Principal Structural Engineer - Tunnels and Complex Underground Structures - Senior Technical Advisor
- Pay
- $188,125 – $300,512 per year
- Location
- New York, NY · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Executive
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 14 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Tunnel and complex underground structures engineering
- Advanced engineering methods and analysis
- Technical guidance and review on complex projects
- Proposal and marketing support
Also useful
- Professional Engineer (PE) certification
- Industry advisory committee participation
- Thought leadership (articles, white papers, presentations)
What We're Looking For
- At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us.
- For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country.
- With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.
- This opportunity entails being responsible for providing guidance and direction in area of expertise and functional discipline.
- This position supports the technical aspect of project development and delivery including proposal development, scope implementation and change management.
- Responsible for applying advanced engineering methods, techniques, and analyses to provide solutions, make recommendations and resolve issues.
- Ensures industry and HNTB standards of design are applied consistently and effectively across projects ranging in discipline, size and complexity.
- Independently applies knowledge and experience in partnership with internal project team members and external client counterparts.
- Serves as an advisor on complex projects to provide technical designs, plans and specifications
The position supports tunnels and complex underground structures across the transit, rail, highways, airports, and water/wastewater market sectors.
What You'll Do
- Performs independent technical reviews, makes recommendations, and provides technical guidance as requested on complex or unusual engineering projects. Provides direction to resolve technical issues as requested.
- Provides technical expertise and advice to project leadership, and mentoring/support to production staff.
- Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation on complex or unusual engineering projects within discipline.
- Coordinates technical aspects with client counterpart and teaming partners at local leadership level for work within and across disciplines on complex or unusual engineering projects.
- Develops and advises on technical consistency within and across disciplines on processes and projects.
- Ensures same standard and practices are being applied.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What You'll Need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 12 years of relevant experience, or
- Master's degree in Engineering and 11 year of relevant experience, or
- PhD in Engineering and 10 years of relevant experience
What You'll Bring
- Experience in tunnels and complex underground structures across the transit, rail, highways, airports, and water/wastewater market sectors.
- Serves as the lead technical engineer for large projects of a complex or unusual nature and is recognized as an expert in the technical field.
- Identifies and communicates industry best practices, trends, and risks through presentations, articles, and white papers.
- Serves as a trusted advisor to clients, is sought out for expertise in their given field, and serves as the differentiator for the firm against competition.
- Represents the firm as a member of industry advisory committees.
What We Prefer
- Master's degree in Engineering
- 20 years relevant experience
- Professional Engineer (PE) certification
Benefits
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- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
- #NF #Tunnels.
Locations: New York, NY
The approximate pay range for New York is $188,125.20 - $300,511.68. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual's qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state................
Notice to Third-party Agencies
HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.
From HNTB's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 27, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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The Principal Structural Engineer - Tunnels and Complex Underground Structures - Senior Technical Advisor posting at HNTB states compensation of $188,125 – $300,512 per year. It is listed as a full-time position. Final pay may depend on location, experience, and interview evaluation on HNTB's official career site.
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