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This role champions team leadership, engineering excellence, and the growth of talent across a multidisciplinary consulting environment. The Practice Leader will support project delivery, mentor technical staff, and drive quality management while partnering with service line leadership to strengthen and grow our transportation practice.\nSLR Consulting, is a 500+ coast-to-coast team of advisory, environmental and engineering professionals. We deliver sustainable design solutions for our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to address some of their most complex challenges. We are Making Sustainability Happen.\nAs our newPractice Leader of Transportation Engineering, you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal.\nResponsibilities:\nProvide technical leadership and oversight for transportation engineering projects for highway, bridge, intersection, corridor, multimodal, and transit-based improvements.\n\nServe as a senior technical resource for engineers and designers, supporting problem-solving and design decision-making.\n\nOversee and balance the existing high-volume workload.\n\nDevelop, maintain, and enforce engineering standards, design criteria, and best practices.\n\nLead and support QA/QC processes, technical reviews, and risk management efforts.\n\nMentor engineers and contribute to technical training and professional development.\n\nAssist service line leadership with resource planning, hiring, and workload management.\n\nSupport business development and guide proposal efforts through contract negotiations.\n\nCoordinate with environmental, planning, and landscape architecture teams to ensure effective integration without compromising engineering quality.\n\nStay current with design standards, codes, and agency requirements (AASHTO, state DOTs, local agencies).\n\nEngage with professional organizations to promote team networking.\n\nDrive consistent growth in sales and revenue while maintaining profitability year-to-year.\n\nWorking @ SLR\nWith us, there is no doubt you’ll grow your subject-matter expertise and industry knowledge. We care about investing in our employees for the long-run, and if you ask our team, they’ll tell you that’s just one of the many benefits of working here. We want to be a place where you can experience career growth and satisfaction for many years.\nHere’s what else you’ll enjoy as part of our team:\nCompetitive total compensation package including medical, dental, orthodontia, vision, FSA/HSA, generous PTO accrual, 10 paid holidays, 401(k) retirement account with company matching program, company paid life insurance, short & long term disability insurance, and employee assistance program.\n\nThe salary range for this position is $200k - $230k. Final agreed upon compensation will be commensurate with individual education, professional designation, experience, internal parity, and location.\n\nFull-time, permanent role with opportunities for professional growth and advancement.\n\nQualifications/Education/Memberships:\nBachelor’s degree in Civil or Transportation Engineering.\n\nProfessional Engineer (PE) license required (CT preferred or ability to obtain quickly through reciprocity).\n\n20+ years of relevant experience in transportation systems design and/or planning, ideally within a consulting environment.\n\nProven experience leading multidisciplinary project teams.\n\nStrong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.\n\nExperience with State DOT, municipal, or regional transportation agencies preferred.\n\nFamiliarity with sustainability principles and environmental permitting processes a plus.\n\nPreferred:\nExperience in a multidisciplinary consulting firm supporting public-sector transportation clients\n\nKnowledge of state and federal-funding and related policies and procedures\n\nPrior role as a technical lead, discipline manager, or senior project manager\n\nExperience reviewing plans, specifications, estimates, calculations, and reports for compliance and constructability\n\nDiversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) are at the core of who we are and want to be.\nSLR is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. 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