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Houston, TXFull-timePosted 6 days agoStill listed today
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Volkert is seeking an experienced Senior Roadway Project Engineer to support its Southwest Region from either El Paso or Houston, Texas. The role involves roadway design and project delivery, including leading or assisting design development, coordinating with subconsultants, and directing engineers and designers. Candidates must have at least 10 years of relevant roadway design experience, a civil engineering degree, a PE, and proficiency with OpenRoads Designer.
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Are we the road to your future?
We are currently searching for an experienced Senior Roadway Project Engineer to support our Southwest Region located in either El Paso or Houston, TX.
To be considered for this position, applicants must have, at minimum, 10 years of relevant experience in roadway design.
What you’ll be doing:
- Familiarity with calculating plans quantities and engineering estimates, developing construction specifications, and coordinating with subconsultants
- Leading or assisting in the development of project designs and directing EIs and designers to successfully execute and deliver project work, while implementing client focused strategies
- Applying established and well-defined engineering techniques, procedures, policies or standards
- Prepares and modifies reports, specifications, plans, construction schedules, and designs for projects
- Aspires to work in a team environment and is willing to participate in business development efforts and meetings with clients. Work as part of a team to deliver a range of transportation and civil design projects
- Participates in ongoing development, communication and implementation of team concepts, programs and policies. Coordinates work to ensure best practices with all team members
- Attends appropriate team meetings
- Work on detailed engineering assignments including calculations and relatively standard work activities
- Adjusts and correlates data, recognizes discrepancies in results
- Identify and analyze problems using reasoning to arrive at conclusions
- Applies standard practices and techniques to accomplish work assignments
- Understands and adheres to assigned phase and task schedules and budgets to ensure timely and cost-effective completion of project
- Adheres to company standards for quality assurance and quality control as defined in the quality manual
What you need to have:
- BS degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university
- 10+ years relevant experience in roadway design
- Must have proven skills in meeting DOT expectations, schedules and budgets
- PE is required
- Experienced in DOT design methods, plan preparation, standards, and specifications
- Proficient with OpenRoads Designer
- Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening to ensure a safe and productive work environment. Volkert adheres to federal guidelines, which may include testing for substances such as marijuana. Please note that federal regulations may differ from state-specific guidelines
- Valid driver’s license and a satisfactory motor vehicle report (MVR)
Bonus points if you have:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Previous TxDOT experience
Why Volkert?
Volkert is employee owned and a Top 100 design firm, committed to providing clients with creative solutions for sustainability, including improvements to infrastructure, the environment, and natural resources. Founded in 1925, Volkert is celebrating a century of serving our employees, clients, partners, and communities. At Volkert, we pride ourselves on providing all of our employees with competitive compensation, positive work/life balance, and professional development opportunities, as well as fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace in all of our offices nationwide.
Key Benefits:
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Medical, Dental, & Vision
- 401(k) retirement savings plan + employer matching
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays
- Employer-Paid Life/AD&D insurance
- Employer-Paid short-term disability and long-term disability
- Wellness incentives
- Student Debt Retirement Match
- Additional voluntary benefits
The words from our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas A. Hand, PE, capture best how you can make an impact while working for Volkert.
“For a century, Volkert has done meaningful work that improves our infrastructure and quality of life throughout our communities. We are proud of our one-hundred-year legacy and humbled by the opportunities ahead of us as we look forward to our next century of service. With our commitment to employee ownership and sustainable growth, you can build a career here that really makes a difference.” – Thomas A. Hand, PE, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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How this job compares
Set against the 257 open Roadway Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$100–140K/yr105 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 19 open Roadway Engineer jobs in Texas and 257 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Parsons Corporation45 open
- Kimley-Horn34 open
- HNTB29 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Roadway Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (209 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 206 of the 257 open Roadway Engineer jobs (80%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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