Senior Level Highway Engineer Jobs
Senior level highway engineer jobs put experienced engineers in charge of project direction, technical standards, and the teams that deliver complex infrastructure from planning through construction. Openings are predominantly on-site and hybrid across Consulting & Professional Services, Construction & Real Estate, and Investment & Asset Management, with employers like Ardurra, GFT, and RS&H hiring at this level now.
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INTRODUCTION
The Senior Project Engineer serves as an experienced and highly collaborative member of the highway design team, supporting the delivery of major conventional as well as alternative delivery projects. This role provides advanced engineering, coordination, preconstruction, and program-level technical activities. This position works closely with planning, engineering, environmental, project controls, and traffic teams to advance complex infrastructure projects, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and high-quality execution of technical, environmental, and contractual requirements.
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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What You'll Do:
- Uses senior-level technical expertise to consider a 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.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience, or
- Master’s degree in Engineering and 7 years of relevant experience, or
- PhD in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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.
- Applies experience to engage with diverse public clients.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What We Prefer:
- 10 years of relevant experience.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
LOCATION
Locations:
- Bartow, FL
- Tampa, FL
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:
HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.
INTRODUCTION
The Senior Project Engineer serves as an experienced and highly collaborative member of the highway design team, supporting the delivery of major conventional as well as alternative delivery projects. This role provides advanced engineering, coordination, preconstruction, and program-level technical activities. This position works closely with planning, engineering, environmental, project controls, and traffic teams to advance complex infrastructure projects, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and high-quality execution of technical, environmental, and contractual requirements.
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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
What You'll Do:
- Uses senior-level technical expertise to consider a 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.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience, or
- Master’s degree in Engineering and 7 years of relevant experience, or
- PhD in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
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.
- Applies experience to engage with diverse public clients.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What We Prefer:
- 10 years of relevant experience.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license.
LOCATION
Locations:
- Bartow, FL
- Tampa, FL
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:
HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.
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Senior Level Highway Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level highway engineer job?
Employers at this level look for demonstrated ownership of complex projects, not just participation in them. A strong candidate can point to specific highway or roadway projects they led from design through delivery, show familiarity with AASHTO standards and state DOT specifications, and speak to how they have guided junior engineers or coordinated across disciplines. Professional licensure as a PE is a significant advantage and often expected.
Which companies hire senior level highway engineers?
Companies hiring senior level highway engineers right now include Ardurra, GFT, and RS&H, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Hiring at this level comes from a mix of large engineering and infrastructure consulting firms, state and local transportation agencies, and construction companies managing major capital programs.
Are there remote senior level highway engineer jobs?
Yes, though most roles involve some field or client presence. About 26% of senior level highway engineer openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting that senior engineers can handle design review, stakeholder coordination, and project oversight tasks without being on-site every day, even if key milestones still require travel to project locations.
What makes a highway engineer role senior level?
Senior level highway engineer roles are defined by scope and ownership rather than task completion. Engineers at this level set technical direction on projects, make binding design and standards decisions, lead or mentor smaller teams of engineers and technicians, and are accountable for project outcomes rather than individual deliverables. They typically manage relationships with clients, agencies, or prime contractors and are expected to anticipate problems before they reach the field.
Which industries hire the most senior level highway engineers?
Senior Level highway engineer roles concentrate in Consulting & Professional Services, Construction & Real Estate, and Investment & Asset Management, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive hiring at this level because they manage high-value, long-duration infrastructure programs that require experienced engineers who can own technical quality and coordinate across large project teams from start to finish.