Senior Transportation Engineer

Precision Systems, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Merit bonus and annual raise

401(k) match

Comprehensive benefits (health, dental

Hybrid work flexibility

Job summary

Precision Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior Highway/Roadway Design Engineer to join PSI full-time and lead roadway design and PS&E delivery for transportation infrastructure projects.

This role acts as a senior technical lead for highway projects, guiding concept to final PS&E and construction support across diverse settings.

The ideal candidate will mentor staff, coordinate with agencies such as FHWA/DDOT/VDOT, and deliver buildable, compliant designs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive roadway/highway design experience.
• Experience leading PS&E packages from concept through final design.
• Strong knowledge of AASHTO, FHWA, MUTCD, ADA/PROWAG, and state/local standards.
• Experience delivering roadway design for public-sector clients such as FHWA, DDOT, VDOT, MDOT SHA, NPS, or similar agencies.
• Experience leading technical staff and coordinating interdisciplinary design teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead roadway/highway design for corridor reconstruction, safety, multimodal, and related infrastructure projects.
• Prepare and oversee PS&E packages, including plans, specs, estimates, quantities, and reports.
• Develop roadway geometry, alignments, typical sections, cross sections, and ADA improvements.
• Coordinate roadway design with drainage, traffic, utilities, geotechnical, structural, environmental, and landscape teams.
• Provide senior technical review and QA/QC of roadway plans and design documents.
• Support client coordination, agency reviews, and interdisciplinary design meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Client coordination

Mentoring junior staff

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field

Licensed Professional Engineer

Tools

OpenRoads Designer

MicroStation

AutoCAD Civil 3D

ArcGIS

AutoTURN

Synchro

Job description

PSI is a fast-growing transportation engineering firm with 30+ years delivering award-winning infrastructure work across the DC region and beyond. We've grown from a boutique traffic engineering shop to a 50+ person firm spanning roadway design, transportation planning, software engineering, and construction management — and we're not done. Our team combines cutting-edge technology with a deep commitment to safety and innovation to solve the real operational and design challenges facing our communities' transportation systems.

Who You Are:

Precision Systems, Inc. is seeking a senior Highway/Roadway Design Engineer to join PSI full-time and lead roadway design and PS&E delivery for transportation infrastructure projects. This position will serve as a senior technical lead for highway, roadway, multimodal, corridor reconstruction, and task-order design assignments, with responsibility for advancing projects from planning and concept development through final PS&E and construction support.

The successful candidate will strengthen PSI’s in-house roadway design capacity and support federal, state, and local transportation clients, including DDOT, VDOT, MDOT SHA, FHWA, and other public agencies. This role requires a hands-on design leader who can manage roadway geometry, civil/site design, multimodal facilities, drainage coordination, utility coordination, traffic and safety interfaces, ADA compliance, MOT considerations, quality control, and interdisciplinary PS&E integration.

Responsibilities:

• Lead roadway/highway design for corridor reconstruction, safety, multimodal, bridge-adjacent, trail, streetscape, and transportation infrastructure projects
• Prepare and oversee PS&E packages, including plans, specifications, estimates, quantities, design reports, and supporting technical documentation
• Develop roadway geometry, horizontal and vertical alignments, typical sections, cross sections, grading, curb ramp layouts, ADA improvements, multimodal facilities, maintenance of traffic concepts, and constructible design details
• Coordinate roadway design with drainage, stormwater management, traffic signals, lighting, signing and pavement marking, utilities, survey/SUE, geotechnical, structural, environmental, and landscape architecture disciplines
• Lead concept-to-final design progression, including 30%, 60%, 90%, and final PS&E submissions
• Support task order kickoff, scope confirmation, field reviews, design criteria development, schedule planning, and technical approach development
• Identify design risks early, including utility conflicts, field constraints, drainage impacts, ROW/access limitations, constructability issues, ADA compliance concerns, and stakeholder-driven design changes
• Provide technical direction to roadway engineers, designers, and CADD staff
• Perform senior technical review and QA/QC of roadway plans, calculations, details, quantities, and design documentation
• Support client coordination, agency reviews, comment resolution, and interdisciplinary design meetings
• Develop constructible, standards-compliant roadway solutions in constrained urban, parkway, Federal Lands, and environmentally sensitive settings
• Support proposal development, project interviews, staff resumes, project descriptions, and technical approach narratives for roadway/highway opportunities

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field
• Licensed Professional Engineer
• 8+ years of progressive roadway/highway design experience
• Demonstrated experience leading roadway or highway PS&E packages from concept through final design
• Strong knowledge of AASHTO, FHWA, MUTCD, ADA/PROWAG, and state/local transportation design standards
• Experience delivering roadway design for public-sector transportation clients such as FHWA, DDOT, VDOT, MDOT SHA, NPS, or comparable agencies
• Experience coordinating roadway design with drainage, SWM, traffic, utilities, geotechnical, structural, environmental, and survey disciplines
• Experience managing multiple concurrent assignments, task orders, or on-call/IDIQ projects
• Strong understanding of constructability, design staging, MOT considerations, and interdisciplinary plan integration
• Ability to lead technical staff, communicate with clients, resolve comments, and maintain schedule and quality across active assignments

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with bridge-adjacent roadway design, parkways, trails, access roads, or constrained settings
• Experience producing PS&E packages compliant with FHWA, AASHTO, DDOT, VDOT, MDOT SHA, or NPS requirements
• Experience with OpenRoads Designer, MicroStation, AutoCAD Civil 3D, ArcGIS, AutoTURN, Synchro, or related transportation design and analysis tools
• Experience serving as Highway Design Lead, Roadway Design Lead, Civil Lead, Engineer of Record, or task-order manager on multidisciplinary transportation projects
• Experience mentoring junior roadway engineers and designers
• Experience supporting small-business prime contracts, IDIQs, MATOCs, or on-call transportation programs

The ideal candidate is a senior roadway design professional who can operate as both a technical lead and a delivery partner. This person should be comfortable leading design production, managing interdisciplinary interfaces, reviewing PS&E packages, resolving agency comments, and helping PSI maintain strong in-house roadway delivery capability. The candidate should bring the technical credibility to lead complex highway/roadway assignments and the practical judgment to develop designs that are buildable, review-ready, and responsive to client priorities.

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Discretionary annual merit bonus and annual raise
• Up to 4% 401(k) match
• Comprehensive benefits package — PSI covers 70% of medical premiums, plus dental, vision, and company-paid life insurance
  
• Hybrid work flexibility (2 days a week)

Precision Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, veteran status, or military status.