Lead Roadway Engineer Roadway Design Lead
Draper, UT - USA
Job Summary
What Your Day Will Look Like:
Consor is seeking a Lead Roadway Engineer to drive roadway design and technical delivery for our Draper Utah office. This role will serve as a key technical leader responsible for guiding roadway design efforts mentoring staff and partnering with project managers to deliver high-quality transportation projects across Utah and the Mountain West.
This position is ideal for an experienced engineer who has led roadway design teams thrives in a collaborative environment and is ready to help grow technical capabilities and project execution in a strategic office location.
At Consor we deliver innovative state-of-the-industry solutions that support safe sustainable and multimodal transportation systems. We prioritize mentorship leadership development and meaningful project ownership while fostering a collaborative and people-first culture.
Salary: $125000 $165000 (DOE) Compensation for candidates with significant experience beyond the minimum requirements may be considered above this range.
What Youll Do:
- Lead roadway design efforts on transportation projects ensuring high-quality technical delivery across all phases (planning through PS&E)
- Serve as the technical lead for the Draper office setting standards and guiding best practices for roadway design
- Oversee and perform advanced design tasks including:
- Horizontal and vertical alignments
- Corridor and interchange geometrics
- Typical sections and modeling
- Maintenance of traffic / traffic control plans
- Provide technical oversight and QA/QC for plans specifications and estimates (PS&E)
- Mentor and develop junior and mid-level engineers supporting growth in design capabilities and project ownership
- Partner with project managers to support scoping budgeting and delivery strategy
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams (traffic drainage structures environmental utilities)
- Support pursuit efforts including technical write-ups scope development and design approach strategies
- Interface with clients (UDOT municipalities counties) as a trusted technical advisor
- Contribute to continuous improvement of design processes tools and standards within the office
What Youll Need:
- 10 years of experience in roadway or transportation engineering
- Proven experience leading roadway design teams or groups
- Professional Engineer (PE) license (Utah preferred or ability to obtain via reciprocity)
- Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline
- Strong knowledge of roadway design standards (AASHTO UDOT local agency criteria)
- Advanced proficiency with tools such as MicroStation / OpenRoads (Civil 3D a plus)
- Experience delivering complex PS&E packages including design-build or alternative delivery projects
- Strong communication skills and ability to lead technical discussions internally and with clients
Preferred (not required):
- Experience working with UDOT and local Utah agencies
- Background supporting or leading design-build pursuits and delivery
- PMP certification or experience managing scope/schedule at a task or project level
- Experience building or growing a local design team or technical group
- Strong mentorship mindset and interest in developing others
This hybrid job operates between an office environment and a field environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers phones and copy machines. May occasionally be exposed to work environments that include exposure to inclement weather heat humidity noise hazard atmospheric conditions and bodies of water depending on project requirements. While performing the duties of this job physical demands of the employee include frequent sitting moving standing talking hearing and occasional balancing stooping kneeling crouching reaching handling grasping and feeling. This job may occasionally require operating a company vehicle and lifting carrying pushing and pulling up to 35 lbs.
What Benefits Youll Enjoy:
We invest in us. Because our team members go above below and beyond the surface to care for our communities (inside and out) we do our best to take care of you by providing a comprehensive benefits package!
Career Growth & Development Tuition reimbursement program paid professional training major license achievement bonus extensive on-demand learning center and paid professional memberships.
Work-Life Fit Industry-competitive PTO seven paid holidays and two floating holidays flexible work schedules paid parental leave and eligibility for hybrid and remote work options for some employees based on role responsibilities.
Wellness Medical dental and vision insurance employee assistance program fitness and wellness reimbursement and HSA and FSA options.
Life Employer-paid STD and LTD employer-paid term life insurance and retirement 401(k) with company match.
Community Quarterly social events paid group volunteering events and employee resource groups.
How Your Career Will Grow:
We know career growth is not always linear or streamlinedits often squiggly. You may want to explore a management track try a new technical track or move laterally to reposition your skills and talents. No matter what level you join us at or how you want to shape your career we want Consor to be a place where you can learn and grow.
Why Youll Love Consor:
At Consor youll work with a network of water and transportation professionals who specialize in planning engineering design structural assessment and construction services. Across geographies youll have access to the resources and nationwide expertise found in a large consulting firm while experiencing a community feel at the local level. Youll experience a culture where we share in our successes and support one another through challenges. Here there are countless opportunities to explore your career path by working on projects that help you expand your potential and take your career to new heights! Join our diverse team of experts who live and work alongside client partners providing thoughtful solutions to create inspiring communities together.
How We Support Diversity:
If you need more information or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency contact Human Resources at ext. 55214. Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Consor by using the Virginia Relay Service a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). Call 711 for TTY/TDD.
If any applicant believes they have been discriminated against or desires further information or assistance contact us at ext. 55214.
Notice: The above job description is intended to relay a general sense of the positions responsibilities and expectations. It does not describe all tasks that may be assigned. As business demands change the essential functions of this position may also change. The position requires the successful completion of applicable pre-employment substance screening and background checks.
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About Company
Consor is an engineering firm offering planning & design, structural assessments, construction services, and other specialized services.