Structural Engineer / Project Manager - Transportation

The Opportunity

RETTEW is seeking an experienced Structural Engineer / Project Manager – Transportation to lead the design and delivery of bridge and transportation-structure projects.

This role is designed for a structural engineer who wants to remain technically engaged while taking ownership of project delivery, including scope, schedule, budget, quality, multidisciplinary coordination, and client and agency relationships.

We are specifically looking for a transportation structures professional with a strong design background. This is not a building-structures position or a primarily bridge-inspection role. Successful candidates will bring hands-on structural design experience along with the ability to lead projects and help guide developing engineers.

Work Environment

Workplace Designation: Hybrid

Locations: Berwyn, Lancaster, Lehigh Valley, Mechanicsburg, State College, or Pittsburgh, PA; Akron/Canton, OH; or Morgantown, WV

This position combines in-office collaboration with remote-work flexibility, focused technical work, multidisciplinary project coordination, and occasional field, client, and agency activities.

What You'll Do

As a Structural Engineer / Project Manager, you will lead and perform structural engineering work for transportation infrastructure projects while managing project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and coordination.

You will contribute directly to the analysis and design of bridges, culverts, retaining walls, and related transportation structures while coordinating with roadway, drainage, traffic, survey, environmental, and other technical disciplines.

You will also serve as a technical resource to project teams, communicate with transportation agencies and clients, mentor developing professionals, and help RETTEW successfully deliver transportation projects throughout Pennsylvania and the surrounding region.

As a Project Manager, you will:

• Lead and perform structural analysis and design for bridges, culverts, retaining walls, and related transportation structures.
• Develop and review structural calculations, plans, details, specifications, technical reports, and other engineering deliverables.
• Apply applicable AASHTO, PennDOT, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, and other transportation structural-design standards and requirements.
• Lead structural portions of transportation projects from scope development through final delivery.
• Manage project scope, schedules, budgets, staffing needs, technical deliverables, and project risks.
• Provide technical oversight and perform QA/QC reviews of structural engineering work.
• Coordinate structural design with roadway, drainage, traffic, survey, environmental, and other project disciplines.
• Coordinate with PennDOT, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, municipalities, clients, and other transportation stakeholders.
• Respond to agency and client review comments and support projects through applicable review and approval processes.
• Identify technical, constructability, schedule, and project-delivery challenges and develop practical solutions.
• Participate in field investigations, structural assessments, and construction-phase engineering activities as project needs require.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and designers.
• Support proposals, scopes of work, technical approaches, fee development, and project planning.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with clients and transportation-agency partners.

What We're Looking For

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license, with the ability to obtain Pennsylvania licensure if not currently licensed in Pennsylvania.
• Strong professional experience in transportation structural design.
• Demonstrated experience designing bridges, culverts, retaining walls, or related transportation structures.
• Professional project experience supporting PennDOT and/or the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission.
• Experience performing structural analysis and preparing structural calculations and design documentation.
• Working knowledge of AASHTO and applicable transportation structural-design standards.
• Professional experience using structural analysis and engineering-design software.
• Demonstrated project-management experience involving scope, schedule, budget, multidisciplinary coordination, and project delivery.
• Experience preparing and reviewing structural plans, specifications, calculations, reports, and other technical deliverables.
• Experience coordinating with multidisciplinary transportation project teams.
• Experience interacting with transportation agencies, clients, and other project stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Additional Experience We Value

Candidates do not need experience in every area below. We value both deep structural-design expertise and broader transportation project-delivery experience.

• MicroStation experience.
• OpenBridge Designer or other Bentley 3D/MicroStation-based structural-design experience.
• Demonstrated successful project delivery across multiple PennDOT districts.
• Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission project-delivery experience.
• PennDOT LRFD structural-design programs.
• MIDAS, SAP2000, or comparable structural-analysis software.
• Bridge replacement and rehabilitation design.
• Culvert design.
• Retaining-wall design.
• Structural load ratings.
• Technical QA/QC responsibility.
• Construction-phase engineering experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary transportation project teams.
• Experience mentoring engineers and designers.
• Proposal development, client development, or business-development experience.
• Master’s degree in Structural Engineering.

What This Opportunity Offers

This role provides the opportunity to combine technical structural engineering with meaningful project leadership.

At RETTEW, you’ll have opportunities to:

• Lead the design and delivery of bridge and transportation-structure projects.
• Remain technically engaged while expanding your project-management responsibilities.
• Work on PennDOT and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission projects.
• Build relationships with transportation agencies and clients.
• Work across multiple transportation disciplines and RETTEW offices.
• Take ownership of project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and delivery.
• Serve as a technical resource and mentor to developing professionals.
• Expand your experience across Pennsylvania transportation markets and PennDOT districts.
• Contribute to proposals, client relationships, and the continued growth of RETTEW’s transportation-structures capabilities.
• Grow toward broader project, technical, or team leadership based on your strengths and career goals.
• Share in RETTEW’s long-term success through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

About RETTEW

RETTEW is a 100% employee-owned engineering and consulting firm providing multidisciplinary services across transportation, land development, water and wastewater, environmental and geotechnology, energy, surveying, and facilities and construction.

Our culture is grounded in our core values — Act Like an Owner, Value Relationships, and Exemplify Excellence. Our employee-owners collaborate across disciplines to solve complex challenges, deliver meaningful results for clients, and build rewarding careers.

RETTEW offers an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits, retirement savings options, paid time off, professional development resources, licensure support, and opportunities for continued technical and career growth.

RETTEW is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please contact us at [email protected] to request assistance.

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