Senior Highway Project Engineer (Hybrid)

GFT; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Comprehensive benefits

401(k)

PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Incentive pay

Job summary

GFT seeks an emerging Highway/Roadway Project Engineer to join our Transportation team across Omaha, NE and surrounding Midwest locations. You will lead design tasks for roadway projects, mentor junior staff, and coordinate with clients to deliver on time and within budget.

Hybrid work with three days onsite; PE license in KS/MO/NE is preferred. You bring 8+ years of highway design experience and proficiency in MicroStation/OpenRoads, with strong communication and team skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from an ABET‑accredited university.
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license in Kansas, Missouri, or Nebraska; additional state licensure is a plus.
• 8+ years of engineering experience with broad knowledge of transportation design and strong technical skills in highway design.
• Experience with State DOT and/or local municipality/county design projects.
• Proficient in MicroStation, OpenRoads, and Microsoft Office products.
• Strong organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment, self‑starter, demonstrated organization skills, team player, and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering design tasks for roadway projects from concept development to final design, including construction support.
• Develop plans, specifications, cost estimates, reports, and prepare final bid packages
• Establish working relationships and contact with client technical staff and project managers.
• Manage and mentor junior engineers on project assignments.
• Attend internal and external meetings with the team.
• Coordinate design activities and meetings between design staff, subconsultants, and client managers.
• Coordinate the planning, staffing, scheduling, budget management, quality control, of subconsultants and internal technical and support staff.
• Participating in project decisions regarding technical approaches, cost and scheduling performance
• Lead projects and complete tasks within schedule and budget with teams comprised of different disciplines.
• Project QA/QC.
• Assist project managers with various other tasks.
• Ability to multi‑task and manage workload on various projects simultaneously.

Skills

8+ years engineering experience

DOT/municipality design experience

Strong communication skills

Team player / self-starter

Project leadership

Education

ABET-accredited B.S. in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer license (KS/MO/NE)

Tools

MicroStation/OpenRoads

Microsoft Office

Job description

GFT seeks an emerging Highway/Roadway Project Engineer to join our Transportation team across Omaha, NE and surrounding Midwest locations. You will lead design tasks for roadway projects, mentor junior staff, and coordinate with clients to deliver on time and within budget.

Hybrid work with three days onsite; PE license in KS/MO/NE is preferred. You bring 8+ years of highway design experience and proficiency in MicroStation/OpenRoads, with strong communication and team skills.