Highway Project Engineer

GFT is seeking a Highway/Roadway Project Engineer to join our Transportation group in Fort Worth, TX. This role follows a hybrid work model, requiring regular attendance in our Fort Worth, TX office.

Working on the roadway team at GFT offers the opportunity to engage in transformative projects that enhance transportation infrastructure and improve community connectivity. Whether working on highways and bridges or traffic engineering, our team excels in resilient, sustainable design and construction, delivering innovative solutions that address the complexities of modern, multimodal roadway systems and ensure safe, efficient, and reliable travel for all. Explore some of our signature roadway projects here.

What you'll be challenged to do:

As a Project Engineer, you will contribute to the design and development of roadway and highway projects across Texas. You'll support project execution for clients such as TXDOT, and other area agencies, working under the direction of senior engineers and project managers. You'll take ownership of design tasks, prepare plans and technical documents, support project management activities, and help ensure projects are delivered on time and to quality standards. You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and provide guidance to junior staff, while continuing to develop your technical expertise and client-facing experience in transportation infrastructure work.

In this capacity, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

* Perform engineering design tasks for roadway projects from concept development to final design, including construction support

* Develop plans, specifications, cost estimates, reports, and prepare final bid packages

* Establish working relationships and contact with client technical staff and project managers

* Provide engineering design services on traditional design-bid-build projects and design-build highway projects

* Manage and mentor junior engineers on project assignments

* Coordinate design activities and meetings between design staff, subconsultants, and client managers

* Coordinate the planning, staffing, scheduling, budget management, quality control, of subconsultants and internal technical and support staff

* Participating in project decisions regarding technical approaches, cost and scheduling performance

* Lead projects and complete tasks within schedule and budget with teams comprised of different disciplines

* Project QA/QC

* Assist project managers with various other tasks

At GFT, a privately held AEC firm, we innovate where transportation, water, power, and buildings converge. We call this the Infrastructure of Life. We measure our success by the strength of our relationships - that's why we're the employer of choice for 5,000 of the industry's brightest engineers, planners, architects, inspectors, designers, and more.

Our clients choose us for our expertise and prefer us for our nimble approach, creativity, and personal touch. Backed by over a century's experience, together we're building a lasting legacy for future generations: stronger communities, a healthier planet, and better lives.

GFT: Ingenuity That Shapes Lives is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veterans' status or other characteristics protected by law.

Unsolicited resumes from third party agencies will be considered the property GFT.

Location: Fort Worth, TX
Core Business Hours: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Employment Status: Full-Time
Salary Range: $100,000 - $120,000
Salary dependent upon experience and geographic location

GFT does require the successful completion of a criminal background check for all advertised positions.

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