Project Engineer

Prudent Engineering•Syracuse, NY

About The Position

Prudent Engineering, LLP is seeking an experienced Highway Design Project Engineer to support the planning and design of transportation infrastructure projects throughout New York State. The role has a technical and project-delivery focus on assignments for the New York State Department of Transportation, the New York State Thruway Authority, municipalities, and other public agencies. The engineer contributes to highway and roadway design, coordinates multidisciplinary project activities, guides junior staff, and helps ensure deliverables meet client requirements, applicable standards, schedules, and budgets. The position involves highway design from preliminary engineering through final design and construction support. The engineer develops and reviews design documents and models, coordinates with other project disciplines, supports project management, participates in quality reviews and field activities, and communicates with clients and project teams. The firm provides engineering services to state and local governments and private-sector clients across New York State and Pennsylvania, with work spanning bridge, highway, structural, civil, construction, survey, mapping, and hydrographic services.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience working on NYSDOT highway design projects.
Familiarity with NYSDOT project-development procedures, design deliverables, CADD standards, specifications, and electronic submission requirements.
Experience with Bentley ProjectWise or similar document-management and collaboration platforms.
Experience developing 3D roadway models and model-based design deliverables.
Experience with public-agency or municipally funded roadway reconstruction, rehabilitation, safety, or complete-streets projects.
Experience coordinating utility, drainage, traffic, environmental, and right-of-way considerations.
Experience leading design tasks or small project teams and mentoring junior staff.
Construction support or construction inspection experience.
Familiarity with federal-aid project requirements and applicable FHWA guidance.

Responsibilities

Perform and coordinate highway and transportation design assignments from preliminary engineering through final design and construction support.
Develop and review roadway plans, profiles, typical sections, alignments, grading, drainage, pavement, guiderail, signing, pavement marking, maintenance and protection of traffic, and related design elements.
Prepare and review engineering calculations, design reports, technical memoranda, quantities, engineer’s estimates, specifications, and contract documents.
Apply NYSDOT design criteria, standard specifications, engineering instructions, Highway Design Manual requirements, CADD standards, and other applicable agency guidance.
Use Bentley OpenRoads Designer and related Bentley applications to develop and review highway design models and contract plans.
Coordinate design activities with bridge, traffic, drainage, environmental, utility, survey, geotechnical, construction, and other project disciplines.
Assist project managers with work planning, staffing, schedules, budgets, progress tracking, and client coordination.
Identify technical issues and develop practical, constructible, and cost-effective solutions.
Perform interdisciplinary reviews and participate in quality-control reviews at established project milestones.
Provide technical direction and mentoring to engineers, designers, and CADD staff.
Review junior staff work for technical accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance with project requirements.
Participate in field investigations, project meetings, design reviews, and construction-phase support activities.
Communicate with clients, agency representatives, subconsultants, contractors, and internal project teams.
Assist with scopes of work, fee estimates, proposals, and interviews when requested.