Highway/Roadway/Civil--Senior Design Engineer

HNTB
Charlotte, NC

What We're Looking For

The time is right to join HNTB Corporation! HNTB is currently seeking a Highway/Roadway/Civil- Senior Design Engineer to join our expanding Design Build Group.

At HNTB, you can create a meaningful career while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. Interprets design criteria, codes, and contract requirements and validates conformance of project deliverables within their discipline. Discipline design lead responsible for making technical decisions and directing staff-level engineers. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity involves taking care of the development of design calculations, technical reports, engineering plans, and specifications for assigned projects. This position consults with the project manager to perform research, development, calculations, design, and delivery. Applies engineering techniques, procedures, and design criteria for complex and cross-disciplinary projects. Leverages technical knowledge and experience to address design-related issues or concerns, working closely with the project manager through creative problem-solving, interactions with clients, and completing tasks to meet the project schedule. Develops conceptual and detailed designs and calculations to support the project completion using current drawing and technical tools, programs, and software. May mentor, train, and review the work of junior engineer staff and provide constructive feedback. As a team member, you will contribute to successfully delivering a diverse range of projects for HNTB’s clients.

What You'll Do:

  • 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

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

  • 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

What You'll Bring:

  • Shows excellent technical knowledge and quality work in multiple discipline projects.

  • Prioritizes tasks and displays accountability to the project team to deliver projects that are of high quality, on time, and within budget and scope.

  • Demonstrates vision beyond the task at hand and anticipates risks and effects of their actions.

  • Understands and supports the objectives that are responsible for successful project delivery, recognizing how multiple disciplines influence project development

  • Applies an accrued knowledge base to innovate project efficiencies.

  • Uses refined technical skills to identify problems, develop appropriate solutions, and make good decisions, knowing what tools to use for effective solutions and optimal project outcomes.

What We Prefer:

  • Professional Engineer (PE) license or in the process of obtaining

  • 10 years of preliminary and final design experience

  • Experience leading design tasks on large transportation/civil engineering projects

  • Experience working in a multi-disciplinary engineering environment

  • Bentley Open Roads Designer (ORD) and AutoDesk Civil3D experience strongly preferred

  • Previous alternative delivery experience

  • Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) experience

  • Strong written and oral communication skills

  • Transit and/or Rail Experience

  • Ability to serve or has served as design task lead or discipline lead role

  • Master’s degree in Engineering

  • Ability to travel

Additional Information

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations:

Charlotte, NC, Indianapolis, IN, Kansas City, MO, Los Angeles, CA (Figueroa Street), Milwaukee, WI (East Wisconsin Avenue), Oakland, CA, Parsippany, NJ (Fairfield)

The approximate pay range for Los Angeles Metro Area and Orange County, CA is $123,846.45 - $193,708.53. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

The approximate pay range for the California San Francisco Bay Area is $134,615.69 - $210,552.75. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

Posted 2025-07-27

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