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Bridge Inspection - Engineer III

HNTB
South Portland, ME Full Time
POSTED ON 3/25/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/24/2026
**What We're Looking For** At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. Our growing office is seeking a motivated individual to lead in-service bridge inspections, load rating analyses, and various structural evaluations across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The ideal candidate will be excited to grow client relationships, increase their own individual knowledge, and support mentorship of a top caliber team – all while maintaining their ideal work/life balance. This position will offer opportunities to expand your career in a multitude of directions, as well as own and manage discipline-specific projects. Candidates should be an experienced structural/bridge engineer who meets the qualifications for a NBIS inspection team leader. The primary responsibilities of this position are to lead and perform field inspections for a range of highway and railroad bridges and develop subsequent inspection reports based on the findings. Additional tasks may include performing structural analysis and design, load ratings, design/repair plan and specification development, and cost/quantity estimates. Candidates should be comfortable overseeing the work of junior staff members and have the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external colleagues at all levels. **What You'll Do:** Completes assigned work within the schedule and number of hours provided. Assist in the development of project specifications. Responsible for development of discipline specific engineering project elements/deliverables such as reports, designs, and plans. Aids in the coordination and productivity of project team members. Provides technical guidance to less experienced engineering project team members. Works closely with other disciplines and on multi-discipline projects. Performs quality control reviews of discipline - specific engineering project elements/deliverables. Assists with coordination and planning of schedules, hours, and distribution of work within discipline. Performs other duties as assigned. **What You'll Need:** Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 4 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree in Engineering and 3 year of relevant experience, or PhD in Engineering and 2 years of relevant experience **What You'll Bring:** Ability and desire to lead and perform field inspections of bridges according to FHWA’s NBIS, as well as other state and federal standards. Assist in the planning and scheduling of inspections including collaboration with local, state, and private agencies. Actively perform and oversee all aspects of the field activities and confirm the inspection is conducted in a highly detailed manner. Identify and properly document critical findings during inspections. Develop high quality and detailed inspection reports accurately depicting existing conditions and critical findings. Develop condition quantities and repair costs for National Bridge Element Level reporting. Perform and review structural analysis, design and plans as needed. Perform and review load rating analysis, calculation and report development as needed. Assist in construction phase services such as submittal review and field support. Provide technical guidance and oversight for staff throughout the project/task life. Mentor junior staff in their development, particularly inspection team members. Monitors quality and budget on all assigned tasks. **What We Prefer:** Master’s degree in Engineering Engineer in Training (EIT) certification Professional Engineer (PE) certification Bridge inspection experience with local agencies such as MaineDOT, NHDOT, and VTrans. Successful completion of FHWA-NHI’s Fracture Critical Inspection Techniques for Steel Bridges course. Working knowledge of analysis, design and load rating software such as AASHTOWare’s BrR, Bentley’s STAAD Pro and/or CSiBridge. OSHA 10-hour construction safety certification. **Additional Information** Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. \#RV . Locations: South Portland, ME (Portland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:_ _HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees._ **Job Type:** Regular **Full/Part Time:** Full time **Job Category:** Engineering Group **ReqID:** R-29075

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