Highway Discipline Manager (Transportation Design Engineer VII)

Salary: $104,519.00 - $162,800.00 Annually
Location : Baltimore County
Job Type: Full Time
Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
Job Number: 7667-MDTA-01/26
Department: Maryland Transportation Authority
Opening Date: 01/30/2026

Description
OPEN UNTIL FILLED

EXECUTIVE SERVICE

(This position serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority.)

The MDTA owns, operates, and maintains eight major toll facilities comprised of four bridges, two tunnels, and two turnpikes, across the State of Maryland. For over 50 years, the MDTA has provided Maryland's citizens and visitors with safe, secure, and convenient transportation facilities. We are committed to quality and excellence in customer service, and we rely on our organization's values, traditions and - most importantly - our employees to achieve these goals.

Nature of Work: The Highway Discipline Manager serves in the Office of Engineering and Construction by assuming the leadership role for managing and coordinating major highway interchange projects, major highway design and toll plaza projects, minor facility rehabilitation projects, and highway studies. This position is responsible for the management of consultants and in-house design of capital projects and task orders by providing review, supervision, and direction to MDTA engineers and consulting engineers for MDTA highway projects and in support of other engineering projects or MDTA projects that involve highway design. Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Manage, plan and design complex highway related projects including major highway interchange projects, major
  highway design and toll plaza projects, minor facility rehabilitation projects, and highway studies;
• Coordinate public involvement aspects of highway projects including overseeing and managing the preparation for public meetings, public workshops, preparation of handouts, color display boards, computer rendered photos and other graphic exhibits for use at meetings with small groups or large communities;
• Attend public meetings to address citizen questions directly related to highway projects;
• Review and evaluate technical proposals for consultant contract selection;
• Contract Management: evaluate and analyze project schedules and resource requirements to ensure timely completion of assignments, review and evaluate cost efficiency and scope of services to effectively complete engineering tasks, monitor task progress, issues and budgets, review and track invoices to effectively monitor contract costs; and
• Manage and preserve highway pavements and traffic barrier assets.

This position will report to the Deputy Director of Engineering and/or other designated official. The current vacancy is in Baltimore, Maryland. Hybrid telework schedules may be available for this position.

MDTA employees are offered a generous benefits package including a minimum of 11 paid holidays, a minimum of 27* days of leave annually (personal, vacation, and sick), access to the State Pension System, deferred compensation plans, excellent health, dental, and vision plans, and more! *May be prorated based upon start date.
Qualifications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Possession of a Maryland Professional Engineer license, in the appropriate option, is required. Evidence of license must be presented at time of appointment.

Experience: Three (3) years of experience managing highway engineering projects as a licensed professional engineer. Two (2) years of the required experience must have involved the supervision of employees or a design team of engineers.

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Extensive experience in highway engineering design and project management including; the development and review of highway plans, specifications and estimates, and coordination for permitting and procurement; and
• Two years of experience working in the Federal Government.

Please include all relevant experience on your application. This includes, but is not limited to, full or part time, volunteer, military, acting capacity, or any other experience that is relevant to the position you are applying for.

If you have held more than one (1) position at the same employer, please list each position that you held and the length of time that you held each position.
Licenses & Certifications

1. An applicant's current license as a Professional Engineer in a state with comparable requirements acceptable to the Maryland State Board for Professional Engineers, in the appropriate option for which application is made, will be accepted but the applicant must obtain a Maryland Professional Engineer license within twelve (12) months of appointment. Evidence of out of state license must be presented at time of appointment. Please include your Professional Engineering license number, issue date and expiration date on your application.

2. Employees in this classification are assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland. Applicants must list their license number and expiration date the application.

NOTES:
Registration requirements are established under Title 14, Business Occupations and Professions Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.
Additional Information

1. Employees may be subject to emergency recall 24 hours a day and may be required to maintain a reliable communication link (telephone or pager) for the purpose of emergency call back requirements.

2. Eligible applicants may be subject to a background investigation under federal or State laws and regulations. A conviction is not an automatic disqualification to employment. Erroneous, misleading or fraudulent information on an application is sufficient grounds for rejection from the hiring process, withdrawal of an offer for employment or immediate discharge.

APPLICATION PROCESS:
Please apply on-line at RESUMES CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE ONLINE EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION. Paper applications (Form DTS-1) will not be accepted for this recruitment.

NOTES:

Please be advised that the State of Maryland is dedicated to a drug-free workplace, and as a result, employees are subject to the State's Substance Abuse Policy to include possible drug testing. Selected candidate(s) may be subject to background and reference checks.

The incumbent in this position will not be a member of a covered bargaining unit.

The Maryland Transportation Authority is not sponsoring new employees in application of the H-1B Visa or providing an extension of an existing H-1B Visa at this time due to budgetary constraints. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Federal regulations prohibit H-1B Visa candidates from paying sponsorship fees, all sponsorship fees must be assumed by the potential employer.

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. MDTA does not discriminate based on age, ancestry, color, creed, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religious affiliation, belief or opinion, sex, or sexual orientation.

MDOT has various careers for people of all experiences, backgrounds, and abilities who come together to contribute to one mission - connecting our customers to life's opportunities. Join us in serving our Maryland residents, visitors, and businesses!

Reasonable Accommodations for persons with disabilities will be provided upon request.

Appropriate auxiliary aids and services for qualified individuals with disability will be provided upon request. Please notify in advance. MD Relay Service Number 1-800-735-2258 (TTY Number: 711). Bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.

Issue Date: 01/30/2026
Come join the Maryland Department of Transportation Team! We offer more than just a paycheck!!!! We offer healthcare, dental, long term disability, flexible work schedules, and so much more. Read all about our fabulous benefits in detail by visiting:

https://www.mdot.maryland.gov/tso/pages/index.aspx?pageid=152

Don't miss out on a great opportunity for a challenging career along with fabulous benefits!

*Benefits are offered to all full-time, part-time permanent and contractual (partially subsidized) employees. Temporary employees do not receive benefits.
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This position requires three (3) years of experience managing highway engineering projects as a licensed professional engineer. Please list the original date you became a licensed professional engineer. Additionally, please describe in detail where you have obtained this experience, listing the name of the employer(s), dates you were employed, and the duties of the position(s) you held. This experience must also be detailed under the "experience" section of your application.If you are not a licensed professional engineer with three 3 years of this experience, please enter N/A.
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Do you possess two (2) years of experience involving the supervision of employees or a design team of engineers?

• Yes
• No

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If you answered "yes" to question 2, please describe in detail where you have obtained the experience defined above, listing the name of the employer(s), dates you were employed, and the duties of the position(s) you held. This experience must also be detailed under the "experience" section of your application. If you do not have this experience, please enter N/A.
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