Senior Transportation Engineer

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Job Title - Senior Transportation Engineer

Location - Chicago, IL

Job Type - Hybrid

Requisition  - 11134

Are you motivated, energetic and connected with clients, contractors and subconsultants in the A/E/C industry? Is your passion for leading transportation projects contagious? Do you enjoy executing winning strategies for pursuits? Is work/life balance important to you? If this describes you, we are looking for a talented and ambitious Senior Transportation Engineer in our Chicago, Illinois office. You will provide engineering expertise on highway projects including roadway studies and design, drainage and utility systems, preliminary and final design, preparation of construction documents, cost estimates, project scheduling, and large, complex highway corridors.

What You Will Be Doing:

* Lead, direct, and mentor design staff on transportation projects, including plan development for a comprehensive range of transportation design projects such as horizontal and vertical geometry, cross sections, earthwork modeling, 3D roadway modeling, quantities calculations, construction specifications, and utility coordination.

* Provide senior-level technical oversight for design decisions.

* Adhere to company standards for quality assurance and quality control as defined in the quality manual.

* Participate in project scoping, fee estimating and proposal preparation, interviews, and negotiations.

* Review department project(s) after award to collaborate on work procedures/sequences and developing schedules, budgets, staffing, sub consultant involvement, and progress billings.

* Attend on-site and off-site client meetings.

* Evaluate client needs and identify requirements.

* Meet with client management as necessary during the term of a project to resolve issues and to obtain approvals at the project's completion.

* Prepare and modify reports, specifications, plans, construction schedules, cost estimates, environmental studies, and designs for projects.

* Evaluate need for design changes and makes appropriate recommendations.

* Submit documents to federal, state, and local agencies for code compliance review and obtain permits when required.

Required Qualifications:

* Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university.

* A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.

* Illinois Professional Engineer (PE) license

* Experience with the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Tollway, or similar State DOT and/or local government agencies developing, delivering, and managing highway design projects including, plan preparation, standards, and specifications.

* Must be self-motivated and able to work both independently and as part of project team to complete tasks.

* Working knowledge of roadway design software used to prepare engineering and design documents including Open Roads and Open Roads Designer (ORD).

* Experienced in and fully capable of using the Microsoft software suite including Word, Excel, and Power Point.

* Knowledge of virtual collaboration tools such as Project Wise, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Teams.

* Proven leadership, communication, collaboration, mentoring and client liaison skills.

$119,400 - $156,975 a year

(Salary range for IL location)

Stanley Consultants is committed to maintaining transparency in our hiring process, including providing information about compensation. The starting salary for the successful candidate in this position is competitive and will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications and experience, geographic location, internal equity, company policy and practices. In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are disclosed for positions and locations where required.

This position offers exciting challenges and opportunities to lead and manage Stanley's projects by overseeing project scope, schedule, cost, quality, communications, and resources, mentoring junior staff, contributing to business development in the transportation market, and actively…