East Gulf Alternative Delivery Roadway Design Lead
Birmingham, ALFull-timePosted 4mo agoStill listed today
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Volkert is seeking an experienced Alternative Delivery Roadway Design Lead to support major transportation projects across its East Gulf Region. The role may be based in Alabama or Tennessee, with relocation to an office in either state required for candidates outside those locations. The lead will provide technical direction and roadway design support for complex DOT highway and interstate projects, while coordinating partners and developing staff.
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Lead the projects that define the region.
Volkert is seeking an experienced Alternative Delivery Roadway Design Lead to support major transportation projects across our East Gulf Region. This role may be based in Alabama or Tennessee, or candidates must be willing to relocate to one of our offices in either state.
This is a key leadership position for a senior roadway professional who thrives in Alternative Delivery environments and brings deep experience delivering complex DOT highway and interstate projects.
What you’ll be doing:
- Serve as the Roadway Discipline Lead for East Gulf Alternative Delivery projects
- Provide technical leadership, design oversight, and hands-on roadway production support
- Lead preparation of roadway plan sets including plans, profiles, cross sections, and detail sheets
- Develop specifications, calculate quantities, and prepare construction cost estimates
- Coordinate with DOT clients, design-build partners, and subconsultants
- Collaborate across disciplines in a team-based delivery environment
- Mentor and develop roadway staff
What you need to have:
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE); Alabama and/or Tennessee preferred
- 20+ years of roadway design experience
- Extensive experience with DOT major highway and interstate projects
- Proven Alternative Delivery (Design-Build, CM/GC, etc.) experience required
- Proficiency in MicroStation; OpenRoads Designer preferred
- Demonstrated leadership and team development experience
- 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
- 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. 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 5,112 open Civil Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$91–142K/yr2,844 salary ranges
- US median$30–43/hr190 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 39 open Civil Engineer jobs in Alabama and 5,112 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 20 years of experience — more than three in four Civil Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 4,158 postings).
- Education
- 3,869 of the 5,112 open Civil Engineer jobs (76%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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