Transportation Engineering Group Manager

woolpert

Cincinnati, OH; Columbus, OH; Dayton, OH · Cincinnati

Posted Jun 10, 2026

Other
Hybrid
Transportation Delivery

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Job description

We seek to move the world forward through innovative thinking.

Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.

Position Overview

Woolpert is hiring a Transportation Engineering Group Manager to join our dynamic Transportation Engineering team at one of the following offices: Columbus, Dayton, or Cincinnati, Ohio. This position will offer the opportunity to work on a variety of transportation projects spanning multiple clients and presenting unique challenges. First and foremost, this is a people management role, with the overall health of the group as a priority task. In addition, this position is responsible for complex engineering design tasks as well as business development, client contact and sustained growth of our transportation design team.

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

What You Will Do:

Lead the roadway, bridge and drainage team for Ohio. This will include all technical staff that fall within those specialties.
Manage the delivery of transportation projects.
Assist in running the Transportation Market in Ohio along with the Ohio Practice Lead.
Oversee goal setting, reviews, salary planning and involvement in business planning as well as forwarding Transportation specific goals and initiatives.
Professional experience of increasing responsibility, including project management, on projects involving PS&E and or schematics.
PennDOT experience and appropriate pre-certifications required.
Partnering with sales and technical leadership to build relationships with DOT, other transportation agencies, and local clients, with an ability to work successfully across markets.
Recruiting and retaining strategic technical talent and the best and brightest employees.
Good marketing, communications and technical writing skills are required.
Existing contacts and relationships along with experience winning and delivering projects for ODOT.

What You Will Bring:

Bachelor's Degree or higher required.
BS or MS in Civil Engineering preferred.
Minimum 10+ years of experience.
PE License or ability to obtain within a year of employment.
Experience managing staff is required.
Professional experience of increasing responsibility, including project management, on projects involving PS&E and or schematics.
Experience in MicroStation required.
Experience in conducting regular project review and reporting meetings and oversight of quality control on all assigned projects is required.
Experience in leading project teams, including subconsultants, in performing transportation design of transportation projects is required.
Experience working on ODOT projects is required.
Familiar with ODOT design criteria.
Experience working on transportation PS&E projects.
Ability to work on multiple projects, across multiple teams and disciplines

Benefits You Will Love

Certified as a Great Place to Work, Woolpert is one of the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe, you’ll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the world. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:

Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
Flexible paid time off/vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you and your team.
Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more!

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Base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Pay Range

$118,200—$177,400 USD

Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here: http://woolpert.com/about-us/

Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.

Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting askhr@woolpert.com.

If you need to reschedule or cancel your interview, please reach out to your recruiter by contacting recruiting@woolpert.com.

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.