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Senior Professional Engineer, Transportation - Highway Design (Technical Lead)

TkdaBloomington🇺🇸United StatesPosted May 26, 2026

Quick overview

Salary$113k - $159k/yr
SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeHybrid
LocationBloomington, United States
Posted5 months ago
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeBusiness Development

Job description

As a Senior Professional Engineer (Technical Design Lead), you will serve as a key technical leader within our Highway Design Group, guiding the design and delivery of complex, high-impact highway projects. This role is ideal for an experienced professional who enjoys leading technical excellence, mentoring teams, and shaping high-quality infrastructure solutions that improve how communities move and connect.

You will play a critical role in advancing roadway design—from concept through construction—while collaborating across disciplines and partnering with clients to deliver innovative, efficient, and sustainable transportation solutions.

Our 100% employee-owned firm fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability, and shared success. Join a team where your technical expertise and leadership directly contribute to both project outcomes and the future of the company.

Flexible work arrangement (3 days in office / 2 days WFH)

What You’ll Do

  • Lead technical design delivery: Guide geometric design, corridor modeling, and plan development for complex highway and transportation projects from preliminary engineering through final design
  • Serve as a technical expert: Establish and uphold design standards, ensuring consistency, quality, and innovation across projects
  • Direct and support project teams: Collaborate with project managers and lead engineers to coordinate engineers, designers, and technicians across multi-disciplined teams
  • Produce and review deliverables: Prepare and oversee complex design calculations, plans, specifications, and quality control reviews
  • Mentor and develop talent: Provide technical guidance and coaching to less experienced engineers, supporting growth and knowledge sharing across the team
  • Collaborate across disciplines: Partner with traffic, structural (bridge), water resources, and municipal teams to develop integrated solutions
  • Engage with clients and agencies: Participate in meetings, reviews, and coordination with project stakeholders and governing agencies
  • Support business development efforts: Contribute technical expertise to proposals, project pursuits, and client relationship development as part of a Seller-Doer culture

What We’re Looking For

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (transportation/highway emphasis preferred)
  • Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in Minnesota (or ability to obtain)
  • Minimum 10+ years of progressive highway design experience, including technical leadership on complex projects
  • Strong experience in geometric design, corridor modeling, and plan development
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical delivery and ensure design quality across multiple projects
  • Experience mentoring or providing technical oversight to engineering staff
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly convey technical concepts to internal and external stakeholders
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Teams, and Outlook)
  • Working knowledge of MicroStation and/or OpenRoads Designer
  • Valid Driver’s License with a clean driving record

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience collaborating with a multi-disciplined team of highway design, traffic, bridge (structural), and water resources engineering professionals
  • Desire or demonstrated ability to leverage your technical knowledge to coach, mentor, and develop less experienced engineering professionals
  • Working knowledge of MNDOT design and plan standards

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