Senior Highway Project Engineer

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals, providing a full range of multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. JMT is currently ranked #45 on Engineering News-Record's list of the Top 500 Design Firms.

Position summary: Responsible for leading, overseeing, or performing engineering highway design using advanced knowledge of general engineering principles and practices to interpret, organize, execute, and coordinate assignments with limited supervision. Acts as a technical advisor and mentor to less experienced engineers.

Compensation is $140,000 to $170,000 annually, commensurate with experience, education, and licensure.

JMT offers outstanding opportunities for career and professional growth. We are 100% employee-owned (ESOP) and offer outstanding health care coverage and other benefits, including:

• Affordable Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Company paid Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Caregiver Leave Program
• 401K Retirement Plan (Traditional and Roth options)
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Career Development Programs
• And more...
• Benefits | JMT

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Lead the design for multiple concurrent projects and tasks for your discipline.
• Assist Project Manager with consultative services to the client by understanding client requirements, recommendations, and solutions to enhance client experience.
• Attends client or stakeholder meetings or interviews in support of project manager.
• Plan, schedule, conduct or coordinate detailed phases of the engineering work in a part of a major project or in a total project of moderate scope.
• Design transportation improvements for roadways, interchanges, intersection improvements, sidewalks and trail projects using advanced discipline knowledge, client specifications and guidelines using design software and drawing tools.
• Develop solutions to complex problems and share best practices/lessons learned on a wide scale (company, client, or industry)
• Defining parameters, reviewing, and presenting alternative studies based on experience and advanced engineering knowledge.
• Prepare or lead the preparation of highway engineering documents, technical reports, memos, etc.
• Evaluate and collaborate on discipline's workflow and standard operating procedures to increase efficiency.
• Perform and check design computations.
• Quality review of project design in accordance with the Project Management Plan.
• Provide cross disciplinary and constructability reviews on complex projects.
• Providing input to project manager and section head with scope development, work hours for tasks, and project schedule creation for discipline.
• Manage and lead work to meet provided project schedule and budget relevant to discipline.
• Coordinate and collaborate with team members and other disciplines to ensure project completion by the defined deadline and established quality.
• Delegate project work to design engineers, coordinate project requirements, and perform quality reviews.
• Mentor and coach on technical knowledge to advance their skill development and advise on project design.
• Technical oversight and guidance/support of Design Engineers within department

Nonessential Functions and Responsibilities

• Perform other related duties as assigned
• Actively participating and contributing (presenting, publishing papers, etc.) in industry organizations, publications and/or conversations.