Senior Roadway Project Engineer, Team Lead

HNTB Corporation; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB Corporation in Raleigh, NC is seeking a senior engineer lead to direct design calculations, technical reports, and engineering plans for multidisciplinary projects. You will mentor junior staff, ensure quality across the team, and coordinate with clients and partners to meet schedules and budgets.

You will bring a strong engineering background, lead project delivery, and contribute to proposals while collaborating with other disciplines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 8+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s with 7+ years, or PhD with 6+ years.
• PE certification preferred; project leadership experience.
• Proficiency in OpenRoads Designer and familiarity with NCDOT standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead discipline delivery on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Mentor, train and review junior staff; provide feedback.
• Coordinate schedules, scope, and budgets with clients and partners.
• Assist in marketing responsibilities, including proposal development.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Project coordination

Client interaction

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.

This opportunity entails being responsible for the production and modification of design calculations, technical reports, engineering plans and specifications for assigned projects. Consults with the project manager to perform research, development, calculations, design and delivery. Applies engineering techniques, procedures and design criteria for complex and cross-discipline projects. Leverages technical knowledge and experience to address design related issues or concerns, working closely with the project manager through creative problem solving, interactions with clients and by completing tasks to meet the project schedule. Develops conceptual and detailed designs and calculations to support the project completion using current drawing and technical tools, programs and software. May mentor, train and review work of junior engineer staff and provide constructive feedback. As a member of the team, you will contribute to the successful project delivery for a diverse range of projects for HNTB’s clients. This position is a lead role to direct, mentor and train junior staff.

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.
• 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, 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.

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

Locations: Raleigh, NC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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