Practice Leader

Compensation range: 150k-250k 

Job Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a DOT transportation structures team while building and maintaining strong relationships with key clients, agencies, teaming partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Provide vision, business planning, and strategic direction for the transportation structures practice, including setting goals, identifying growth opportunities, and supporting long-term success.
• Operate with integrity and sound business principles while promoting open communication across leadership, project teams, clients, and agency partners.
• Oversee the planning, scheduling, design, and delivery of transportation structures projects, including bridges, retaining walls, culverts, sign structures, and related highway infrastructure.
• Lead structural design efforts for projects of varying size and complexity using reinforced concrete, structural steel, prestressed concrete, deep and shallow foundations, and other transportation-related structural systems.
• Manage projects profitably by balancing scope, budget, schedule, quality, and client expectations, while transitioning work effectively to qualified staff.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for DOT clients, local agencies, subcontractors, and multidisciplinary teams, helping maintain positive working relationships throughout the project lifecycle.
• Review and oversee technical deliverables, including plans, specifications, estimates, calculations, reports, and construction support services, to ensure compliance with DOT standards and project requirements.
• Mentor, develop, and direct staff by providing technical guidance, reviewing work, delegating responsibility, and helping team members grow in their careers.
• Support recruiting, succession planning, and team development while serving as a positive role model and trusted leader within the practice.
• Contribute to business development efforts through proposal preparation, pursuit strategy, client engagement, and participation in professional organizations and industry initiatives.
• Resolve complex engineering and project challenges with strong technical judgment, practical decision-making, and effective cross-functional coordination.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required; state DOT registration, or the ability to obtain it within a reasonable timeframe, is preferred based on project location.
• 10+ years of progressive transportation structures or bridge engineering experience, including demonstrated leadership in project delivery, client management, and team development.
• Proven ability to lead teams, manage staff, mentor developing professionals, and build a collaborative, high-performing transportation structures practice.
• Strong experience managing projects from pursuit through delivery, including scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality control, and client communication.
• Experience delivering DOT plans, specifications, and estimates, with a strong understanding of state DOT and transportation agency design criteria, standards, and review processes.
• In-depth knowledge of AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications, ACI, AISC, ASCE 7, and other applicable structural design standards; AREMA knowledge is a plus.
• Experience with structural analysis and modeling software such as STAAD, CSiBridge, LEAP, MDX, LPILE, or similar tools, along with Bentley or AutoCAD-based design platforms.
• Strong business development, relationship management, and communication skills, with the ability to build trust internally and externally.
• Experience supporting construction services, structural inspections, rehabilitation, or load rating for transportation structures is a plus.