Senior Transportation & Water Resources Engineer (Lead)

HNTB; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB is seeking a lead engineering professional in Arlington, VA to direct, mentor and train junior staff while delivering complex infrastructure projects. The role emphasizes technical leadership, scope management, and cross-discipline coordination across teams and clients.

The successful candidate will apply advanced design calculations, research and engineering techniques, and provide guidance to ensure on-time, within-budget project delivery. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Senior engineering leadership

Budget and schedule management

Proposal generation

Client communication

Mentoring juniors

VDOT drainage knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Engineering analysis tools

Job description

HNTB is seeking a lead engineering professional in Arlington, VA to direct, mentor and train junior staff while delivering complex infrastructure projects. The role emphasizes technical leadership, scope management, and cross-discipline coordination across teams and clients.

The successful candidate will apply advanced design calculations, research and engineering techniques, and provide guidance to ensure on-time, within-budget project delivery. Visa sponsorship is not available.