Senior Transportation Engineering Manager

About the role

Hanson Values Integrity | Commitment | Quality | Relationships | Innovation. If you’re looking for a firm that encourages innovative thinking and challenges you every day, with an opportunity to learn and advance, a career at Hanson is right for you. The belief in sustainability within our company’s practices creates a focus on client success and partnerships that are important to our communities and our environment.

Responsibilities

• Step into a leading role on major Hanson projects in Illinois, such as the Tollway I-355/I-88 Interchange master planning project near Chicago and the IDOT I-80 Mississippi River Bridge replacement and interchange reconstruction project between Illinois and Iowa.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, workload coordination, and technical direction for an assigned group of engineers and technical staff.
• Serve as project engineer on complex transportation assignments, coordinating disciplines and subconsultants, managing design activities, supporting schedules, and reviewing team deliverables.
• Coach and mentor staff through regular feedback, career discussions, technical guidance, stretch assignments, and performance reviews.
• Forecast short- and long-term staffing needs by evaluating backlog, anticipated pursuits, resource availability, capability gaps, and hiring requirements.
• Develop roadway design solutions for complex interstate, tollway, urban arterial, highway, and local road improvement projects.
• Direct the development of construction plans and contract documents.
• Author technical documents such as engineering reports and special provisions.
• Guide roadway design teams using OpenRoads Designer, supported by internal training resources and active user groups.
• Review complex technical calculations, reports, plans, and deliverables.
• Lead or support client relationships, pursuits, scopes, fees, and proposals.
• Provide occasional support for public involvement activities.
• Travel occasionally for client meetings and site