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Project Engineer (Civil/Roadway)
Toole DesignPhiladelphia, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Aug 2025
💰 $115,000/yr($103,000/yr – $115,000/yr)
About the role
Toole Design Group in Philadelphia, PA is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Project Engineer (Civil / Roadway). Are you fascinated by the built environment? Are you passionate about constructability and safety and the opportunity to work on challenging multimodal projects that make communities more livable? Do you have a strong background in civil engineering with roadway/corridor design or site development experience? Are you passionate about creating quality construction documents? Would you like to work for a firm that is committed to the well-being and advancement of its employees? If so, please join our Philadelphia team.
This civil engineering position with a focus on all aspects of roadway design and active transportation earns a competitive salary and great benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, a health savings account (HSA), a flexible spending account (FSA) and all staff start with at least 24 days PTO. We practice what we preach and ensure that our employees also have access to transportation by providing them with financial incentives to bike, walk, or use transit for a better quality of life!
About Toole Design
Toole Design is the leading engineering, planning, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race or gender. As an Engineering News-Record top 500 design firm, we have also been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.
Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.
A Day in the Life of a Project Engineer (Civil / Roadway)
As a Project Engineer, the things you design will get built! You'll use your civil engineering knowledge to deliver multimodal transportation infrastructure in a wide range of contexts from roadway reconstructions and streetscapes in highly urban settings to signature trail projects in suburban and rural areas that highlight and enhance the natural environment. You use programs such as MicroStation in order to fulfill production work on your projects. You will share your knowledge with staff and clients, to develop construction documents and details, engineering estimates, project specifications, and concept plans, as well mentor your colleagues to ensure that our projects are consistently of the highest quality.
Work Schedule for a Project Engineer (Civil / Roadway)
This full-time Engineer position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week with the option to work from home up to two days a week. Our Philadelphia team is a collaborative mix of staff that include civil and transportation engineers and planners. We have a diverse portfolio of multimodal transportation projects throughout Philadelphia and surrounding areas. Collaboration, fun, flexibility, and exceptional quality work are just a few of the characteristics that define us.
You'll be joining a dynamic and growing team in an exciting market and location. Whether it's advancing the safety goals of local jurisdictions, reconstructing roadways and intersections to achieve Visio Zero goals, developing construction details to support design guidelines, or preparing final Plans, Specifications, or Estimates for construction, Toole Design is shaping this area's future.
The Philadelphia office of Toole Design is conveniently located in Center City and easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit with access to the MFL, BSL, PATCO, numerous bus routes, and several Indego stations all within two blocks.
We are targeting a salary range of $103,000 to $115,000 for this position.
Qualifications of a Project Engineer (Civil / Roadway):
- A bachelor's or master's degree in civil engineering
- A Professional Engineering (PE) license (in the Mid-Atlantic states a plus)
- 5+ years of experience developing construction documents with a preference for experience with any of the following agencies: City of Philadelphia, PennDOT, DelDOT, NJDOT
- A broad knowledge base in civil engineering with a transportation focus and specific knowledge of horizontal and vertical roadway geometric design (MUTCD and AASHTO)
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