Senior Project Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 18, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 15, 2026.
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.This opportunity entails being part of HNTB’s General Engineering Consultant (GEC) services on $4.5 Billion IH35 Capital Express Central (CapEx) Program in Austin, Texas. This position will be collocated with core HNTB GEC staff at the TxDOT Austin District campus. In this role you will act as the GEC discipline lead and subject matter expert (SME) to assist design consultants in solving complex roadway design challenges. You may act as a liaison to CapEx program stakeholders such as City of Austin, adjacent property owners, or others as necessary over the course of the project development. This position may also include acting as project coordinator on a small to medium sized project within the CapEx program, assisting TxDOT project manager in day-to-day project development activities such as design coordination and liaison between TxDOT and design consultants.
This opportunity entails being responsible for the production and modification of design calculations, technical reports, engineering plans and specifications. This position consults with the project manager to perform research, development, calculations, design and delivery. Applies engineering techniques, procedures and design criteria for complex and cross-discipline projects. Leverages technical knowledge and experience to address design related issues or concerns, working closely with the project manager through creative problem solving, interactions with clients and by completing tasks to meet the project schedule. Develops conceptual and detailed designs and calculations to support the project completion using current drawing and technical tools, programs and software. May mentor, train and review work of junior engineer staff and provide constructive feedback. As a member of the team, you will also contribute to the successful project delivery for a diverse range of projects for HNTB’s clients.
What You'll Do:
- Uses senior-level technical expertise to consider broad range of engineering solutions.
- Responsible for the discipline-specific planning, work distribution, and leadership and adherence to the schedule, and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects.
- Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
- Develops scope of work and level of effort and manages adherence to scope and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects within discipline.
- Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline.
- Provides technical guidance and mentoring to team members to achieve overall project objectives on complex or unusual engineering projects.
- Coordinates technical aspects of the project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline on complex or unusual engineering projects.
- Leads discipline delivery on larger, multi-disciplinary projects. Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
- Assists with coordination and planning of schedules, hours, and distribution of work for other disciplines on multi-discipline projects on complex or unusual engineering projects
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience, or
- Master’s degree in Engineering and 7 years of relevant experience, or
- PhD in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience
What You'll Bring:
- Shows excellent technical knowledge and quality work in multiple discipline projects.
- Prioritizes tasks and displays accountability to the project team to deliver projects that are of high quality, on-time, and within budget and scope.
- Demonstrates vision beyond the task at hand and anticipates risks and effects of their actions.
- Understands and supports the objectives that are responsible for successful project delivery, recognizing how multiple disciplines influence project development
- Applies an accrued knowledge base to innovate project efficiencies.
- Uses refined technical skills to identify problems, develop appropriate solutions, and make good decisions, knowing what tools to use for effective solutions and optimal outcomes on projects.
What We Prefer:
- 10 years of relevant experience
- Design experience on TxDOT projects
- Professional Engineer (PE) certification
- Familiarity with TxDOT design tools including Microstation, Bentley OpenRoads and OpenBridge Designer
- Familiarity with TxDOT systems such as TxDOTConnect and Bentley ProjectWise.
- Experience with the design of bicycle and pedestrian facilities
Additional Information
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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.#AR #Highways.
Locations:
Austin, TX.
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