Roadways Technical Leader (TL) - Infrastructure

About the role

The Technical Leader (TL) is accountable for advancing technical excellence, strengthening quality, and building technical capability across the Roadways discipline within the Infrastructure Business Unit (BOU).

Responsibilities

• Advance technical excellence across the discipline by defining, standardizing, and reinforcing technical practices.
• Promote consistent application of QA/QC processes, design standards, and technical review practices across projects.
• Lead resolution of technical issues, ensuring appropriate risk mitigation and continuous improvement.
• Ensure consistency in technical approaches across regions and Business Centers (BCs).
• Embed technical expertise into project delivery in collaboration with Regional Delivery Leaders (RDLs), Delivery Directors for Digital Practice, Global Delivery Centers, Project Management, and Project Controls.
• Collaborate with RDLs to ensure technical standards, expertise, and oversight are consistently embedded across the regional project portfolio.
• Partner with Delivery Directors for Digital Practice, Global Delivery Centers, Project Management, and Project Controls to strengthen alignment between technical disciplines and project execution practices.
• Support identification and intervention on technically complex or at-risk projects, providing targeted technical guidance.
• Contribute to resourcing discussions to ensure alignment between technical capability and project needs.
• Participate in delivery governance forums to align on priorities, risks, lessons learned, and continuous improvement actions.
• Ensure feedback from project delivery is captured and translated into improvements in standards, tools, and practices.
• Build and lead a connected, high-performing technical community across the discipline.
• Drive adoption of digital tools, advanced engineering methods, and innovative delivery approaches.
• Support implementation of AI-enabled workflows that improve efficiency, consistency, and insight generation while maintaining appropriate human oversight, professional judgment, and accountability in decision-making.
• Promote practical, value-driven innovation embedded in project delivery.
• Support lessons learned, knowledge capture, and continuous improvement across projects.
• Develop and sustain technical capability across the discipline.
• Contribute to workforce planning in collaboration with regional and BC leadership.
• Mentor and coach technical practitioners.
• Identify and develop high-potential technical talent.
• Engage with academic and industry networks to support the talent pipeline.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or relevant technical discipline.
• Typically 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Recognized technical expertise within an infrastructure discipline (Roadways).
• Proven experience in complex project delivery and technical leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to lead across regions and influence without direct authority.

Skills

• Strong technical leadership skills.
• Experience in digital tools and advanced engineering methods.
• Ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

Benefits

Regular full-time and part-time employees have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid family leave. Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.