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Highway Project Engineer

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 team is seeking a creative and technically sound Project Engineer eager to work on some of the region’s most interesting projects. The ideal candidate will be motivated to grow client relationships in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, increase their own individual multi-discipline knowledge, and strengthen a core team of outgoing highway engineers – all while maintaining their ideal work/life balance. This position will offer opportunities to expand your career in a multitude of directions, own and manage discipline-specific project attributes, and mentor junior staff. If this feels like a right fit for you, apply now and let’s talk! This opportunity entails: * Collaborating and supporting the guidance of a multi-discipline team to achieve successful completion of small to complex projects throughout Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont. * Development and growth of junior staff. * Coordinating with clients to progress projects and build effective relationships. * Working alongside some of the region’s best engineers to prepare and/or check reports, plans, calculations, estimates, specifications, and designs associated with roadway transportation projects. * Assisting with project management duties, including control of project quality, budget, and scope. * Organizing and executing a plan to deliver project scope requirements within the highway discipline, among a small team. * Supporting marketing efforts in pursuit of additional projects. **What You'll Do:** Responsible for the planning and distribution of discipline-specific work, and adherence to the schedule and budget on projects. Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation. Assists with the development of scope of work and level of effort for projects and/or assignments within discipline. Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline. Guides and mentors team to overall project objectives. Coordinates technical aspects of project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline. Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects. Performs other duties as assigned. **What You'll Need:** Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree in Engineering and 5 years of relevant experience, or PhD in Engineering and 4 years of relevant experience **What You'll Bring:** Understands the impacts of decisions on technical design and work planning. Coordinates work planning and design effectively across multiple technical disciplines. Prepares high quality deliverables that are on time, and within budget and scope. **What We Prefer:** Design experience on MaineDOT, NHDOT, and/or VTrans projects. Registered Professional Engineer in Maine, New Hampshire or Vermont (or ability to obtain) Experience using Microsoft Office, Microstation, InRoads and OpenRoads Excellent verbal and written communication skills **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 #Highways #LI-RV1 . 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-28700

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