Project Engineer Visa Sponsorship Jobs in New Hampshire
Project engineer roles in New Hampshire are concentrated in the manufacturing, defense, and life sciences sectors, with employers like BAE Systems in Nashua, Hypertherm in Hanover, and Dartmouth Health in Lebanon driving steady demand. International candidates pursuing visa sponsorship will find the most activity in the southern tier, particularly around Nashua and Manchester.
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Our growing office is seeking a motivated individual to take an active role in bridge and structural engineering projects across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The ideal candidate will be excited to grow client relationships, increase their own individual knowledge, and support mentorship of a top caliber team – all while maintaining their ideal work/life balance. This position will offer opportunities to expand your career in a multitude of directions, as well as own and manage discipline-specific projects.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What We Prefer:
- Bridge design experience.
- Design experience for MaineDOT, NHDOT, and/or VTrans.
- Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
LOCATION
Locations:
- Bedford, NH
- South Portland, ME (Portland)
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
Our growing office is seeking a motivated individual to take an active role in bridge and structural engineering projects across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The ideal candidate will be excited to grow client relationships, increase their own individual knowledge, and support mentorship of a top caliber team – all while maintaining their ideal work/life balance. This position will offer opportunities to expand your career in a multitude of directions, as well as own and manage discipline-specific projects.
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What We Prefer:
- Bridge design experience.
- Design experience for MaineDOT, NHDOT, and/or VTrans.
- Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
LOCATION
Locations:
- Bedford, NH
- South Portland, ME (Portland)
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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Which companies sponsor visas for project engineers in New Hampshire?
Defense and advanced manufacturing employers are the most consistent sponsors in New Hampshire. BAE Systems in Nashua regularly hires project engineers and has a documented H-1B visa sponsorship history. Hypertherm Associates in Hanover and Benchmark Electronics are also known to sponsor. Larger healthcare systems like Dartmouth Health occasionally sponsor project engineers for facilities and infrastructure roles.
Which visa types are most common for project engineer roles in New Hampshire?
The H-1B is the most common visa for project engineers in New Hampshire, provided the role requires at least a bachelor's degree in engineering or a directly related technical field. TN visa status is an option for Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying engineering categories. Candidates already on OPT or STEM OPT extension can begin work before an H-1B petition is filed by an employer.
Which cities in New Hampshire have the most project engineer sponsorship jobs?
Nashua and Manchester account for the largest share of project engineer sponsorship activity in New Hampshire. Nashua's concentration of defense contractors and electronics manufacturers makes it the primary hub. Manchester supports a broader mix of employers across construction, utilities, and healthcare. The Upper Valley region around Lebanon and Hanover also sees demand, particularly tied to Dartmouth Health and precision manufacturing firms.
How to find project engineer visa sponsorship jobs in New Hampshire?
Migrate Mate filters job listings specifically by visa sponsorship availability, so you can search project engineer roles in New Hampshire without sorting through positions that don't offer sponsorship. This is particularly useful in a smaller state market where sponsoring employers are fewer in number. Narrowing by location and role on Migrate Mate surfaces the employers actively hiring international candidates for project engineer positions.
Are there state-specific factors that affect visa sponsorship for project engineers in New Hampshire?
New Hampshire's concentration of defense contractors introduces one important consideration: some project engineer roles at companies like BAE Systems require security clearances, which are generally not available to non-U.S. persons. This limits sponsorship opportunities within certain defense programs, though contractors often have commercial or non-classified divisions that do hire internationally. The state's proximity to Massachusetts tech and biotech employers also means some New Hampshire-based candidates target cross-border opportunities.
What is the prevailing wage for sponsored project engineer jobs in New Hampshire?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.