Engineering Group Manager - Active Transportation

Toole Design Group in Austin, TX is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Engineering Group Manager. Do you have a strong background in civil or transportation/traffic engineering? Do you have experience with roadway/corridor design or analyzing and designing streets and intersections? Do you love mentoring other engineers and bringing out the best in them? Are you passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that serve all people, not just motorists? Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being of its employees? If so, please consider joining our Austin team.

This Engineering Group Manager position, with a focus on roadway design and active transportation, earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), and a flexible spending account (FSA). We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to multimodal transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is a North American leader in the delivery of streets and public spaces where people can move freely and intuitively, enjoying the experience and being a part of the community instead of just moving through it. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States and Canada. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race or gender. We have been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry. We are a highly collaborative firm, proud of our ability to share resources between offices to support our team members and support our "one company" ethos and every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities.

A Day in the Life of an Engineering Group Manager

You lead, support, and mentor an interdisciplinary team to deliver multimodal transportation infrastructure in a wide range of contexts. As the leader of your team, you are at the forefront of the brainstorming of creative solutions for challenging projects.

You build and support the growth of transportation engineering and civil engineering practices in your region, working in partnership with your office director and firm practice leaders. You lead by example with your embrace of lifelong learning to develop your own multimodal expertise. You lead major projects and support client decision-making. You ensure the quality delivery of your projects and create an atmosphere of mentorship to support your team members. You are adept at managing conversations between disciplines, delivering projects from concept to construction. You coordinate with firm leadership and maintain a strong local network with your peers and clients.

You continue to leverage and develop your engineering knowledge by working on a wide range of projects which include:

• the evaluation and design of multimodal transportation infrastructure,
• corridor planning projects in suburban and urban contexts,
• systemic safety improvements at high-risk intersections,
• delivery of roadway reconstruction and streetscape plan sets, and
• signal analysis and design modifications to enhance multimodal safety.

As an Engineering Group Manager, you understand technical software such as AutoCAD, MicroStation, or Synchro and help guide your team to complete production work on projects. You participate in business development pursuits in your home region as well as across our North American offices. You will be actively engaged in the hiring of staff to grow your team, and in creating a productive and supportive environment for your staff. You get to help lead a close-knit team that is passionate about their work and the communities that you serve.

Qualifications of an Engineering Group Manager

• Experience with or interest in managing staff
• A professional engineering license in Texas
• A bachelor's or master's degree in civil or transportation engineering
• At least 10 years of experience in civil or transportation engineering
• At least 3 years serving in a project and/or design management role
• A broad knowledge base in civil/transportation/traffic engineering
• General knowledge of project performance metrics and strategies for monitoring them
• Understanding of AASHTO and MUTCD standards and Texas state and local regulations
• Strong understanding of Computer Automated Design (MicroStation is preferred)
• Interest in multimodal and active transportation design
• Experience preparing transportation and local agency permit documents
• Experience developing construction documents and/or public agency construction administration
• Specific experience in roadway grading, drainage design, geometric design, 3D modeling (Civil 3D and/or OpenRoads/Inroads) and design of accessible public spaces
• The following qualifications are a plus:
  • Knowledge of SimTraffic, Highway Capacity Software, SIDRA and VISSIM
  • Experience with signal design

You'll be great here if:

• You are very well organized with strong project management skills
• You have a strong desire to build and lead your own team
• You have strong leadership skills and enjoy participating in multi-disciplinary teams
• You are passionate about sustainability and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable
• You enjoy producing high-quality work products and seeing your projects get built
• You enjoy managing projects and meeting client needs
• You have strong communication skills, whether written, verbal, or graphical
• You can build relationships, bring enthusiasm to exciting projects, and are detail oriented with strong problem-solving skills
• You are experienced at delivering high quality projects on time and on-budget
• You want to actively participate in the strategic planning for the success of the engineering practice for the Austin office and the South region of our practice

Work Schedule for an Engineering Group Manager

This full-time position typically works a flexible schedule. This position is currently remote in the Austin, Texas region with the expectation to eventually work in-person 2 to 3 days per week at an office in Austin. We will provide the necessary equipment and flexibility to work remotely along with other Austin-based team members.

About our Austin Team

Austin is one of the most exciting cities for multimodal and active transportation. Whether it's helping to deliver Austin's Mobility Bond projects, updating the City's Urban Trails and Sidewalks Plans through ATX Walk Bike Roll, designing high-comfort bikeways in Houston, or creating District-level Bike Plans for TxDOT, Toole Design is helping to shape the future of Texas.

Since 2017, a team of Toole Design engineers and planners have provided full-time, on-site staff augmentation to the City of Austin's Transportation Department to deliver Mobility Bond projects. We are creating a new, standalone Austin office to complement this team by working on a range of planning and design projects across Texas, many of which are already underway. Our vision for our new Austin office is one that is talented, multidisciplinary, diverse, and cohesive.

If offered this position, you'll be leading and growing an engineering team in one of the most exciting cities for multimodal transportation. Whether it's helping to deliver Austin's Mobility Bond projects or designing high-comfort bikeways in Houston, Toole Design is helping to shape the future of active transportation in Texas.

Ready to Join our Austin Team? We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this Engineering Group Manager position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box below, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing .

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