Construction Engineer III - Trans Constructability Reviewer

Construction Engineer III – Transportation Constructability Reviewer

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PRIME AE Group, Inc. is a nationally ranked, full-service architecture and engineering firm driven by collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to strengthening the communities we serve. With a growing footprint of offices across the country and a diverse team of more than 550 professionals, we partner with public and private sector clients to deliver thoughtful, high-impact solutions across transportation, education, healthcare, municipal, federal, commercial, and recreational markets.

Our culture blends entrepreneurial energy with the resources of a scaled, multidisciplinary platform—giving our people the opportunity to shape meaningful projects while influencing the future direction of the firm. As PRIME AE continues to expand its capabilities, geographic reach, and leadership bench, this is an exciting time to join a team that is building momentum, investing in growth, and empowering leaders to make a lasting impact.

We are currently seeking an experienced Construction Engineer III – Transportation Constructability Reviewer to support transportation construction operations for SHA projects based out of the SHA District Office in Chestertown, MD.

This role serves as a critical liaison between design and construction, providing technical review and constructability analysis for highway, bridge, drainage, traffic, ADA, and transportation improvement projects prior to bidding and construction. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in heavy civil construction, construction management, and transportation means and methods, with the ability to identify potential conflicts, risks, inefficiencies, and safety concerns before projects move into the field.

This position is ideal for a seasoned transportation construction professional with experience working for a contractor, CMCI consultant, or transportation agency who understands how projects are actually built—not just how they are designed.

In this role, you will work closely with the Assistant District Engineer, Construction and Area Engineers to review transportation design plans and provide formal constructability recommendations for SHA highway construction projects. You will evaluate design documents through the lens of construction feasibility, traffic operations, safety, scheduling, public impact, and construction sequencing with the goal of minimizing conflicts, reducing risk, improving efficiency, and enhancing project delivery.

You will also participate in field reviews, partnering meetings, and constructability review teams while helping identify opportunities for improved design solutions, reduced construction duration, enhanced maintainability, and minimized impacts to the traveling public and surrounding communities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Review and evaluate preliminary transportation design plans and proposals for constructability, feasibility, safety, and operational impacts.
• Provide formal written recommendations to SHA designers regarding construction means and methods, sequencing, scheduling, traffic control, and conflict resolution.
• Identify potential design errors, omissions, utility conflicts, field constructability issues, and coordination challenges prior to bid advertisement.
• Apply knowledge of highway, bridge, drainage, ADA compliance, maintenance of traffic (MOT), utility coordination, erosion and sediment control, signals, lighting, and roadway construction practices.
• Conduct field site visits to verify existing conditions and evaluate potential impacts or conflicts with proposed construction.
• Recommend alternatives that improve safety, operational…