Transportation Project Engineer

Stantec; Colorado Springs (CO); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec's Colorado Transportation team is seeking a Project Engineer to lead roadway projects, prepare and seal designs, and drive civil infrastructure delivery across Colorado.

The role provides direct supervision, supports business development, and adapts to a hybrid in-office/field schedule based on project needs. You will collaborate with clients and internal teams to deliver high-quality roadway solutions.

Qualifications

• Lead engineering teams on roadway projects and seal designs.
• Provide supervision to meet schedules and resolve issues.
• Manage scope and integration of subconsultants and employees.
• Support business development and proposal delivery.

Responsibilities

• Review and sealing of roadway projects.
• Serve as technical resource on transportation projects.
• Liaise with clients, agencies, and others to determine requirements.
• Assist in preparation of proposals, reports, and design elements.
• Create detailed 3D roadway corridor models using AutoCAD Civil3D and MicroStation OpenRoads Designer.
• Use InfraWorks, LumenRT, Concept Station, or Beyond Typicals for design visualization.
• Develop feasible design alternatives considering site conditions, ROW, utilities, safety, environment, community input, and cost.
• Produce detailed final design plans, specs, and estimates.
• Peer review plans and provide QA/QC of specs and documents.
• Develop and/or manage highway projects for CDOT or local agencies.

Skills

Roadway design

Project management

Team leadership

Client liaison

Quality control

Tools

AutoCAD Civil3D

MicroStation OpenRoads Designer

InfraWorks

LumenRT

ConceptStation

Beyond Typicals

Job description

The Colorado Transportation team is a vibrant group, focused on delivering innovative solutions for today’s civic challenges throughout the US West. Building on each other’s talents, we collaborate across all disciplines to execute projects of all sizes and complexities – from roadway, traffic, structural, environmental, water, power, digital technologies, and more - to make our communities safer, more resilient, and exciting places to live and work.

We encourage our team to push the limits in an innovative and energetic environment, focusing on developing our team’s skillsets while advancing individual careers. We routinely engage with experts throughout North America, making the most of today’s technology and being the first to create new ones. With over 34,000 employees worldwide and more than 800 in Colorado, you will have access to global expertise while working alongside our close-knit regional team.

We’re driving the future of transportation infrastructure. This is a place to apply your passion and grow with endless opportunities to help advance communities, today and tomorrow.We create great places and the connections that get people and goods moving—whether by car, bus, train, plane, bike, scooter, or their own two feet. Working within the context of the communities we serve, we provide planning, engineering, and infrastructure management services that fit the needs of our clients and improve the overall transportation experience. Join our team and help us keep communities connected.

Your Opportunity

The role of a Project Engineer is to lead engineering teams on various-sized roadway projects. As a leader they will be responsible for preparing and sealing designs and ensuring the development and delivery of successful civil projects.

A Project Engineer will provide direct supervision; act as an advisor and be actively involved to meet schedules and resolve problems as they arise.

The Project Engineer will be responsible for managing the scope and integration of subconsultants and employees. It is also anticipated that the Project Engineer supports business development and the delivery of proposals.

Opportunity provides for a hybrid work environment. In office presence is expected based on project needs, client meetings, and team collaboration.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the review and sealing of roadway projects.
• Performs on technically complex projects and acts as a technical resource by providing guidance to other team members on transportation-related projects.
• Liaise with clients, agencies, and others to obtain and determine project requirements and approvals.
• Assist Project Manager in the preparation of client proposals, reports and the development of project design elements including specifications, and estimates.
• Create detailed 3D roadway corridor models using computer-aided design software including AutoCAD Civil3D and MicroStation OpenRoads Designer.
• Utilize model-based design visualization software, such as InfraWorks, LumenRT, Concept Station, or Beyond Typicals, to support design development and client communications.Identify and analyze the principal design features and major design alternatives that satisfy the project’s purpose and the client’s needs.
• Develop feasible design alternatives to be compared against significant project parameters such as site conditions, right-of-way requirements, utility conflicts, design standards, safety, environmental impacts, community input, and cost.
• Produce detailed, high-quality final design plans, specifications, and estimates in accordance with applicable procedures and standards.
• Peer review plans and provide quality control reviews of technical specifications, contract documents, and estimates.
• Develop and/or manage highway and roadway projects for CDOT or local governmental agencies.