VDOT Transportation Design Director

VDOT Transportation Design Director

Job Locations

US-VA-Richmond | US-VA-Virginia Beach | US-VA-Williamsburg | US-VA-Tysons Corner | US-DC-Washington

ID

2025-5101

Category

Engineering

Type

Regular Full-Time

Career Stage Type

Experienced

# of Openings

Overview

ABOUT THE POSITION

VHB is seeking a growth-oriented and experienced engineer to serve as the VDOT Transportation Design Director. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in driving the growth of the VDOT Design practice to increase market share across the Commonwealth. As VHB continues to grow and undertake projects of greater scale and complexity, the VDOT Transportation Design Director will provide strategic support to a talented group of Project Managers (PMs) on large-scale, complex transportation projects, while enabling PMs to focus on project execution and ensuring the overall success of projects. This person will collaborate closely with the Transportation Market Leader, PMs, clients, and project teams throughout the project life cycle to ensure seamless delivery, client satisfaction, and project excellence.

Responsibilities

Leverage relationships to develop and maintain trusted adviser status with VDOT clients at all levels of the organization.

• Work closely with our Mid-Atlantic local and regional leadership teams in the development of targeted client service action plans.
• Provide strategic guidance during the project pursuit process, including opportunity identification, scope development, risk identification, and defining project goals.
• Advise on project approach, scope, cost, and schedule, identifying opportunities for innovative solutions and strategic teaming partnerships.
• Support project delivery teams and provide technical guidance for the design of transportation projects.

Skills and Attributes

Qualifications

The base salary range for this position is $167,000 - 245,000 for the Washington, DC location. This offer is determined based on a number of job-related factors including internal comparators, skills, education, training, credentials, experience, scope and complexity of role responsibilities and geographic location. In addition, VHB offers a holistic benefits package which can be found here.

We are VHB! We're an inspired and innovative team of engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Our work helps improve mobility, enhance communities, and contribute to economic vitality. We do this while balancing development and infrastructure needs with stewardship of our environment.

Our people make us great! VHB provides a differentiating employee experience, which includes :

We are consistently rated one of the top AEC firms to work for across our 30+ offices on the East Coast. We're growing, and we hope you'll join us!

VHB is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. Since our founding, we have intentionally fostered a culture of inclusion and belonging, supported by deep-rooted core values, one of which is diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

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