Senior Transportation Engineer

Senior Transportation Engineer

Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transport, and we'll help you go all the way.

Join our team of globally connected specialists to help solve complex transport challenges and experience groundbreaking projects from idea to delivery, and beyond.

Who are we looking for?

We're looking for an experienced Senior Transportation Engineer to join our Mobility and Planning Group based out of our Dallas, TX office! This role is pivotal in shaping transportation networks that enhance mobility and contribute to the sustainable development of urban and rural areas. The ideal candidate will possess a blend of technical expertise in transportation systems. They will be responsible for overseeing the planning and execution of transportation projects, ensuring they meet safety, accessibility, equity, and sustainability goals. You'll support client project managers with critical functions such as scheduling, budgeting, document control, and reporting, while coordinating with consultants, contractors, and internal departments to keep projects on track.

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in (responsibilities):

• Assist project manager in the developing of transportation planning projects from initiation to completion.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver comprehensive and innovative transportation solutions to our clients.
• Work collaboratively and seamlessly with other internal groups, networks, Regions, and organizations to win and complete work and service commitments.
• Mentor and guide junior staff in transportation planning methodologies and best practices.
• Apply advanced transportation modeling techniques to assess and optimize transportation systems.
• Ensure projects adhere to relevant transportation regulations and compliance standards.
• Improvement/Innovation: Identify shortcomings in existing business practices, then suggest and implement improvements while developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organization's change management program. Involves working with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Culture of Innovation: Drive a culture of innovation by creating multistakeholder solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration across business units, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons.
• Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
• Engineering Standards Specification: Analyze information, draft engineering standards and specifications, and evaluate the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to ensure work of the required quality is delivered and to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
• Knowledge Management: Develop policies and processes, create best practices, set up case studies, and deliver internal knowledge-sharing sessions to capture and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices in a particular area of expertise and to support the practice.
• Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/application software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users' needs.
• Professional Supervision: Lead and oversee the provision of professional supervision to ensure that there is effective professional supervision that supports practitioners' professional development and embeds reflective practice.
• Feasibility Studies: Conduct complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes, products, or business unit structure.
• Product and Solution Development: Analyze and evaluate the feasibility and relevance of proposed complex products and services and develop and amend, as necessary, with guidance from senior colleagues. May also be responsible for supervising activities performed by a product development or specialist team.

What you'll bring to the team (experience/education):

• Degree in Civil Engineering or similar degree.
• Minimum 10 years of related experience with technical knowledge and skills across the Transportation and/or Highways practice areas.
• Ability and desire to expand and grow relationships and business in the "Smart Highway" space within the US west region.
• Ability to mentor staff in a multi-disciplinary team and share skills and knowledge with staff and peers.

As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.