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Job overview
H&H seeks a Senior Roadway/Transportation Engineer to join its New Haven office and help grow its transportation practice. The role leads multidisciplinary transportation engineering projects, supports project delivery and technical quality, mentors staff, develops client relationships, and contributes to the Highway Group’s strategic growth. The posting requires at least 15 years of design experience and a PE license or ability to obtain licensure within six months.
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Full job description
H&H is seeking a team-focused, dynamic, innovative, and results-oriented Senior Roadway/Transportation Engineer to join our New Haven, Connecticut office and play a leadership role in the continued growth of our transportation practice. As the Highway Group expands, we are looking for an experienced professional with a proven track record of technical excellence, project management, and client development.
The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary transportation engineering projects, support project delivery, provide technical quality assurance and quality control, mentor staff, strengthen client relationships, and contribute to the strategic growth of the Highway Group and H&H’s transportation services. A minimum of 15 years of design experience is stated for this opportunity.
H&H is a nationally recognized, full-service infrastructure engineering firm delivering innovative solutions that move communities forward. With more than 139 years of experience and over 600 professionals across 32 offices nationwide, we combine deep technical expertise with the agility of a privately owned firm. From planning and design through construction, we manage the full project life cycle while continually advancing our capabilities, strengthening our national presence, and investing in the people who power our growth. At H&H, you’ll join a firm that is building on its legacy by aligning expertise, expanding opportunity, and positioning itself for long-term, sustainable growth.
Responsibilities
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Lead a team of engineers in delivering multidisciplinary transportation engineering projects.
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Provide technical quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC).
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Produce roadway and transportation designs for new and roadway rehabilitation projects.
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Lead client project meetings, participate in proposals and presentations, manage project tasks and projects, and meet with regulatory agencies.
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Communicate and coordinate effectively with other members of the design team.
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Manage, train, and mentor less experienced engineers in the production of plans, specifications, and estimates.
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Oversee construction support services, including the review of submittals and requests for information (RFIs).
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Assist with business development activities and proposal writing.
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Apply knowledge of the policies, procedures, and design standards of state and local transportation agencies.
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Assist with project scheduling and management of project financials.
Requirements
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Fifteen or more years of relevant highway, interchange, and roadway design experience, as stated in the original requirements.
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Professional Engineer (PE) license, or the ability to obtain licensure within six months.
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Familiarity with the design standards of the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT).
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Drainage design experience preferred.
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Proficiency in Bentley CONNECT Suite and AutoCAD Civil 3D.
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Detail-oriented, goal-oriented, and self-motivated, with strong verbal and written communication skills.
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Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team, and to manage small design groups and projects.
Benefits
We offer a professional work environment, competitive salary, benefits package and 401(k).
EOE M/F/DISABILITY/VETS
How this job compares
Set against the 878 open Transportation Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$87–152K/yr510 salary ranges
- US median$33–47/hr42 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 14 open Transportation Engineer jobs in Connecticut and 878 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Transportation Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 7 years, across 679 postings).
- Education
- 482 of the 878 open Transportation Engineer jobs (55%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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