Senior Project Engineer

HNTB

Senior Project Engineer overseeing engineering solutions for bridge and structural projects across Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Supporting mentorship and expanding client relationships.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeSouth Portland • Maine, New Hampshire • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Uses senior-level technical expertise to consider broad range of engineering solutions.
Responsible for the discipline-specific planning, work distribution, and leadership and adherence to the schedule, and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects.
Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
Develops scope of work and level of effort and manages adherence to scope and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects within discipline.
Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline.
Provides technical guidance and mentoring to team members to achieve overall project objectives on complex or unusual engineering projects.
Coordinates technical aspects of the project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline on complex or unusual engineering projects.
Leads discipline delivery on larger, multi-disciplinary projects.
Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
Assists with coordination and planning of schedules, hours, and distribution of work for other disciplines on multi-discipline projects on complex or unusual engineering projects
Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree in Engineering and 7 years of relevant experience, or PhD in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience
Shows excellent technical knowledge and quality work in multiple discipline projects.
Prioritizes tasks and displays accountability to the project team to deliver projects that are of high quality, on-time, and within budget and scope.
Demonstrates vision beyond the task at hand and anticipates risks and effects of their actions.
Understands and supports the objectives that are responsible for successful project delivery, recognizing how multiple disciplines influence project development
Applies an accrued knowledge base to innovate project efficiencies.
Uses refined technical skills to identify problems, develop appropriate solutions, and make good decisions, knowing what tools to use for effective solutions and optimal outcomes on projects.
Bridge design experience
Design experience for MaineDOT, NHDOT, and/or VTrans
Professional Engineer (PE) certification

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

engineering solutionsproject managementscope of work developmenttechnical guidancementoringrisk assessmentproblem identificationsolution developmentbridge designmulti-discipline project delivery

Soft Skills

leadershipaccountabilitytask prioritizationvisionanticipation of risksinnovationcommunicationcollaborationcoordinationquality focus

Certifications

Professional Engineer (PE)