Road & Highway Team Lead

Your Opportunity

A career in transportation is more than bridges, roads, and rail. As we plan, design, and manage projects that move people and goods from Point A to Point B, we create connections that transform our communities. Every airport, road, bridge, port, or transit project is an opportunity to make communities safer, cleaner, and more resilient. Together, we’re making an impact around the world.

Do you see your career as a highway to a brighter future? Join our roadways team to drive forth our economies, our societies, and your career.

The successful candidate will be someone with strong interpersonal skills to foster a positive team environment, work collaboratively and support a culture of safety. In the capacity of a Roads & Highway Team Lead, you will interface directly with clients and stakeholders to effectively manage project teams and deliverables, with a focus on quality and collaboration. You will lead the Roads & Highway teams of professionals across the various states within the US Pacific region (Alaska, California, Washington, Hawaii, Nevada) and provide senior technical leadership in major road / highway and municipal roadway projects.

People, Process and Business Leadership:

• Grow the Roads & Highway engineering and management business practice within the US Pacific (Alaska, California, Washington, Hawaii, Nevada) business center.
• Lead a team of highly skilled engineers, engineers in training, technologists, designers, and interns to successfully execute projects of varying sizes and complexity.
• Consult and network with key clients and contribute to client account planning as required.
• Manage the workload and resource planning for the Roads & Highway team, maximizing productivity and ensuring team utilization is reasonable, and tasks are distributed fairly amongst the team.
• Track and drive team performance against established KPIs.
• Conduct staff performance reviews and support career development.
• Provide input and recommendations on compensation for direct reports, including promotions.
• Provide mentorship, ensuring the technical development of junior designers and EITs.
• Recommend and participate in the hiring process and decision making of new team members, with the support of Human Resources.
• Consult with other leadership to ensure alignment of corporate goals and effective use of resources and knowledge.
• Coordinate with other discipline leads to ensure resources are allocated properly and projects are executed.
• Provide internal leadership in design excellence, coaching, engagement, and retention.
• Perform other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Road & Highway Engineering and Project Management:

• Oversee more complex engineering design projects, working with the client and team resources for the preparation of engineering deliverables such as design drawings, cost estimates, construction specifications, engineering reports, and support to required applications to regulatory agencies.
• Participate in business development and project pursuits, leading or contributing to preparation of work proposals to clients.
• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines and support staff, coordinating the efficient production of deliverables workplan within budgets.
• Responsible for ensuring quality plans/reviews under undertaken and when appropriate, sealing of projects as Engineer of Record, for projects they directly supervise.
• Oversee and manage multiple projects, including preliminary to detailed design, and when applicable the preparation of tender/bidding documents and engineering support through the construction phase of projects.
• Facilitate resources to support the permitting process of projects, which may require meeting with clients, contractors, reviewing agency personnel.
• Coordinate with clients and Regulatory Agencies for reviews and approvals.

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related professional degree.

Licensed Professional Engineer

Minimum of 10 years of progressive and collective experience, including project management, project and construction engineering including roads and highway experience.

Comprehensive technical understanding of various phases of infrastructure projects, including conventional and alternative delivery methods.

Thorough understanding of project scoping, identification of deliverables, tasks, scheduling, resources and levels of effort, and project budgeting.

Strong communication and problem-solving skills, and aptitude for leadership, managing people and delivery of infrastructure projects.

Experience with technical guidelines, codes and construction standards of key public authorities such as State Department of Transportation(s).

Ability to effectively discuss project issues with clients and stakeholders.

Excellent time-management skills and ability to work independently.

Strong understanding of the functionality of relevant design software, including AutoCAD, Civil3D and…