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Project Engineer Team Lead - Design Build

HNTB

Multiple U.S. locationsFull-time$110–173K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$110–173K/yr
Location
Multiple U.S. locations
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

HNTB seeks a Design Build Project Engineer Team Lead with demonstrated experience on fast-paced transportation infrastructure projects. The role leads discipline-specific work planning and delivery, develops and reviews engineering designs and project documents, coordinates with clients and other disciplines, and mentors junior staff. It also supports project scopes, proposals, staffing, schedules, and budgets across complex alternative delivery projects.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Work Planning, requiredEngineering Design, requiredTechnical Knowledge, requiredTask Prioritization, requiredAccountability, requiredRisk Anticipation, requiredProblem Solving, requiredDecision Making, requiredClient Communication, requiredStaff Mentoring, requiredStaff Recruitment, required

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Master's in Engineering or PhD in Engineering With Experience, required6+ Years Relevant Experience or 5+ Years With Master's or 4+ Years With PhD, requiredProfessional Engineer Certification, nice to haveAICP Certification, nice to have8 Years Relevant Experience, nice to have

Full job description

What We're Looking For

The time is right to join HNTB’s growing Design Build (DB) Organization! We are seeking candidates for a Design Build Project Engineer Team Lead, with demonstrated experience on fast-paced transportation infrastructure projects.

This role entails being responsible for the production and modification of design calculations, technical reports, engineering plans and specifications for assigned projects. This position consults with the project manager to perform research, development, calculations, design and delivery. Applies engineering techniques, procedures and design criteria for complex alternative delivery projects. Leverages technical knowledge and experience to address design related issues or concerns, working closely with the design manager through creative problem solving, interactions with clients and by completing tasks to meet the project schedule. Develops conceptual and detailed designs and calculations to support the project completion using current drawing and technical tools, programs and software. May mentor, train and review work of junior engineer staff and provide constructive feedback. As a member of the team, you will contribute to the successful project delivery for a diverse range of projects for HNTB’s clients. This position is a lead role to direct, mentor and train junior staff.

What You'll Do:

  • Responsible for the planning and distribution of discipline-specific work, and adherence to the schedule and budget on projects.

  • Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.

  • Assists with the development of scope of work and level of effort for projects and/or assignments within discipline.

  • Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline. Guides and mentors team to overall project objectives.

  • Coordinates technical aspects of project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline.

  • Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.

  • Recruits, hires, develops and retains staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession. Coordinates schedules and approves timecards.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience, or

  • Master’s degree in Engineering and 5 years of relevant experience, or

  • PhD in Engineering and 4 years of relevant experience

What You'll Bring:

  • Coordinates work planning and design effectively within their technical discipline.

  • Shows excellent technical knowledge and quality work on multi-discipline projects.

  • Prioritizes tasks and displays accountability to the project team to deliver projects that are of high quality, on-time, and within budget and scope.

  • Demonstrates vision beyond the task at hand and anticipates risks and effects of their actions.

  • Understands and supports the objectives that are responsible for successful project delivery, recognizing how multiple disciplines influence project development

  • Applies an accrued knowledge base to innovate project efficiencies.

  • Uses refined technical skills to identify problems, develop appropriate solutions, and make good decisions, knowing what tools to use for effective solutions and optimal outcomes on projects.

  • Interfacing with your client-level peer during a pursuit or a project

What We Prefer:

  • Master’s degree in Engineering

  • 8 years relevant experience

  • Professional Engineer (PE) certification

  • American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification (depending on discipline)

Additional Information

Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards

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Locations:

Arlington, VA, Charlotte, NC, Detroit, MI, East Lansing, MI (Lansing), Indianapolis, IN, Kansas City, MO, Los Angeles, CA (Figueroa Street), Milwaukee, WI (East Wisconsin Avenue), New York, NY, Salt Lake City, UT

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The approximate pay range for Los Angeles Metro Area and Orange County, CA is $110,390.23 - $172,661.65. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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The approximate pay range for New York is $119,989.38 - $187,675.71. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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The approximate pay range for Virginia is $110,390.23 - $172,661.65. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:

HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Engineering Group

ReqID: R-32333

How this job compares

Set against the 4,994 open Project Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$110–173K/yr
  • Indiana median$88–125K/yr25 salary ranges
  • US median$96–143K/yr2,651 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $142K, is 32% above the Indiana median midpoint ($108K) — in the top quarter of Project Engineer salary ranges in Indiana.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 68 open Project Engineer jobs in Indiana and 4,994 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Indiana
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Project Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,936 postings).
Education
3,084 of the 4,994 open Project Engineer jobs (62%) 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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