Senior Principal Engineer

About the role

At Apex, we’re building more than a consulting and engineering firm—we’re creating a place where your career accelerates, your contributions matter, and your potential is fully realized. You’ll work on projects that shape communities, protect the environment, and create lasting impact, all while being empowered with the autonomy and flexibility to do your best work. This position will play a critical role in growing our Apex local presence and delivering multidiscipline projects throughout the state of Oregon with our well-established engineering teams. Based in Portland, Oregon or Vancouver, WA, you will collaborate with staff to lead business development strategies and support successful delivery of multidisciplinary engineering teams across our existing Oregon State offices.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the project manager with a delivery portfolio of multidisciplinary infrastructure projects with cumulative annual project totals exceeding $3 million, ensuring technical excellence, quality, and successful project delivery within schedule and budget.
• Contribute to the successful pursuit and capture of more than $2 million in annual business development across Oregon and Washington, including support to client engagements, proposal preparation, interviews, and marketing effort alignment to strategic growth initiatives.
• Lead business development efforts for infrastructure projects across Oregon and with other agencies throughout northwest for which you have relationships.
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships while identifying new project opportunities and expanding existing accounts.
• Serve as Project Manager and/or Principal-in-Charge for complex infrastructure engineering projects from planning through construction.
• Oversee project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client satisfaction to ensure successful project execution within approved scopes and budgets.
• Provide technical leadership for roadway, highway, intersection, bridge, multimodal, and corridor improvement projects.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, including roadway, drainage, utilities, structures, traffic, and environmental disciplines.
• Effectively manage multiple assignments and priorities while collaborating with the Principal-in-Charge and other senior leadership.
• Prepare and review technical reports, engineering studies, design documents, and project deliverables.
• Mentor, coach, and develop junior engineers and project managers, fostering technical growth and leadership within the team.
• Represent the firm at client meetings, industry events, and professional organizations to strengthen market presence and support continued growth.
• Promote a collaborative, client-focused culture while ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, and within budget.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• 15+ years of progressive experience managing infrastructure projects for ODOT and/or local agencies in Oregon along with similar experience in Washington.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in both Oregon and Washington, or the ability to obtain both within six months of hire.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary infrastructure design projects from pursuit through construction while keeping projects within scoped schedules and budgets.
• Strong knowledge of ODOT Design Manual, AASHTO, MUTCD, and Oregon State and local agency standards.
• Experience with project management, budgeting, scheduling, and client management.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Proven business development and client relationship experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with MicroStation/OpenRoads Designer and 3D roadway modeling.
• Existing relationships with ODOT, Washington County, City of Portland, Port of Portland, Clackamas County, and other regional agencies across the northwest.
• Experience managing alternative delivery projects and multidisciplinary consultant teams.

Benefits

• Company-subsidized medical and dental.
• Company-paid life, short, and long-term disability.
• 401k match, tuition assistance, and more.
• Cross-training and the ability to work on a variety of projects.
• Performance-based bonuses or other incentives.
• Working with the best and brightest in the industry.
• 2,000+ employee national firm with 70+ locations across the US.

Pay

Annual expected pay range: $150,000 USD – $200,000 USD.