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At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee‑owners.

This opportunity entails being responsible for providing guidance and direction in your area of expertise and functional discipline. The position supports the technical aspects of project development and delivery, including proposal development, scope implementation and change management. You will apply advanced engineering methods, techniques, and analyses to provide solutions, make recommendations, and resolve issues. You will ensure industry and HNTB standards of design are applied consistently and effectively across projects of varying discipline, size, and complexity. You will independently apply knowledge and experience in partnership with internal project team members and external client counterparts, serving as an advisor on complex projects to provide technical designs, plans and specifications.

• Performs independent technical reviews, makes recommendations, and provides technical guidance as requested on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Provides direction to resolve technical issues as requested.
• Provides technical expertise and advice to project leadership, and mentoring/support to production staff.
• Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation on complex or unusual engineering projects within the discipline.
• Coordinates technical aspects with client counterpart and teaming partners at local leadership level for work within the discipline on complex or unusual engineering projects.
• Develops and advises on technical consistency within the discipline across processes and projects, ensuring the same standards and practices are applied.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 10 years of relevant experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering and 9 years of relevant experience.
• PhD in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience.

• Uses persuasion to communicate solutions while understanding the project goals and interests of stakeholders.
• Demonstrates a vision for complex and unique challenges.
• Understands engineering principles behind the design code requirements.
• Promotes knowledge within the industry through authoring technical papers, technical presentations, and serving on technical committees.
• Understands, supports, and influences multiple concurrent projects.
• Discovers opportunities for technical improvements across the firm and collaborates with peers to share ideas.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in their field.

• Master’s degree in Engineering.
• 15 years relevant experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
• Proven ability to develop, calibrate, and validate models that meet agency standards and withstand technical review.
• Experience integrating modeling with safety analysis, signal timing, transit operations, and freeway management strategies.
• Ability to interpret model outputs and translate them into clear, actionable recommendations for design teams and clients.
• Ability to integrate modeling with visualization tools, dashboards, or scenario comparison frameworks to support decision‑making.

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Location: Salt Lake City, UT

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Engineering Group

ReqID: R-29379