Senior Highway Engineer

Join Us:

Bring Your Expertise to the Road Ahead as a Senior Highway Engineer — Solve Complex Challenges and Strengthen the Future of Transportation

 

Are you an accomplished highway engineer ready to bring your expertise to complex, high-impact transportation projects? Do you thrive on solving challenging design problems, guiding project teams, and delivering solutions that strengthen the infrastructure communities depend on?

 

CHA Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Senior Highway Engineer to join our Highway & Rail Team in Burlington, MA; Norwell, MA; Boston, MA; or Providence, RI. In this key role, you’ll provide technical leadership across significant transportation projects, guide and mentor developing engineers, and help deliver thoughtful, high-quality solutions that improve the safety, performance, and longevity of our transportation infrastructure.

What You'll Do:

• Lead the technical execution of complex engineering designs, technical reports, and specifications for highway and rail projects
• Provide expert consultation and resolve highly complex technical issues across multidiscipline transportation projects
• Lead advanced technical projects, collaborating with other engineering departments and project management staff to deliver sustainable solutions
• Develop and manage discipline work plans aligned with project milestones, ensuring projects are completed within budget and scheduling restraints
• Guide and mentor junior engineering staff, including providing technical reviews and support
• Deliver technical development of proposals and external presentations to clients, public, and regulatory agencies

What You Bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering required
• Minimum of 10 years progressive engineering experience required
• Highway/roadway design experience required; hydraulic design experience preferred
• MassDOT design experience required
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required
• Expert knowledge of the respective engineering discipline with a proven ability to apply best practices
• Advanced proficiency with engineering, computational, and modeling software (AutoCAD, Civil 3D, MicroStation, etc.)
• Strong understanding of QA/QC procedures, business practices, and engineering laws
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Participation in professional engineering societies/organizations preferred

Why You'll Love It Here:

• Bring your experience to prominent highway projects and tackle challenges that demand creative, practical solutions
• Build strong partnerships with multidisciplinary teams and transportation professionals across the region
• Grow your impact as a technical leader while remaining closely connected to engineering and project delivery
• Help develop the next generation of engineers through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and collaboration

Curious about the impactful work our Highway & Rail team is doing? Discover how CHA is enhancing transportation infrastructure through innovative highway, roadway, rail, bridge, and multimodal solutions by visiting: CHA Highway & Rail.

Salary Range:

$115,000 - $140,000

 

Salary is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training, and fair market evaluation based on industry standards. 

Culture/EEO Statement:

At CHA, we work every day to create solutions, help people, and improve our world, committed to creating and fostering excellence in our diverse and highly talented teams. Our teams continually strive to find better ways – always searching, never settling – to achieve extraordinary results. Our values around hiring, training, and community engagement reflect a company culture that is forward leaning, welcoming, and always pushing the limits of what is possible.

 

We as an organization celebrate the values of belonging and collaboration, and advocate for the full participation of all people in an environment free of discrimination. To support these values, we invite all qualified applicants to be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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