Job Description

Kimley-Horn's Seattle, Washington (WA) office is seeking a Civil Engineer with 7+ years of experience to join their Transit team!

Responsibilities

• The selected candidate will contribute to the production and delivery of transit design projects with a particular focus on, but not limited to Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) projects.
• The qualified individual will assist in managing and lead a Transit team while building and managing relationships with key clients.
• Has an entrepreneurial spirit, creating a vision for growth in their personal practice while contributing to the growth of our transportation engineering practice in the local area and beyond
• Assists in marketing and business development efforts with our existing local municipal, state, and private clients, while delivering a wide variety of transit related projects with our growing team of transit professionals
• Leadership responsibilities include:
  • Operating with integrity and sound business principals
  • Providing vision, business planning and strategy
  • Establishing goals
  • Building and maintaining positive client relationships
  • Having open communication with your partners and team
  • Growing and leading a transit practice
• Various tasks may include corridor concept development, assistance in public outreach, and transit evaluation.
• This role will require a high degree of multi-disciplinary coordination.
• Our Project Managers manage their projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, and act as a positive leader and mentor
• The successful candidate will be given a great deal of autonomy to lead, direct, and grow their business
• With success, this individual will enjoy the rewards of an impressive bonus program with the potential to advance to ownership
• This is an in-person role.

Qualifications

• Registered Professional Engineering (P.E.) license
• 7+ years of transit-focused engineering experience including:
  • Transit corridor design experience, focusd on (but not limited to) BRT and LRT modes
  • Track/guideway design
  • Roadway design
  • Station design, including park-and-ride facilities
• Outgoing, self-motivated team player
• High level of proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Experience communicating and working with clients
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills and detail-orientation
• Ability to balance priorities among multiple projects

Salary Range:

• $135,000 - $155,000
• Eligible for Performance Based Bonus Compensation

Why Kimley-Horn?

At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients and employees, are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it— that’s why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn’s placement on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work” list for 17 years!