Dover, DE, US
4 days ago
Highway Design Project Engineer
Returning Candidate? Log back in! Highway Design Project Engineer ID 2025-7974 Job Locations US-DE-Dover | US-DE-New Castle Category Professional Position Type Regular Full-Time Job Description

Step into Your New Role

 

As a Highway Design Project Engineer, you will be involved in innovative transportation and highway design projects throughout the Delaware area. You will work closely with an experienced senior project engineers or project manager, contributing to the successful delivery of high-quality transportation projects. This position offers the opportunity to make an impact on key highway design projects while advancing your career in transportation engineering. Our team enjoys a hybrid schedule, which allows us to offer this role in one of our Dover or New Castle, DE offices.

 

Responsibilities:

Performance: Execute engineering tasks in transportation and highway design, ensuring adherence to relevant design criteria, standards, and processes.Knowledge: Apply a strong understanding of transportation engineering principles, including roadway geometry, pavement design, traffic control, and stormwater management.Design and Planning: Assist in the preparation of engineering documents for advertisement and construction, as well as construction cost estimates.Collaboration with Project Teams: Work closely with project teams, clients, stakeholders, and regulatory agencies to deliver effective highway design solutions.Project Coordination: Ensure designs meet state and federal highway regulations, codes, and client specifications.Problem Solving and Innovation: Identify design issues and provide effective solutions throughout the design process.Client Relationship: Assist in building and maintaining relationships with clients, ensuring satisfaction and project success.Career Growth: Develop expertise in highway design and contribute to Century Engineering’s continued growth in the transportation sector.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or related field from an ABET-accredited program.6+ years of relevant highway design experience.Engineering Intern (EI) license required.Professional Engineering (PE) license preferred or ability to obtain PE within 6 months. Familiarity with state and federal highway design regulations and guidelines.Proficiency with, MicroStation, Open Roads Designer (ORD), 3D Modeling etc.Excellent written and oral communication skills are required.Experience with project delivery of State Agency Transportation Departments – Delaware preferred.

Move Forward with Kleinfelder

Kleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients’ transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 85 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose – together, we deliver.

 

Progress with an Employer that Values You

Kleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following:

 

Benefits: Kleinfelder offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays.

 

Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.

 

Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)

 

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES 

Please note that Kleinfelder does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder. 

 

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