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Southeast Senior Road Design Manager

Weston & Sampson 🇺🇸 Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Onsite $100,000 - $150,000 Full-time Senior

Manage and lead road design projects from concept through construction while overseeing technical design teams. Serve as the primary client liaison for project delivery, ensuring compliance with standards and mentoring junior engineers.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and lead road design projects from concept through construction
  • Oversee technical design teams, ensuring compliance with AASHTO, DOT, and local standards
  • Serve as the primary client liaison for project delivery, quality, and performance
  • Review design calculations, plans, and specifications
  • Mentor and develop junior engineers and project managers
  • Support proposal development and business growth through technical leadership

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field
  • Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in North Carolina and/or South Carolina (or ability to become registered within six months)
  • 10-15 years of road design experience, including leadership of large-scale DOT or other county/municipal transportation projects
  • Experience managing or being 'in charge of all aspects of design' for a project
  • Familiarity with state DOT standards
  • Proficiency in relevant design software/tools
  • Proven ability to manage project budgets, schedules, and multidisciplinary teams
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills, leadership/mentoring ability, and ability to manage multi-discipline teams

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment
  • Competitive compensation
  • Excellent benefits
  • Dynamic career growth
  • Equitable and welcoming corporate culture

Key Skills

Road design Project management Leadership Communication Mentoring Technical design AASHTO DOT Local standards Design software/tools Project budgets Schedules Multidisciplinary teams Written and oral communication MicroStation OpenRoads Designer AutoCAD Civil 3D

About Weston & Sampson

Your world is always changing, and so are we. Since 1899, Weston & Sampson has strived to make the world a better place by offering interdisciplinary design, engineering, and environmental services. Innovative and reliable for more than a century, we seek to implement a workplace culture in which all employees are empowered to do their best work while sharing the advantages of their own voice and experience. Join us as we grow. Weston & Sampson is an employee-owned company servicing public and private clients throughout the eastern United States. With a staff of more than 1,000 professionals in offices along the East Coast, we strive to achieve an exceptional workforce to support the diverse communities we serve and value differences as assets to the organization. TRANSFORM MORE THAN YOUR WORK ENVIRONMENT Weston & Sampson is dedicated to improving the quality of life of both our clients and our employees. We are committed to treating our staff with the highest degree of profession

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