Civil Engineer – Senior Transportation Practice Lead

About the role

Help build the future of transportation in Salt Lake City from the ground up. Join Ayres – a USA TODAY Top Workplace recognized in both 2025 and 2026 – where people-first leadership, collaboration, and professional growth create an environment where great teams do their best work.

Responsibilities

• Develop a new service line from the ground up, with the freedom to shape its direction and the support to make it thrive.
• Grow a high-performing team by recruiting, mentoring, and leading a team of talented engineers who share your vision and passion.
• Deliver innovative transportation solutions that improve lives and communities across Utah.
• Lead with vision by collaborating with colleagues in our offices across the country to drive strategy, win work, and deliver excellence.
• Establish yourself as a key player in Utah’s infrastructure space and help define what the future looks like.
• Take the lead in successfully marketing and winning transportation projects, including UDOT, counties, municipalities, and private-sector clients as well as support of CDOT and WYDOT projects.
• Prepare and negotiate contract documents.
• Manage clients.
• Manage projects, overseeing the production of all project work, ensuring that the work is produced on schedule, profitably, and in conformance with Ayres' quality standards and contract requirements.
• Build and maintain respectful working relationships with fellow leaders within the company.
• Support and participate in staff development and mentorship.
• Be an active participant in monthly division meetings held with the vice president and fellow transportation leads.
• Develop an annual business plan and budget with emphasis on growth, financial planning, capital purchases, marketing, and training initiatives.
• Actively engage in local, statewide, and/or national professional organizations.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
• Registered professional engineer (PE) license in Utah.
• A minimum of 12 years of combined experience in the following:
• Sound transportation project management skills.
• Proven business development expertise focused on identifying, pursuing, and winning projects.
• Managing and mentoring staff.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and technical skills.
• Willingness to travel to other company locations on occasion.
• Demonstrated ability to manage transportation projects profitably.

Desired Skills And Experiences

• Ability to develop and grow transportation engineering (one of Ayres’ largest service offerings) in Utah.
• A desire to build the Ayres brand at professional meetings/conferences locally, statewide, and potentially nationally.
• Proven success in meeting goals and objectives of annual business plans and budgets, including revenue and profitability, staffing, backlog, billing, accounts receivable, ROI on capital purchases, and image development.
• Ability to think outside the box to generate creative ideas and inspire your team.
• Eagerness to cultivate a team environment where all staff members feel valued and supported and all ideas flow freely.
• Enthusiastic focus on business development, including client contact, marketing initiatives, and monitoring client and partner satisfaction.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision Insurance.
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance.
• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) and 401K with company match.
• PTO, paid holidays including two floating holidays, and a flexible work schedule.
• Professional development opportunities.

To learn more about our great benefits, visit our website at https://www.ayresassociates.com/careers/the-ayres-advantage/.