Senior Project Engineer - Highway Design

HNTB Corporation; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB Corporation in Florida is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to join our Highway Design team. You will provide advanced engineering, coordination, preconstruction, and program-level technical activities to deliver complex infrastructure projects.

You will work with planning, engineering, environmental, project controls and traffic teams to ensure accurate, high-quality execution of environmental and contractual requirements while mentoring others and leading discipline delivery on large

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• PhD in Engineering with 6+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Uses senior-level technical expertise to consider broad range of engineering solutions.
• Responsible for discipline-specific planning, work distribution, and leadership and adherence to schedule and budget on complex projects.
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
• Develops scope of work and level of effort and manages adherence to scope and budget on complex projects.
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline.
• Provides technical guidance and mentoring to team members to achieve project objectives.
• Coordinates technical aspects with client counterparts and teaming partners on complex projects.
• Leads discipline delivery on larger, multi-disciplinary projects.
• Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Coordination

Mentoring

Proposal development

Client liaison

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Tools

PE license

Job description

What We're Looking For

he Senior Project Engineer serves as an experienced and highly collaborative member of the Highway Design team, supporting the delivery of major conventional as well as alternative delivery projects. This role provides advanced engineering, coordination, , preconstruction, and program-level technical activities. The Senior Project Engineer works closely with planning, engineering, environmental, project controls and traffic teams to advance complex infrastructure projects, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and high-quality execution of technical, environmental, and contractual requirements. At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

What You’ll Do

• Uses senior-level technical expertise to consider broad range of engineering solutions.
• Responsible for the discipline‑specific planning, work distribution, and leadership and adherence to the schedule, and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
• Develops scope of work and level of effort and manages adherence to scope and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects within discipline.
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline.
• Provides technical guidance and mentoring to team members to achieve overall project objectives on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Coordinates technical aspects of the project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Leads discipline delivery on larger, multi-disciplinary projects.
• Works closely with other disciplines on multi‑discipline projects.
• Assists with coordination and planning of schedules, hours, and distribution of work for other disciplines on multi‑discipline projects on complex or unusual engineering projects Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree in Engineering and 7 years of relevant experience, or PhD in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience

What You’ll Bring

• Shows excellent technical knowledge and quality work in multiple discipline projects.
• Prioritizes tasks and displays accountability to the project team to deliver projects that are of high quality, on‑time, and within budget and scope.
• Demonstrates vision beyond the task at hand and anticipates risks and effects of their actions.
• Understands and supports the objectives that are responsible for successful project delivery, recognizing how multiple disciplines influence project development
• Applies an accrued knowledge base to innovate project efficiencies.
• Uses refined technical skills to identify problems, develop appropriate solutions, and make good decisions, knowing what tools to use for effective solutions and optimal outcomes on projects.
• Applies experience to engage with diverse public clients.

What We Prefer

• 10 years of relevant experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Locations

Bartow, FL, Tampa, FL.

At HNTB, we are harnessing the power of collaboration and innovation to establish a new vision for the future of mobility across our country. You don’t have to look far to see our impact. For more than a century, HNTB’s spark has connected people and places, expanded opportunity, and left a lasting impact on our communities. Our culture of integrity and inclusion, combined with groundbreaking solutions, has affirmed our reputation and positioned our firm as the industry leader in delivering extraordinary value. When you join HNTB, you are joining an employee‑owned firm founded on the values of integrity, collaboration, personal accountability, respect for others, and the development of all employees. We are committed to the continual improvement of an inclusive workplace. We encourage our employees to bring their whole and authentic selves to work, provide them a meaningful welcoming environment where they are valued, celebrated and respected. Diversity of thought and unique perspectives drives innovation, engagement and retention, which makes HNTB better and brings value to our clients and our communities.

Equal Opportunity Employer HNTB is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or other status protected by law. We will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with a disability where appropriate.

Work Authorization In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, we will only employ qualified individuals legally authorized to work in the United States (if the position is or will be one which is subject to U.S. law). Verification of employment eligibility will be required. HNTB participates in E-Verify Know your rights: Right to Work