Transportation Engineering Director

Consor; Honolulu (HI); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Hybrid work options

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Consor is seeking a transportation director to oversee planning, design, and maintenance of transportation infrastructure. You will manage staff, budgets, and stakeholder relations while driving capital improvement programs.

The role requires a PE license and a BS in Civil/Structural Engineering, with hands-on experience using AutoCAD and Civil3D. This hybrid position blends office and field work, with opportunities to lead proposal efforts and secure new projects.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience directing engineers and technical staff.
• Ability to develop capital improvement plans and budgets.
• PE license and BS in civil/structural engineering.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and Civil3D.

Responsibilities

• Direct a team of engineers and staff, manage budgets and operations.
• Develop long-term transportation plans including capital improvements.
• Oversee design and delivery of complex transportation projects on time and within budget.
• Provide technical guidance on transportation engineering, traffic control, and regulations.
• Collaborate with government agencies, MPOs, and community groups.
• Lead proposals and contracts negotiations, especially in the private sector.

Skills

Team leadership

Budget management

Staff supervision

Stakeholder collaboration

Project management

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil or Structural Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil3D

Job description

What Your Day Will Look Like:

As a civil engineering transportation director, you`ll be oversee the planning, design, and maintenance of a public or private organization's transportation infrastructure programs, such as roads, bridges, and transit systems. You`ll manage staff and budgets, develop capital improvement plans, ensure projects meet standards, collaborate with stakeholders, and handle business development and client relations.

What You'll Do:

• Direct a team of engineers and technical staff, conducting performance evaluations, and managing budgets and departmental operations.
• Develop and implement long-term plans for transportation systems, including capital improvement plans.
• Oversee the design and delivery of complex transportation projects to ensure they are completed on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Provide technical guidance and act as the expert on transportation engineering principles, traffic control, and public roadway regulations.
• Collaborate with external partners such as government agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, and community groups.
• Lead efforts to secure new projects, develop proposals, and negotiate contracts, especially in the private sector.

What You'll Need:

• Bachelor of Science in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Minimum Fifteen years of transportation engineering experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and Civil3D software.
• This hybrid job operates between an office environment and a field environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones and copy machines. May require occasional exposure to work environments that may include inclement weather, heat, humidity, noise, hazard, atmospheric conditions, and bodies of water, depending on project requirements.
• While performing the duties of this job, physical demands of the employee include frequent sitting, moving, standing, talking, hearing, and occasional balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, handling, grasping, and feeling. This job may occasionally require operating a company vehicle, and lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 35 lbs.

What Benefits You’ll Enjoy:

We invest in us. Because our team members go above, below, and beyond the surface to care for our communities (inside and out), we do our best to take care of you by providing a comprehensive benefits package!

Eligibility for some of the benefits outlined below is based on full-time work status; part‑time and contingent positions are only eligible based on hours worked. If you have questions, contact [e-mail].

• Career Growth & Development – Tuition reimbursement program, paid professional training, major license achievement bonus, extensive on-demand learning center, and paid professional memberships.
• Work-Life Alignment – Industry-competitive PTO, seven paid holidays and two floating holidays, flexible work schedules, paid parental leave, and eligibility for hybrid and remote work options for some employees based on role responsibilities.
• Wellness – Medical, dental and vision insurance, employee assistance program, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and HSA and FSA options.
• Life – Employer-paid STD and LTD, employer-paid term life insurance, and retirement 401(k) with company match.
• Community – Quarterly social events, paid group volunteering events, and employee networks and groups .

How Your Career Will Grow:

We know career growth is not always linear or streamlined— it’s often squiggly. You may want to explore a management track, try a new technical track, or move laterally to reposition your skills and talents. No matter what level you join us at or how you want to shape your career, we want Consor to be a place where you can learn and grow.

Why You’ll Love Consor:

At Consor, you’ll work with a network of water and transportation professionals who specialize in planning, engineering design, structural assessment, and construction services. Across geographies, you’ll have access to the resources and nationwide expertise found in a large consulting firm, while experiencing a community feel at the local level. You’ll experience a culture where we share in our successes and support one another through challenges. Here, there are countless opportunities to explore your career path by working on projects that help you expand your potential and take your career to new heights! Join our diverse team of experts who live and work alongside client partners, providing thoughtful solutions to create inspiring communities together.

How We Support Diversity:

Consor welcomes and celebrates equality and diversity in the workplace. Throughout our teams and across leadership, Consor pursues an environment in which each employee and prospective employee is treated respectfully, valuing the uniqueness of individuals and differing perspectives and experiences. At the heart of this is ensuring employment practices at Consor provide and promote equal employment and development opportunity for all employees and prospective employees, in accordance with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations governing personnel activities. As such, Consor is an equal opportunity employer and pursues a program of affirmative action across its offices and worksites.

If you need more information or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency , contact Human Resources at 888-451-6822 ext. 55214. Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Consor by using the Virginia Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). Call 711 for TTY/TDD.

If any applicant believes they have been discriminated against or desires further information or assistance , contact us at 888-451-6822 ext. 55214.

Notice:

The above job description is intended to relay a general sense of the position's responsibilities and expectations. It does not describe all tasks that may be assigned. As business demands change, the essential functions of this position may also change. The position requires the successful completion of applicable pre-employment substance screening and background checks.