Highway Project Engineer

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee‑owners.

Our growing team is seeking a creative and technically sound Project Engineer eager to work on some of the region’s most interesting projects. The ideal candidate will be motivated to grow client relationships in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, increase their own individual multi‑discipline knowledge, and strengthen a core team of outgoing highway engineers – all while maintaining their ideal work/life balance.

This position will offer opportunities to expand your career in a multitude of directions, own and manage discipline‑specific project attributes, and mentor junior staff. If this feels like a right fit for you, apply now and let’s talk!

• Collaborating and supporting the guidance of a multi‑discipline team to achieve successful completion of small to complex projects throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont.
• Development and growth of junior staff.
• Coordinating with clients to progress projects and build effective relationships.
• Working alongside some of the region’s best engineers to prepare and/or check reports, plans, calculations, estimates, specifications, and designs associated with roadway transportation projects.
• Assisting with project management duties, including control of project quality, budget, and scope.
• Organizing and executing a plan to deliver project scope requirements within the highway discipline, among a small team.
• Supporting marketing efforts in pursuit of additional projects.

• Responsible for the planning and distribution of discipline‑specific work, and adherence to the schedule and budget on projects.
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
• Assists with the development of scope of work and level of effort for projects and/or assignments within discipline.
• Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline. Guides and mentors team to overall project objectives.
• Coordinates technical aspects of project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline.
• Works closely with other disciplines on multi‑discipline projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience, or
• Master’s degree in Engineering and 5 years of relevant experience, or
• PhD in Engineering and 4 years of relevant experience

• Understands the impacts of decisions on technical design and work planning.
• Coordinates work planning and design effectively across multiple technical disciplines.
• Prepares high quality deliverables that are on time, and within budget and scope.

• Design experience on Maine
  
  DOT, NHDOT, and/or VTrans projects.
• Registered Professional Engineer in Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont (or ability to obtain)
• Experience using Microsoft Office, Microstation, InRoads and Open Roads
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Job Type: Regular | Full/Part Time:
Full time

• Bedford, NH
• Burlington, VT
• South Portland, ME (Portland)

Vermont:  95,991.51 –  . Nationwide:  95,991.51 –  . The amounts are estimates; actual compensation depends on qualifications, experience, location, etc.

HNTB provides a fair and equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or other status protected by law. The HNTB Companies ensure nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Any applicant with limited English proficiency or a qualifying physical or mental disability who believes they require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact us at Reas or call 816‑527‑2600 for assistance. HNTB will make determinations on requests for accommodations on a case‑by‑case basis.

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