivery process and hands‑on design/engineering supervision. The candidate will be responsible for supervising and leading engineering design tasks pertaining to roadway geometric design, production of plans and writing of technical reports and documents.

Primary Duties

• Perform process design of multi‑discipline transportation engineering projects, including evaluating alternatives, conducting engineering studies and design calculations, and performing preliminary and detailed design.
• Provide technical expertise to ensure compliance with design intent, project scope, and state and federal design criteria and standards.
• Develop contract plans and prepare technical specifications and cost estimates.
• Assist with project execution and delivery, including development of project scope, budget, and schedule.
• Coordinate day‑to‑day activities of engineers, designers, and technicians assigned to a specific project.
• Perform quality control on engineering work products including design calculations, models, drawings, reports, specifications, and estimates.
• Assist with marketing and business development efforts.
• Effectively communicate and coordinate with internal and external partners/stakeholders, including clients, discipline leads, sub‑consultants, regulatory agencies, and utility companies.

Education and Experience Requirements

• A Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET‑accredited university or college.
• 10+ years of post‑licensure engineering experience in transportation design.
• Proficiency in Microstation and OpenRoads Designer with the ability to train and supervise the technical work of engineers, designers, and technicians.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).
• Experience preparing final design plans, specifications, and estimates.
• Strong verbal communication and technical writing skills.
• Strong analytical problem‑solving, time‑management, and organizational skills.

Why Ardurra?

While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart from our peers. We nurture a family‑like culture, striving to create a work environment that is enjoyable, challenging, and rewarding but also fun. We are acutely focused on developing our staff, whether through our internal Ardurra Academy or through our industry‑leading Leadership program. We have made a deliberate and focused commitment to nurture a people‑centric culture where people are valued as individuals, supported in their professional and career development with multiple, varied career paths, provided the tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work, and offered positive benefits, time‑off programs, and flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home.

Ardurra is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

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