Transportation Engineering Team Lead

The Opportunity

RETTEW is seeking an experienced Transportation Engineer and licensed Professional Engineer to lead our Transportation team in Region 1.

This is an opportunity for an accomplished transportation professional who is ready to expand their impact beyond individual project delivery. As Transportation Engineering Team Lead you will develop engineers and Project Managers strengthen project and financial performance balance team resources build lasting client relationships and help grow RETTEWs Transportation practice.

Youll remain connected to meaningful transportation projects and key clients while collaborating with Transportation leaders across RETTEW to share expertise align resources and strengthen our capabilities across regions.

What Youll Do

As Transportation Engineering Team Lead you will:

• Lead coach and develop transportation engineers designers and Project Managers supporting professional growth accountability and strong team performance.
• Partner with the Regional Director to establish team priorities monitor performance and support regional and practice objectives.
• Provide leadership and technical oversight for transportation projects helping teams achieve quality schedule budget and client expectations.
• Serve as a resource to Project Managers and technical staff for project strategy technical challenges client engagement and delivery decisions.
• Coordinate team workload staffing and resource allocation while collaborating with Transportation Team Leads and professionals across RETTEW offices.
• Monitor team and project financial performance forecasting workload and established operational metrics; work with Project Managers to address performance concerns and opportunities.
• Maintain and strengthen client and agency relationships while identifying opportunities to expand RETTEWs services.
• Partner with RETTEWs Business Development resources on proposals pursuits client engagement cross-selling and growth initiatives.
• Contribute technical and project-management expertise on complex or high-profile transportation projects when appropriate.
• Promote consistent technical standards quality and effective project delivery across the Transportation practice.
• Foster a team culture built around ownership collaboration accountability communication and continuous improvement.

What Were Looking For

Required

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering field.
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license in Pennsylvania or active PE licensure in another state with eligibility to obtain Pennsylvania licensure through reciprocity.
• Significant professional experience in transportation engineering including demonstrated project-management responsibility.
• Strong technical knowledge of transportation engineering and project delivery including experience with roadway traffic and/or transportation-agency projects.
• Experience leading mentoring supervising or developing engineers designers Project Managers or other technical professionals.
• Experience managing project scope schedule budget and competing priorities.
• Ability to plan workload and coordinate resources across multiple projects and team members.
• Experience building and maintaining strong client and agency relationships.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with clients technical professionals Project Managers and organizational leadership.
• Ability and interest in supporting business development and client growth in partnership with RETTEWs Business Development resources.

Preferred

• Experience delivering projects for PennDOT or comparable state transportation agencies.
• Experience leading complex or multidisciplinary transportation projects.
• Experience working collaboratively across multiple offices teams or regions.
• Demonstrated success expanding existing client relationships or identifying new project opportunities.
• Experience with team-level financial tracking forecasting workload planning or operational performance metrics.
• Experience developing Project Managers or emerging leaders.
• Active involvement in transportation-related professional organizations such as ASHE or ITE.

Why This Role

This position offers the opportunity to:

• Lead and develop a team of transportation professionals while remaining connected to meaningful technical and client work.
• Develop Project Managers technical professionals and future leaders.
• Influence team culture engagement accountability and performance.
• Gain broader involvement in financial operational and regional decision-making.
• Help shape transportation strategy and growth within Region 1.
• Partner with Business Development professionals to strengthen existing relationships and pursue new opportunities.
• Collaborate with Transportation leaders and technical professionals across RETTEW.
• Make decisions that directly influence project delivery client satisfaction team development and the continued growth of the Transportation practice.

Work Environment

• Workplace Designation: Hybrid
• Locations: Lancaster Lehigh Valley or Berwyn PA

This role requires regular in-office collaboration with team members and leadership. Regional and companywide collaboration across offices is expected to support team alignment resource sharing client needs and successful project delivery.

About RETTEW

RETTEW is a 100% employee-owned engineering consulting firm that has been helping clients solve complex challenges since 1969. Our teams collaborate across disciplines to deliver innovative practical solutions that strengthen infrastructure and support the communities we serve. Built on a culture of ownership collaboration and continuous improvement we empower our employee-owners to grow their careers while delivering meaningful results for our clients.

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 to request assistance.

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