Senior Roadway Engineer

About the role

VHB’s Virginia offices are seeking a Senior Transportation Roadway Engineer to join our growing Transportation team. The position is available in Richmond, VA; Virginia Beach, VA; Williamsburg, VA; or hybrid. In this role, you’ll help lead the delivery of impactful roadway and multimodal transportation projects that improve mobility, connectivity, and safety for communities across the Commonwealth. Working alongside a collaborative team of engineers, planners, and designers, you’ll contribute to innovative infrastructure solutions that support sustainable growth and shape how people move through the places they live, work, and thrive. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced transportation engineer ready to take the next step in leadership, technical delivery, and client engagement. You’ll play a key role in mentoring emerging professionals, guiding complex transportation projects from concept through construction, and helping expand VHB’s presence across Virginia’s evolving transportation landscape. At VHB, your career growth is supported through meaningful project responsibilities, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and opportunities to make a lasting impact on communities and the profession.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering related duties as a lead project engineer including analysis and design on complex transportation projects, grading, and plan preparation
• Lead and oversee the design and production of transportation projects including highway widenings/reconstruction, intersection improvements, roundabouts, shared-use paths, and bike/pedestrian facilities
• Delegate tasks and mentor junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team environment
• Lead production of client deliverables, including construction documents, while maintaining project budgets and schedules
• Apply VHB standards and industry best practices to ensure quality control of work products
• Meet with clients to prepare and validate scopes of work and support ongoing project coordination
• Support marketing efforts through technical input for proposals and presentation materials
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams, including collaboration with subconsultants
• Partner with technical specialists to resolve design challenges, coordination issues, and conflicting criteria
• Support the bidding phase through preparation of addenda/amendments and bid reviews/tabulations
• Participate in construction phase services, including field visits, responding to RFIs, reviewing shop drawings, and preparing record drawings
• Support the professional growth and development of junior Transportation staff

Skills

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent