OverviewKimley-Horn is seeking a senior civil technology leader to serve as the firmwide Bentley Design Technology Practice Lead for our Transportation practice, based in our Phoenix, Arizona (AZ) office. This is not a remote position.
Responsibilities
This role will be responsible for building, leading, and scaling our firmwide Bentley OpenRoads Designer (ORD) roadway and bridge design capabilities, including training, technical leadership, as well as our ProjectWise strategy. The selected candidate will:
- Provide firmwide leadership on the strategic deployment of Bentley technologies within Kimley-Horn27s Transportation practice
- Build and oversee a firmwide Bentley Design Center of Excellence for roadway and bridge design
- Establish and maintain standardized ORD design workflows and modeling practices aligned with DOT standards
- Own enterprise ProjectWise / CDE strategy in coordination with IT and technical leadership
- Provide strategic leadership for SMEs to build out training programs, and learning paths that scale ORD capability across the firm
- Partner with delivery leaders to ensure Bentley workflows directly support our clients
- Guide adoption of automation and intelligent design workflows where they deliver recognized client value
- Serve as the firm27s primary Bentley liaison and internal thought leader, fostering a culture of technical excellence
Qualifications
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) (preferred)
- Bachelor27s degree in Civil Engineering
- Significant experience in transportation engineering, including roadway design
- Career foundation built through hands-on project delivery, client engagement, and technical leadership
- Proven track record supporting DOT programs and complex transportation projects
- Demonstrated ability to stand up and lead multi-office technical initiatives or programs
- Significant technical experience with Bentley ORD, ProjectWise, and DOT delivery environments
- Experience establishing or leading a design technology group, center of excellence, or training program
- Strong people leadership skills with a passion for building and developing engineers and designers
- Background integrating engineering workflows with automation, data, or custom tooling
- Experience managing enterprise Bentley contracts (preferred)
