Civil Engineer - Highway Construction

Civil Engineer – Highway Construction

Location: New Kensington, Pennsylvania

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Employment Type: Full-time

Salary: $155,000 per year

About the Role

Edjobster is an HR consulting and talent acquisition company hiring for one of its client organizations in the United States. We are seeking an experienced Civil Engineer / Chief Engineer to oversee construction engineering for heavy-highway and transportation infrastructure projects, including bridges, roadways, temporary works, and complex structural operations. This is a succession opportunity for the current Chief Engineer, with a structured training and transition period leading to responsibility for the organization’s construction-engineering function.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead planning, design, review, and approval of temporary works for heavy-highway projects.
• Oversee cofferdams, concrete forms, temporary supports, shoring, falsework, and demolition sequencing.
• Work with project managers and field teams to implement engineering plans safely and correctly.
• Establish engineering standards, procedures, and quality-control processes.
• Evaluate constructability, engineering risk, and safety impacts of construction means and methods.
• Ensure compliance with PennDOT, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, OSHA, and other applicable requirements.
• Review, approve, sign, and seal drawings, calculations, and technical documents as required.
• Serve as the engineering liaison with owners, design engineers, consultants, reviewers, and regulators.
• Lead and develop engineering staff.
• Support preconstruction, estimating, bid reviews, technical planning, and construction sequencing.
• Resolve complex technical issues throughout project execution.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• Active Professional Engineer license.
• At least 10 years of construction-industry experience.
• Strong background in steel and concrete structural design and geotechnical engineering.
• Experience overseeing engineering for major DOT or infrastructure projects.
• Proven engineering leadership or management experience.
• Strong knowledge of structural and geotechnical analysis.
• Experience with STAAD, AutoCAD, MathCAD, or similar engineering/CAD platforms.
• Strong understanding of construction means, methods, sequencing, and field operations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Heavy highway, bridge, roadway, or transportation infrastructure experience.
• PennDOT or Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission experience.
• Bid preparation, estimating, and preconstruction experience.
• Practical, hands-on construction experience and strong mechanical aptitude.

Additional Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.
• Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Pay: $155,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person