Transportation Engineer

Stanley-Consultants; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Member ownership

Paid time away

Health insurance

Financial health benefits

Professional growth

Stock ownership and retirement plan

Job summary

Stanley Consultants seeks a Transportation Engineer in Salt Lake City to lead highway design efforts, manage complex projects, and mentor junior staff. You will coordinate with clients, subconsultants, and internal teams to deliver roadway studies, design documents, and construction plans.

The role emphasizes quality, schedule, and cost control in a collaborative, client-facing environment. Qualified candidates bring 5+ years in roadway design, a Utah PE or path to licensure within six months,

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university.
• At least 5 years of roadway design or relevant experience.
• Utah PE license, or the ability to obtain within 6 months.
• Experience with UDOT or similar state DOT and/or local government agencies.
• Experience with Utah DOT design methods and standards.
• Proven leadership, communication, and mentoring skills.
• Working knowledge of roadway design software and ProjectWise.

Responsibilities

• Perform plan development for transportation design projects including geometry, earthwork, and quantities.
• Assist in marketing strategies for transportation project opportunities.
• Ensure quality assurance/quality control per the company standards.
• Attend on-site and off-site client meetings and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Evaluate client needs and obtain project approvals as needed.
• Prepare reports, plans, cost estimates, and environmental studies for projects.
• Identify design changes and recommend appropriate actions.
• Submit documents to agencies for code compliance and permits.

Skills

Roadway design

Project leadership

Mentoring

Client coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Tools

ProjectWise

Job description

Stanley Consultants is an award-winning and industry-leading global consulting engineering firm, with an unmatched commitment to culture, values, and ethics. We are dedicated to client experience and solve the most complex challenges to create a sustainable, connected, and enriched world for all. As the world changes, Stanley strategically evolves with it, integrating the latest technology, innovation, and resiliency practices.

With over a century of experience serving the energy, federal government, transportation, and water sectors, we have helped improve lives and shape the infrastructure systems that connect us. As an employee-owned organization with a People First approach, we stand apart from other engineering consulting and services firms. At Stanley, your voice counts, your growth matters, and your success is our success.

Stanley Consultants offers flexible work options, competitive pay and great benefits, a strong sense of community, and the chance to build a meaningful, long-term career!

Job Title - Transportation Engineer

Location - Salt Lake City, UT

Job Type – Hybrid

Requisition ID - 11319

Are you motivated, energetic and connected with clients, contractors and subconsultants in the A/E/C industry? Is your passion for leading transportation projects contagious? Do you enjoy executing winning strategies for pursuits? Is work/life balance important to you? If this describes you, we are looking for a talented and ambitious Transportation Engineer in our Salt Lake City, UT office. You will provide engineering expertise on highway projects including roadway studies and design, drainage and utility systems, preliminary and final design, preparation of construction documents, cost estimates, project scheduling, and large, complex highway corridors.

This position offers exciting challenges and opportunities to develop the Utah program while supporting all activities related to project scope, schedule, cost, quality, communications, and resources; mentoring younger members, assisting in transportation market business development, and participating in professional organizations and technical committees.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Perform plan development activities for a comprehensive range of transportation design projects such as horizontal and vertical geometry, cross sections, earthwork modeling, 3D roadway modeling, quantities calculations, construction specifications, and utility coordination.
• Assist in the development of marketing strategies for transportation project opportunities.
• Adhere to company standards for quality assurance and quality control as defined in the quality manual.
• Attend on-site and off-site client meetings.
• Evaluate client needs and identify requirements.
• Meet with client management as necessary during the term of a project to resolve issues and to obtain approvals at the project’s completion.
• Prepare and modify reports, specifications, plans, construction schedules, cost estimates, environmental studies, and designs for projects.
• Evaluate need for design changes and makes appropriate recommendations.
• Submit documents to federal, state, and local agencies for code compliance review and obtain permits when required.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university.
• At least 5 years of roadway design or relevant experience.
• Utah Professional Engineer (PE) license, or ability to obtain within 6 months.
• Experience with the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) or similar state DOT and/or local government agencies developing and delivering highway design projects.
• Experience with Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) design methods, plan preparation, standards and specifications or similar state DOT experience.
• Demonstrated capabilities and success in designing medium to large multi-disciplined transportation projects.
• Working knowledge of roadway design software used to prepare engineering and design documents.
• Knowledge of virtual collaboration tools such as ProjectWise.
• Proven leadership, communication, and mentoring skills.

Work-Life Balance

We realize there’s more to life than just work. We help you meet the demands of work, family and personal life through several flexible options.

What we offer:

• Member-Owned. Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance, and personal reward.
• Paid Time Away. Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave, and professional development leave.
• Health Insurance. We provide a comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources.
• Financial Health. We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection, and many other benefits.
• Professional Growth. When your skills grow, so do we, which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership, and more.
• Financial Rewards. We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation, and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.

Stanley Consultants does not welcome unsolicited resumes from staffing and recruiting agencies. Any unsolicited resumes submitted to Stanley Consultants, including but not limited to resumes submitted directly to Stanley Consultants members, or any of our representatives, will be deemed the property of Stanley Consultants.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)