
Senior Roadway Engineer
Atlanta, GAFull-timePosted 1w agoStill listed today
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Volkert is seeking an experienced Senior Roadway Engineer to support its Southeast Region in Atlanta, Georgia. The role involves leading or assisting roadway and civil design projects, coordinating project work, and contributing to client and business development efforts. Applicants must have a civil engineering degree, a PE, and relevant roadway design experience. GDOT experience is preferred but not required.
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Are we the road to your future?
We are currently searching for an experienced Senior Roadway Engineer to support our Southeast Region located in Atlanta, GA.
To be considered for this position, applicants must have, at minimum, a BS degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university.
What you’ll be doing:
- 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
- Calculating plan quantities and developing engineering estimates, developing construction specifications, and coordinating with subconsultants
- Applying established and well-defined engineering techniques, procedures, policies, or standards
- Preparing reports, specifications, plans, construction schedules, and designs for projects
- Working in a team environment team to deliver a range of transportation and civil design projects and participating in business development efforts and meetings with clients
- Participating in ongoing development, communication and implementation of team concepts, programs, and policies. Coordinating work to ensure best practices with all team members
- Adjust and correlate data, recognizing discrepancies in results
- Identify and analyze problems using reasoning to arrive at conclusions
- Apply standard practices and techniques to accomplish work assignments
- Understand and adhere to assigned phase and task schedules and budgets to ensure timely and cost-effective completion of project
- Adhere 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
- 6 - 12 years relevant experience in roadway design
- Must have proven skills in meeting DOT expectations, schedules, and budgets
- Written and communication skills
- GDOT experience is preferred but not required
- PE is required
- Experienced in DOT design methods, plan preparation, standards, and specifications
- Proficient with MicroStation, OpenRoads Designer, and/or Inroads
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- 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)
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.
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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Volkert does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.
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How this job compares
Set against the 257 open Roadway Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$100–140K/yr105 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 13 open Roadway Engineer jobs in Georgia 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 6 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 11, 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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