Senior Highway Engineer
Senior Highway Engineer - Pennsylvania Transportation Group
STV is looking for a Senior Highway Engineer who’s excited to help shape the future of our growing Pennsylvania Transportation team. If you’re passionate about highway design, enjoy collaborating with clients and colleagues, and want to play a key role in expanding our capabilities, this is a great opportunity to take the next step in your career.
This role offers significant growth potential, the chance to build strong client relationships, and the ability to influence the direction of our highway practice all within a culture that values balance, flexibility, and teamwork.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and support the design of transportation projects for agencies such as PennDOT and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC).
- Develop roadway geometrics, modeling, cross sections, traffic control plans, signing and pavement marking layouts, utility coordination, and right-of-way plans.
- Collaborate with client teams, internal engineering disciplines, and marketing staff.
- Support and contribute to proposal development and business development efforts.
- Guide and coordinate design tasks with other team members to ensure high-quality deliverables that meet schedule and budget expectations.
- Prepare specifications, cost estimates, and technical reports.
- Develop technical and price proposals.
- Work closely with practice leaders, office leadership, and client development teams to support both your professional growth and STV’s strategic goals.
- Build strong working relationships with client technical staff and project managers.
- Mentor and support junior civil engineering staff.
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (Master’s degree is a plus).
- Professional Engineer (PE) license required; Pennsylvania PE preferred.
- 8-12 years of experience in highway engineering.
- Experience working with PennDOT, PTC, or other transportation agencies.
- Experience with New Jersey, New York, or other regional authorities is a plus.
- Familiarity with AASHTO design standards.
- Proficiency in MicroStation, Bentley/OpenRoads, and Microsoft Office.
- Strong communication, organization, and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated experience in highway design and the ability to define scope and prepare engineering estimates.
- Ability to provide quality control oversight for highway engineering tasks.
- A passion for mentoring and developing junior engineers.
- Interest in participating in client service teams, proposal development, and business development activities.
If you want to lead impactful projects, mentor the next generation of engineers, and help shape the future of transportation in Illinois, STV is the place to do it.
Compensation Range:
$139,693.44 - $159,649.65STV offers the following benefits
- Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
- Disability insurance
- Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- 401(k) Plan
- Retirement Counseling
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off (starting at 16 days)
- Paid Holidays (9 days)
- Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year)
- Parental Leave (up to 80 hours)
- Continuing Education Program
- Professional Licensure and Society Memberships
STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV’s good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.
Not sure this role is the perfect match? We encourage you to apply if STV’s work and values resonate with you. We know great candidates don’t always meet every qualification, and research shows women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they do. At STV, we believe strong talent comes from a wide range of backgrounds, and your skills and experience may align with this or another opportunity as we continue to grow.