East Gulf Alternative Delivery Roadway Design Lead
What You’ll Be Doing
- Serve as the Roadway Discipline Lead for East Gulf Alternative Delivery projects
- Provide technical leadership, design oversight, and hands-on roadway production support
- Lead preparation of roadway plan sets including plans, profiles, cross sections, and detail sheets
- Develop specifications, calculate quantities, and prepare construction cost estimates
- Collaborate with DOT clients, design-build partners, and subconsultants
- Collaborate across disciplines in a team-based delivery environment
- Mentor and develop roadway staff
What You Need To Have
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE); Alabama and/or Tennessee preferred
- 20+ years of roadway design experience
- Extensive experience with DOT major highway and interstate projects
- Proven Alternative Delivery (Design-Build, CM/GC, etc.) experience required
- Proficiency in MicroStation; OpenRoads Designer preferred
- Demonstrated leadership and team development experience
- Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening to ensure a safe and productive work environment
Why Volkert?
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Medical, Dental, & Vision
- 401(k) retirement savings plan + employer matching
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays
- Employer-Paid Life/AD&D insurance
- Employer-Paid short-term disability and long-term disability
- Wellness incentives
- Student Debt Retirement Match
- Additional voluntary benefits
Key Benefits
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Medical, Dental, & Vision
- 401(k) retirement savings plan + employer matching
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays
- Employer-Paid Life/AD&D insurance
- Employer-Paid short-term disability and long-term disability
- Wellness incentives
- Student Debt Retirement Match
- Additional voluntary benefits
About the Role
Volkert is seeking an experienced Alternative Delivery Roadway Design Lead to support major transportation projects across our East Gulf Region.
This role may be based in Alabama or Tennessee, or candidates must be willing to relocate to one of our offices in either state.
This is a key leadership position for a senior roadway professional who thrives in Alternative Delivery environments and brings deep experience delivering complex DOT highway and interstate projects.
Qualifications
Licensed Professional Engineer (PE); Alabama and/or Tennessee preferred
20+ years of roadway design experience
Extensive experience with DOT major highway and interstate projects
Proven Alternative Delivery (Design-Build, CM/GC, etc.) experience required
Proficiency in MicroStation; OpenRoads Designer preferred
Demonstrated leadership and team development experience
Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening to ensure a safe and productive work environment.
Volkert adheres to federal guidelines, which may include testing for substances such as marijuana.
Please note that federal regulations may differ from state-specific guidelines
Valid driver’s license
A satisfactory motor vehicle report (MVR)
Skills
Licensed Professional Engineer (PE)
MicroStation; OpenRoads Designer
Leadership and team development experience
Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening
Benefits
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Medical, Dental, & Vision
- 401(k) retirement savings plan + employer matching
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays
- Employer-Paid Life/AD&D insurance
- Employer-Paid short-term disability and long-term disability
- Wellness incentives
- Student Debt Retirement Match
- Additional voluntary benefits