Highway Practice Lead; PE

Highway Practice Lead

Rochester, NY - Relocation assistance available

If you've built your career designing and delivering highway projects — and you're ready to lead a practice, not just manage a workload — this is worth a look.

A well-established Western New York transportation consulting firm is growing its Rochester office and looking for a highway-focused leader to take ownership of the discipline. This role is highways and roads — pavement, reconstruction, complete streets, drainage — not structures or bridges. If that's your lane and you're ready to run it, read on.

Why this Highway Practice Lead role stands out:

• Lead a focused highway practice with real autonomy — decisions get made here, not three layers up

• Stay technical with your own design projects while guiding a team of highway engineers and PMs

• Strong, established client base across NYSDOT Regions 4 and 5— county, municipal, and state markets

• Direct access to firm leadership — your voice carries weight from day one

What you'll be doing:

• Own scope, schedule, budget, plans production, and resource direction across active highway projects

• Lead highway design projects from Preliminary through PS&E: pavement restoration, roadway reconstruction, ADA compliance, signing and pavement markings, multi-use facilities, work zone traffic control, complete streets, and drainage improvements

• Guide and mentor junior, mid-level, and senior highway engineers

• Provide QA/QC for highway deliverables

• Guide development of contract specifications, cost estimates, and bid documents

• Retain and grow relationships with local and regional transportation clients

About You:

• NY PE license preferred; candidates licensed in another state with a clear path to NY licensure are welcome to apply

• 10+ years of transportation design and project management experience with a focus on highway and roadway work

• Strong working knowledge of NYSDOT standards, project delivery processes, and Locally Administered Federal Aid requirements

• Experience leading teams and developing engineers at multiple levels

• Proficiency guiding teams using Micro Station, Open Roads, and/or Civil 3D

• Business development instincts — comfortable with client relationships, proposals, and go/no-go strategy

• Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) designation is a plus

How to apply: No resume needed to start a conversation. Message Lynn Novo directly, or call/text . If you have a resume ready, apply directly.