Engineering Specialist BRT Complete Streets Design Lead West

Engineering Specialist BRT / Complete Streets Design Lead – West STV

is seeking an experienced civil roadway/traffic designer to support BRT, complete streets, and multimodal corridor projects as an Engineer Specialist III / Design Lead for the West Region, with a primary focus on Southern California and the Pacific Northwest. This role is intended for a strong technical designer who can help lead day-to-day design delivery, coordinate multidisciplinary production, and support project management functions such as scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client coordination.

The position is envisioned as a delivery-focused design role for complex BRT and complete streets assignments.

• Serve as the Engineer Specialist III and design lead for BRT, complete streets, and street improvement projects. Lead roadway, curbside, transit priority, station-area, bicycle, pedestrian, signal, and traffic-related design elements from concept development through final design.
• Support day-to-day project delivery, including task coordination, action item tracking, schedule updates, budget awareness, and client follow-up.
• Prepare and review plan sheets, design exhibits, technical memoranda, quantities, cost estimates, comment responses, and agency submittal packages.
• Coordinate internal discipline leads, subconsultants, and reviewers to keep design assumptions, deliverables, and decisions aligned.
• Identify design risks, scope gaps, constructability issues, and agency review comments that require project manager attention or client direction.
• Client Coordination & Technical Leadership:
  Support the PM in preparing for client meetings, documenting decisions, tracking follow-up items, and communicating design progress clearly.
• Participate in agency, stakeholder, and internal coordination meetings to explain design concepts, confirm assumptions, and resolve comments.
• Provide practical technical guidance on BRT running way treatments, bus stop and station-area design, curb management, roadway geometry, signal coordination, and active transportation improvements.
• Help develop scopes, fees, schedules, staffing plans, and level-of-effort assumptions for design tasks and future project phases.
• Mentor junior roadway and traffic design staff and support quality control of production work.
• Stay current on agency criteria, design standards, and best practices for BRT, complete streets, transit priority, and multimodal corridor implementation.

• Technical Design & Project Delivery
  
  Experience:
  
  Civil roadway/traffic design professional with 6+ years of experience in BRT, complete streets, transit corridors, street improvement, and multimodal transportation projects.
• Strong command of geometric design, curb-and-gutter improvements, transit stop and station-area design, traffic operations, signal coordination, and active transportation facilities.
• Experience advancing projects through concept development, preliminary engineering, final design, bid support, and construction-phase services.
• Experience supporting project management functions, including scope control, schedule coordination, budget tracking, deliverable planning, meeting preparation, and comment resolution.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and translate planning concepts into clear, constructible design packages.
• Proficiency in industry-standard engineering and design tools such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Synchro, and related production and review platforms.
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification or active progress toward professional licensure is preferred.
• Client and Delivery Support:
  Ability to build client confidence through responsive coordination, sound technical judgment, and consistent delivery.
• Experience contributing to proposals, scope development, fee estimates, project schedules, and staffing plans is preferred.
• Familiarity with Metro, Caltrans, WSDOT, local transit agencies, and West Coast municipalities is preferred.
• Understanding of public-sector design review, funding, procurement, and delivery processes for transit and roadway infrastructure projects is preferred.

This is an opportunity for a design-focused individual to help lead the technical delivery of BRT and complete streets projects and grow into broader project leadership through hands-on design coordination, client support, and multidisciplinary delivery.

Compensation Range: $ - $

• Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible…