Hydraulics Senior Project Engineer - Team Lead

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.

HNTB Corporation is expanding our Carolinas Hydraulic Team. HNTB’s Transportation team is very active in aviation, transit, freight rail, and highway design and #TeamHNTB is looking for a highly talented Senior Project Engineer - Team Lead to join the Carolinas Hydraulics section.

The role will be expected to provide leadership support for project delivery and business development for HNTB’s Hydraulics team and growing South Carolina practice.

Primary duties will include assisting the Carolinas Hydraulics Section Manager with the development of strategic planning, oversight of technical project delivery while keeping profitability in mind, quality control, and assisting with staff development and morale.

This individual will be responsible for developing and implementing strategies to grow the Transportation Hydraulics team through increasing market share with existing clients and diversification of the client base.

They will be expected to serve as Hydraulics Technical Lead on key projects in the South Carolina market and may also lead and coordinate hydraulics services with other groups within North Carolina and South Carolina.

They will promote HNTB through active engagement in professional organizations to increase industry visibility throughout the region.

They will be expected to coordinate with area client managers and marketing staff to identify projects and contract opportunities with existing and new clients and may directly coordinate with national leaders to leverage the full resources of HNTB to expand service offerings and grow market share.

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.

Recruits, hires, develops and retains staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.

Coordinates schedules and approves timecards.

Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need :

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 :

Master’s degree in Engineering

10 years of relevant experience

Professional Engineer (PE)

Project experience and existing relationships with SCDOT.

Expertise in erosion and sediment control criteria, stormwater management regulations and permitting processes with demonstrated experience in South Carolina coastal region hydrology.

MicroStation OpenRoads Designer and / or AutoCAD Civil 3D experience

HEC-RAS And / or SRH-2D River Modeling Experience

ArcGIS Pro and HEC-HMS experience