Highway Engineer

Highway Engineer

Elevate your career as a Highway Engineer — innovate, collaborate, and drive progress in highway & rail.

Are you ready to take ownership of complex transportation engineering challenges? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where your expertise helps shape safer, more efficient highway and rail systems for communities?

CHA Consulting, Inc. is seeking a Highway Engineer to join our Highway & Rail Team in Providence, RI; Hartford, CT; Norwell, MA; Burlington, MA or Keene, NH. In this role, you'll play a pivotal part in planning, designing, and delivering forward-thinking solutions for highway and rail initiatives. This is your chance to make a meaningful difference, tackle complex mobility issues, and help define the future of transportation engineering.

What You'll Do:

• Independently complete engineering design, technical analysis, and preparation of specifications and reports for highway and rail projects
• Develop computation methods, technical reports, and specifications under the guidance of senior staff or technical leadership
• Identify and resolve technical discrepancies, applying standard procedures and best practices for safety and infrastructure resilience
• Monitor project progress and performance, acting quickly to resolve operational issues and minimize delays in critical transportation projects
• Take responsibility for large portions of projects with oversight from senior staff or management, including field assignments

What You Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering required
• Minimum of 3 years of related engineering experience required
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification or Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred
• Strong working and theoretical knowledge in the respective engineering discipline with a proven ability to apply engineering knowledge in practical settings
• Understanding of QA/QC procedures and regulatory standards
• Proficiency with engineering, computational, and modeling software (Revit, AutoCAD, MicroStation, etc.), as well as Microsoft Office
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset
• Participation in professional engineering societies/organizations preferred

Why You'll Love It Here:

• Collaborate with talented engineers and project managers
• Flexible work environment with opportunities for local and occasional travel
• Make a tangible impact by helping deliver safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation solutions while advancing your engineering career

Salary Range: $95,000 - $105,000

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 inclusive and forward leaning, always pushing the limits of what is possible.

We as an organization celebrate the values of inclusion and equality, 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.