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Senior Transportation Engineer - Roadways

Stantec
Posted 8 days ago, valid for a month
Location

Chicago, IL 60678, US

Salary

$117,800 - $176,800 per year

Contract type

Full Time

Tuition Reimbursement
Flexible Spending Account
Wellness Program

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  • The position is for a Senior Transportation Engineer with a focus on highways, streets, and roadway design.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years of experience in transportation engineering.
  • The role involves leading and managing transportation projects from conceptual planning to final design and construction.
  • Compensation details indicate that the final salary will depend on individual qualifications and experience, with potential bonus eligibility.
  • Employees are offered a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision plans, and paid time off.

A career in transportation is more than bridges, roads, and rail. As we plan, design, and manage projects that move people and goods from Point A to Point B, we create connections that transform our communities. Every airport, road, bridge, port, or transit project is an opportunity to make communities safer, cleaner, and more resilient. Together, we’re making an impact around the world.  

Do you see your career as a highway to a brighter future? Join our roadways team to drive forth our economies, our societies, and your career. 

Your Opportunity

As a Senior Transportation Engineer, you’ll bring your experience in highways, streets, and roadway design to lead and support a wide range of projects—from conceptual planning through final design and construction. You’ll manage the design and delivery of transportation projects while working independently on smaller assignments and collaboratively on larger initiatives. This role involves applying advanced knowledge, sound engineering principles, and best practices to solve complex problems. You’ll guide junior staff, maintain project schedules and budgets, and potentially support proposals to grow our business. The role of a Senior Transportation Engineer is to work independently on smaller projects, and as a team member of a larger project. You will lead the design of assigned projects to ensure reliability, resource efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and prepare complex engineering designs, plans, and drawings for a variety of projects, including urban and rural roadways, highways, and intersections
  • Apply advanced knowledge of transportation engineering principles and stay current on evolving methods and technologies.
  • Coordinate effectively with Project Managers, multidisciplinary teams, and clients.
  • Responsible for the design, quality reviews, and sealing of assigned projects.
  • Supervise and mentor engineers, CAD staff, and junior team members, providing leadership, guidance, and professional development. 

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements



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