Principal Civil Engineer

As a Senior Roadway Engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to work closely with our existing talented engineers on some of the largest projects locally and across the country. Often working alongside a multi-disciplined team, your projects will primarily be focused in North Carolina for some of the area’s biggest clients. You’ll often work across multiple projects varying in size and complexity and your responsibilities will include: 

• Highway/roadway design and work both as part of a design team and independently. 

• Evaluating, selecting, and applying standard engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria. 

• Preparation of design plans, specifications, and quantities 

• Reviewing and preparing calculations for project elements related to highway design. 

• Reviewing and preparing preconstruction cost estimates for projects. 

• Working with the team to prepare proposals. 

• Attending meetings with clients with other members of the project team. 

• Preparation of design plans, specifications, and quantities. 

We invite applications from candidates with the following experience:

• Degree in Civil Engineering 

• North Carolina PE 

• Approximately 10 - 15 years of experience in highway design and local streets 

• Familiarity with North Carolina Department of Transportation engineering practices, standards and documentation 

• Good decision making skills, flexibility, focus on quality and attention to detail 

• Ability to coordinate the work on various project design tasks 

• Experience with Microstation, Geopak, Bentley ORD, and Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word and Power Point) 

• Interact and communicate effectively with design team members, clients and other agencies 

Efficient, safe, and reliable infrastructure is absolutely vital to a country's wellbeing. Our engineers marry technical and business expertise to deliver innovative solutions that meet client challenges as well as the diverse transport needs of communities. 

Recruiter contact: Leigha Tipley
Location/s: Raleigh, NC
Relocation supported: Yes

Our teams are comprised of bright and enthusiastic people who wish to make a difference to the world that we live in. If you share that vision and don’t have all the experience outlined in this posting, we still want to hear from you! 

Let’s discuss how we can help you take the next step in your career and how you can participate in an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Equal employment opportunity is the law. 
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Hybrid working policy

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

More about Mott MacDonald

We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy.

Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients’ businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.

A fundamental part of this is respecting each person’s differences and striving to meet their needs.

Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence