Transportation Engineering Market Lead
An established and highly respected engineering consulting firm is seeking a Transportation Engineering Market Leader to help drive the growth of its transportation practice while leading major roadway and highway projects across the region.
This is a unique opportunity to step into a highly visible leadership role where you'll influence business growth, strengthen key client relationships, and guide the delivery of impactful transportation infrastructure projects. The position offers significant career advancement potential, including opportunities for expanded leadership responsibilities.
What You'll Be Doing:
Project Leadership
- Lead roadway, highway, and multimodal transportation projects from planning through final design.
- Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, and quality to ensure successful delivery.
- Provide technical leadership and engineering oversight to multidisciplinary teams.
- Serve as a mentor to junior engineers and technical staff.
- Guide critical design decisions and oversee project reviews and quality assurance efforts.
Business Development & Market Growth
- Identify and pursue new transportation opportunities throughout Central Illinois.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with IDOT, municipalities, counties, and other public-sector clients.
- Participate in proposal development, Statements of Interest, interviews, and pursuit strategies.
- Support contract negotiations, scope development, and fee proposals.
- Represent the firm at industry events, professional organizations, and networking functions.
- Collaborate with regional leadership on strategic growth initiatives and sales goals.
Client & Stakeholder Management
- Serve as a trusted advisor for transportation clients.
- Lead client meetings and maintain proactive communication throughout project delivery.
- Support public involvement and stakeholder engagement efforts.
- Help shape project delivery strategies and share best practices across teams.
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred or ability to obtain.
- 10+ years of transportation engineering experience.
- Strong experience leading and delivering transportation projects for IDOT.
- Background managing roadway, interstate, interchange, expressway, or urban arterial projects.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects, budgets, and schedules simultaneously.
- Experience with client development and business development activities.
- Strong leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills.
- Proficiency with transportation design software and standard engineering tools.
FAQs
Congratulations, we understand that taking the time to apply is a big step. When you apply, your details go directly to the consultant who is sourcing talent. Due to demand, we may not get back to all applicants that have applied. However, we always keep your resume and details on file so when we see similar roles or see skillsets that drive growth in organizations, we will always reach out to discuss opportunities.
Yes. Even if this role isn’t a perfect match, applying allows us to understand your expertise and ambitions, ensuring you're on our radar for the right opportunity when it arises.
We also work in several ways, firstly we advertise our roles available on our site, however, often due to confidentiality we may not post all. We also work with clients who are more focused on skills and understanding what is required to future-proof their business.
That's why we recommend registering your resume so you can be considered for roles that have yet to be created.
Yes, we help with resume and interview preparation. From customized support on how to optimize your resume to interview preparation and compensation negotiations, we advocate for you throughout your next career move.