Senior Transportation Engineer

Are you motivated, energetic and connected with clients, contractors and subconsultants in the A / E / C industry? Is your passion for leading transportation projects contagious?

Do you enjoy executing winning strategies for pursuits? Is work / life balance important to you? If this describes you, we are looking for a talented and ambitious Senior Transportation Engineer in our Salt Lake City, Utah office.

You will provide engineering expertise on highway projects including roadway studies and design, drainage and utility systems, preliminary and final design, preparation of construction documents, cost estimates, project scheduling, and large, complex highway corridors.

When You Work at Stanley Consultants You Will Use Your Talents and Skills to :

• Lead, direct, and mentor design staff on transportation projects, including plan development for a comprehensive range of transportation design projects such as horizontal and vertical geometry, cross sections, earthwork modeling, 3D roadway modeling, quantities calculations, construction specifications, and utility coordination.
• Assist in staffing requirements and make recommendations for hiring staff.
• Assist in the development of marketing strategies for transportation project opportunities.
• Adhere to company standards for quality assurance and quality control as defined in the quality manual.
• Participate in project scoping, fee estimating and proposal preparation, interviews, and negotiations.
• Review department project(s) after award to collaborate on work procedures / sequences and developing schedules, budgets, staffing, sub consultant involvement, and progress billings.
• Attend on-site and off-site client meetings.
• Evaluate client needs and identify requirements.
• Meet with client management as necessary during the term of a project to resolve issues and to obtain approvals at the project’s completion.
• Prepare and modify reports, specifications, plans, construction schedules, cost estimates, environmental studies, and designs for projects.
• Evaluate need for design changes and makes appropriate recommendations.
• Submit documents to federal, state, and local agencies for code compliance review and obtain permits when required.
• This position offers exciting challenges and opportunities to develop the Utah program while managing all activities related to project scope, schedule, cost, quality, communications, and resources;

mentoring young staff engineers, assisting in transportation market business development, and participating in professional organizations and technical committees.

Skills and Qualifications :

• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
• Utah Professional Engineer (PE) license required or ability to obtain within 6 months.
• Experience with the Utah Department of Transportation or similar State DOT and / or local government agencies developing, delivering, and managing highway design projects.
• Experience with UDOT design methods, plan preparation, standards and specifications or similar State DOT experience.
• Demonstrated capabilities and success in managing the design of medium to large multi-disciplined transportation projects, multi-office projects, and / or multiple projects.
• Working knowledge of roadway design software used to prepare engineering and design documents including Open Roads Designer (ORD).
• Knowledge of virtual collaboration tools such as ProjectWise.
• Experienced in and fully capable of using the Microsoft software suite including Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Experienced in preparing technical approaches and work plans (write ups) to support RFQ’s and technical proposals.
• Proven leadership, communication, mentoring and client liaison skills.
• Business acumen including negotiation skills.
• Established relationships with key clients.

Our Benefits

• Member-Owned. Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance and personal reward.
• Work-Life Balance. We realize there’s more to life than just work.
• Paid Time Away. Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave and professional development leave.
• Health Portfolio. We provide a comprehensive portfolio of health services including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement and mental health resources.
• Financial Health. We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection and many other benefits.
• Professional Growth. When your skills grow, so do we which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership and more.
• Financial Rewards. We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.

Base Compensation : $115,000 - $150,000

Stanley Consultants is committed to maintaining transparency in our hiring process, including providing information about compensation.

The starting salary for the successful candidate in this position is competitive and will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications and experience, geographic location, internal equity, company policy and practices.