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Project Engineer

Garver Engineering
Franklin, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 12/16/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/16/2026
Careers Project Engineer Franklin, Tennessee
Join our team at Garver, an award-winning national full-service firm. We pride ourselves on our unique organizational structure that empowers local decision-making, ensuring swift adaptation to evolving needs. With a distinctive combination of nationwide resources, local autonomy, and the expertise of seasoned Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), we invest in our employees so they can excel in delivering unparalleled service to our clients and communities. At Garver, you'll enjoy a collaborative team environment, with ample opportunities for both professional mastery and autonomy in your work. Join us in making a difference!
Garver is seeking aTransportationProject Engineerto join our growing Team in theFranklin, TNarea. We are looking for high achievers looking to grow and develop their career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities.
Responsibilities
  • Performing engineering design tasks for state DOT's and local agencies' roadway projects. This includes development of horizontal and vertical geometry, corridor modeling including roadside design, development of open and closed drainage systems, utility coordination, signing and marking, and erosion and sediment control.
  • Preparing plans, cost estimates, reports, and calculations required for client deliverable packages.
  • Coordinating design elements with internal and external design team members.
  • Interacting with design teams, clients, and project stakeholders.
  • Representing Garver at industry events and in professional organizations.
Garver sees our employees as investments in both the company's and employee's success. To foster this notion, on the job training is provided to help employees master the skills listed above.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in civil engineering from an ABET accredited program
  • Registered Engineer in Training (EIT) or Engineer Intern (EI)
  • 2-8 years' of transportation design experience
  • Proficiency with Bentley products, particularly Microstation and OpenRoads Designer
  • Familiarity with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Green Book, the Roadside Design Guide, and the Manual Uniform Traffic Control Device (MUTCD)
  • Good interpersonal skills and a team-first mentality
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Preferred Requirements/Skills
  • Previous experience in consulting engineering with a primary focus on transportation projects in Tennessee
  • Registered Professional Engineer (PE)

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Garver offers its employees programs such as company-paid professional memberships, company support for industry licenses and continuing education opportunities that foster a progressive atmosphere. Garver provides the tools, resources, and environment to develop leaders, stimulate ideas, and accomplish projects. By offering highly competitive salary packages, attractive benefits, and a comprehensive wellness program; Garver walks the talk when it comes to work-life balance.

Founded in 1919, Garver is an employee-owned engineering, planning, and environmental services firm focused on aviation, transportation, buildings, federal, water and wastewater services; surveying; advisory services; and construction engineering and inspection. In the top 100 of Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms list, with more than 1,300 employees, Garver has a people-first culture that drives innovative, client-first service and is consistently recognized as a best firm to work for by Zweig Group. Learn how Garver invests in people and places they call home atGarverUSA.com.

Garver is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Our employment practices are based upon an individual's capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.

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Garver, LLC is an affirmative action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, national origin, veterans, religion or disability, in programs, activities, hiring and employment and complies with all civil rights provisions.Complaints of alleged discrimination or if you are an individual with disabilities who needs accommodation or you are having difficulty using our website to apply for employment, please contact Tatiana Herrington, Director of Human Resources, TBHerrington@GarverUSA.com, (501) 537-3256.

 

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