Senior Roadway Project Engineer, Team Lead

HNTB; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB is seeking a senior engineering leader in Raleigh, NC to oversee multi-disciplinary projects, drive scope and budget adherence, and mentor staff. The role emphasizes delivering complex infrastructure solutions with technical excellence and strategic client engagement.

The successful candidate will leverage OpenRoads Designer skills and NC DOT standards, collaborating across disciplines to deliver on time and within budget.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Uses senior-level technical expertise to consider broad range of engineering solutions.
• Discipline-specific planning, work distribution, and leadership on complex projects.
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
• Develops scope of work and manages adherence to budget on complex projects.
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the discipline.
• Provides technical guidance and mentoring to team members.

Skills

Senior-level leadership

Budget management

Schedule management

Marketing support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Tools

OpenRoads Designer

Job description

What We're Looking For

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‑disciplinary projects.
• Assists with coordination and planning of schedules, hours, and distribution of work for other disciplines on multi‑disciplinary projects on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Recruits, hires, develops and retains staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession. Coordinates schedules and approves timecards.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering and 7 years of relevant experience.
• 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.

What We Prefer

• Master’s degree in Engineering.
• 10 years of relevant experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE).
• Proficient in OpenRoads Designer with a strong grasp of NCDOT standards and design manuals.

Location: Raleigh, NC

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Engineering Group

ReqID: R-30727

Equal Employment Opportunity & Disability Accessibility Statement

HNTB provides a fair and equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or other status protected by law. The HNTB Companies ensure nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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