Chief Highway Engineer

Overview

What You Will Do

GFT is seeking a Chief Highway Engineer to join our Highway team. A flexible/hybrid work environment is applicable to this position, with the reporting office being any of GFT’s Maryland, Washington DC and Virginia offices. Working on the roadway team at GFT offers the opportunity to engage in transformative projects that enhance transportation infrastructure and improve community connectivity. Whether working on highways and bridges or traffic engineering, our team excels in resilient, sustainable design and construction, delivering innovative solutions that address the complexities of modern, multimodal roadway systems and ensure safe, efficient, and reliable travel for all.

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The first portion of this section describes the experience and leadership expectations for the role. The successful candidate shall have a minimum of 20 years of progressive design experience in roadway engineering design for highway, interchange, and/or urban roadway design services to public clients. The candidate will serve as a technical specialist in analyzing roadway and drainage projects, establishing design criteria and executing designs.

The candidate will be responsible for strategic and technical leadership of the Highway component of major projects, exercising technical oversight of a highway group, and serving as a senior technical advisor for Highway Design. The candidate is expected to be actively engaged at a regional/national level in professional societies.

• Contributes to the development and execution of highway business plans, budgets and performance goals.
• Contributes advice and direction to major proposals, risk assessment and mitigation plans, and project execution plans.
• Supervises staff and is responsible for key technical relationships with clients.
• Serves as a Chief Engineer or Strategist for large, complex or strategic projects.
• May serve as Quality Assurance Manager.
• Contributes to corporate strategy, plans and programs.
• Develops scopes of work and provides input for negotiations on complex and/or large projects where multiple disciplines are involved and work is conducted across multiple offices and/or disciplines.
• Acts as technical specialist in the development of proposals.
• Responsible to work on multiple concurrent assignments and time management.
• Responsible for executing the project scope of work and managing the technical development of the work and maintaining the budget and schedule.
• Representing GFT at industry and professional events.

What You Will Bring To Our Firm

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering required;
  Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering preferred.
• Professional Engineer License and ability to obtain multiple jurisdictions
• 20+ years of applicable experience
• Working knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Knowledge of advanced design software and advanced computational software applications
• Experience with supervision of staff
• Knowledge of multiple disciplines such as roadway, transit, bridge, geotechnical, and civil/site
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, able to lead client presentations
• Ability to work on multiple projects in a dynamic, fast-paced environment

The salary range for this role is $170,000 - $190,000. Salary is dependent upon experience and geographic location.

• Hybrid (in-person and remote) work environment.
• Comprehensive benefits package including wellness programs, parental leave, and pet insurance, in addition to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Tax-deferred 401(k) savings plan.
• Competitive paid-time-off (PTO) accrual.
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education.
• Commitment to professional development, access to internal and external training programs, and support of active participation in professional organizations
• Incentive compensation for eligible positions.

At GFT, a privately held AEC firm, we innovate where transportation, water, power, and buildings converge. We call this the Infrastructure of Life. We measure our success by the strength…