Senior Highway Project Engineer

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.•Herndon, VA

1d•$130,000 - $170,000

About The Position

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. This position is responsible for leading, overseeing, or performing engineering design using advanced knowledge of general engineering principles and practices to interpret, organize, execute, and coordinate assignments with limited supervision. The role also acts as a technical advisor and mentor to less experienced engineers.

Requirements

Advanced knowledge of general engineering principles and practices
Limited supervision required
Technical advisor and mentor to less experienced engineers
Experience, education and certifications commensurate with salary range

Nice To Haves

100% employee-owned consulting firm experience
Experience with multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services
Experience working with public agencies and private clients
Experience with design software and drawing tools
Experience in defining parameters, reviewing, and presenting alternative studies
Experience in preparing engineering documents, technical reports, memos
Experience in evaluating and collaborating on workflow and standard operating procedures
Experience in performing and checking design computations
Experience in quality review of project design
Experience in cross disciplinary and constructability reviews
Experience in providing input to project manager and section head with scope development, work hours for tasks, and project schedule creation
Experience in managing and leading work to meet provided project schedule and budget
Experience in coordinating and collaborating with team members and other disciplines
Experience in delegating project work to design engineers, coordinating project requirements, and performing quality reviews
Experience in mentoring and coaching on technical knowledge
Active participation and contribution (presenting, publishing papers, etc.) in industry organizations, publications, and/or conversations

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