Senior Transportation Engineer & Project Leader — Tampa

Hardesty & Hanover; Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Hardesty & Hanover in Tampa, FL seeks a Senior Transportation Engineer/Project Manager with 10+ years of experience to lead the transportation practice from its Tampa office. You will coordinate proposals, client visits, and presentations while guiding project scoping, scheduling, and budgeting.

You will mentor junior staff, oversee multi‑discipline design teams, and ensure high‑quality engineering documents across planning through delivery, with strong FDOT/Turnpike policy knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from an accredited four‑year college.
• Florida Professional Engineer Registration.
• Minimum of ten years’ experience.
• Proficiency in Open Roads processes.
• Knowledge of FDOT Design Manual, plans production criteria and design standards.
• Knowledge of other transportation disciplines and their relationship to roadway design.
• Strong verbal communication and technical writing skills.
• Ability to train and mentor entry-level staff.

Responsibilities

• Regularly market services to current and prospective clients to assist in the creation of letters of response and technical proposals/presentations.
• Responsible for all common PM duties – scoping and fee negotiations, scheduling, budget tracking and responses to ERC comments.
• Provide assistance with coordinating and resolving technical issues.
• Mentoring and development of younger staff.
• Oversee engineering designs, assist in planning and developing engineering projects and coordinate project concepts.
• Oversee the creation of engineering documents including typical section packages, pavement design reports, and variation/exception reports.
• Coordinate plans, calculations, and specifications amongst multi-discipline engineering teams.
• Perform internal quality control procedures.

Skills

Open Roads

3D Design

FDOT Design Manual knowledge

Roadway design knowledge

Verbal communication

Technical writing

Mentoring

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering

Florida Professional Engineer Registration

Tools

Open Roads

Job description

Hardesty & Hanover in Tampa, FL seeks a Senior Transportation Engineer/Project Manager with 10+ years of experience to lead the transportation practice from its Tampa office. You will coordinate proposals, client visits, and presentations while guiding project scoping, scheduling, and budgeting.

You will mentor junior staff, oversee multi‑discipline design teams, and ensure high‑quality engineering documents across planning through delivery, with strong FDOT/Turnpike policy knowledge.