Senior Roadway Project Engineer

Duties, Responsibilities & Other

• Lead the roadway design process from preliminary concepts through final construction plans, with a focus on geometric layout, horizontal/vertical alignment, corridor modeling, pavement design, and cross-section development.
• Develop and review detailed 2D and 3D roadway models using OpenRoads or similar platforms, ensuring accuracy, constructability, and full compliance with SCDOT standards and design manuals.
• Serve as engineer-of-record or senior technical reviewer, performing rigorous independent QA/QC of plans, design calculations, digital terrain models, and plan production deliverables.
• Integrate roadway design with drainage, traffic engineering, structures, utilities, and environmental constraints, providing technical direction to ensure coordinated, efficient, and constructable designs.
• Interpret and apply federal, state, and local design criteria—including SCDOT, AASHTO, ADA, and safety requirements—to produce technically sound and defensible design solutions.
• Mentor junior engineers and modelers, offering guidance on design methodologies, software workflows, plan production standards, and best practices in roadway engineering.
• Support agency coordination with SCDOT and South Carolina localities, addressing technical comments, resolving design issues, and facilitating approvals of plans and reports.
• Conduct field reviews and design-related site assessments to validate existing conditions, evaluate constraints, and ensure design intent aligns with real-world conditions.
• Prepare high-quality technical documentation, including design reports, roadway calculations, modeling summaries, cost estimates, specifications and supporting analyses for agency submittals.

Project Management and Leadership

• Plan, develop, coordinate and direct large projects or engineering programs.
• Supervise subordinate supervisors or team leaders.
• Conduct research in problem areas of scope and complexity.
• Ability and willingness to research and work in different geographies.
• Serve as a staff specialist, applying advanced theories and concepts.
• Assist in proposals, negotiations, and presentations.
• Collaborate with internal departments for client relationship development.
• Manage work routines and assign job activities.
• Attend project team meetings.
• Provide task performance reports.
• Cookordinate with other practices and sub-consultants.
• Provide technical oversight and guidance.
• Serve as task manager of select projects.

Training, Development, and Compliance

• Mentor and train staff.
• Comply with all KCI policies and procedures.
• Ensure projects comply with ISO standards.
• Conduct employee performance appraisals, when applicable.
• Develop professional relationships through active participation in industry associations and community involvement.
• Identify and assist in attracting talent to KCI.

Financial Management and Reporting

• Complete all tasks on time and within budget while fully meeting project scope.
• Operate within specified (corporate or project) budget parameters.
• Aid in receivables management.
• Work with the Project Manager to actively manage project budgets.
• Achieve or exceed budgets individual utilization targets.

Project Execution and Technical Oversight

• Conduct site visits and gather data.
• Prepare design calculations, drawings, specifications, and cost estimates.
• Review and approve shop drawings.
• Compare field data to base plan.
• Prepare preliminary concept designs.
• Read and interpret technical documents.