Highway Practice Lead (PE)

Highway Practice Lead Rochester, NY - Relocation assistance available If you've built your career designing and delivering highway projects — and you're ready to lead a practice, not just manage a workload — this is worth a look. A well-established Western New York transportation consulting firm is growing its Rochester office and looking for a highway-focused leader to take ownership of the discipline. This role is highways and roads — pavement, reconstruction, complete streets, drainage — not structures or bridges. If that's your lane and you're ready to run it, read on. Why this Highway Practice Lead role stands out:• Lead a focused highway practice with real autonomy — decisions get made here, not three layers up • Stay technical with your own design projects while guiding a team of highway engineers and PMs • Strong, established client base across NYSDOT Regions 4 and 5— county, municipal, and state markets • Direct access to firm leadership — your voice carries weight from day one What you'll be doing:• Own scope, schedule, budget, plans production, and resource direction across active highway projects • Lead highway design projects from Preliminary through PS&E: pavement restoration, roadway reconstruction, ADA compliance, signing and pavement markings, multi-use facilities, work zone traffic control, complete streets, and drainage improvements • Guide and mentor junior, mid-level, and senior highway engineers • Provide QA/QC for highway deliverables • Guide development of contract specifications, cost estimates, and bid documents • Retain and grow relationships with local and regional transportation clients About You:• NY PE license preferred; candidates licensed in another state with a clear path to NY licensure are welcome to apply • 10+ years of transportation design and project management experience with a focus on highway and roadway work • Strong working knowledge of NYSDOT standards, project delivery processes, and Locally Administered Federal Aid requirements • Experience leading teams and developing engineers at multiple levels • Proficiency guiding teams using Micro Station, Open Roads, and/or Civil 3D • Business development instincts — comfortable with client relationships, proposals, and go/no-go strategy • Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) designation is a plus How to apply: No resume needed to start a conversation. Message Lynn Novo directly, or call/text 716-919-6246. If you have a resume ready, apply directly.