Transportation Engineering Group Lead

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Woolpert is hiring a Transportation Engineering Group Lead to join our dynamic Transportation Engineering team at our Houston, TX office. The position offers the opportunity to work on a variety of transportation projects spanning multiple clients and presenting unique challenges. The role is responsible for complex engineering design tasks as well as business development, client contact and sustained growth of our transportation design team.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

• Lead the transportation and drainage team for Texas.
• Manage the delivery of transportation projects.
• Professional experience of increasing responsibility, including project management, on projects involving PS&E and or schematics.
• TxDOT experience and appropriate pre‑certifications required.
• Experience in conducting regular project review and reporting meetings and oversight of quality control on all assigned projects.
• Experience in leading project teams, including subconsultants, in performing transportation design of highways and roadways.
• Partnering with sales and technical leadership to build relationships with DOT, other transportation agencies, and local clients, with an ability to work successfully across markets.
• Recruiting and retaining strategic technical talent and the best and brightest employees.
• Good marketing, communications and technical writing skills.
• Existing contacts and relationships along with experience winning and delivering projects for TxDOT.

• BS or MS in Civil Engineering or related field.
• 15+ years of experience.
• PE License or ability to obtain within a year of employment.
• Experience in Micro Station.
• Experience working on TxDOT projects.
• Familiar with TxDOT design criteria.
• Experience working on transportation PS&E projects.
• Ability to work on multiple projects, across multiple teams and disciplines.

Woolpert is certified as a Great Place to Work and offers a robust set of unique benefits, including:

• Freedom to Work program:
  Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
• Principal program:
  Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
• Flexible paid time off/vacation.
• Career development:
  Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
• Health, life, vision, and dental insurance.
• Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program.

Base pay offered may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience.

$125,300 - $208,800 USD

Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here:

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