Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP is seeking a Senior Transit Facility Design Engineer for our Transit Group in the Baltimore, MD office (onsite). This role supports a maintenance facility consultant team by assessing client operating needs and translating them into practical bus and rail vehicle maintenance equipment recommendations, facility layouts, and construction-ready deliverables.
You will also contribute as a technical resource across planning, design, construction, and related project phases, with opportunities to provide high-level reports and presentations. Work includes coordinating equipment and utility requirements for both new and renovated facilities, helping projects stay aligned to scope, budget, and schedule.
What you’ll do
- Manage delivery of transit facility design services on-time, within budget, and to client satisfaction.
- Analyze operational processes and related information to improve operational efficiency.
- Review client building program areas to determine facility space needs.
- Develop equipment layouts in collaboration with management and user personnel.
- Design facility and equipment layouts and coordinate vehicle service equipment requirements.
- Coordinate rolling stock equipment needs with the building design team.
- Prepare construction drawings and vehicle service equipment bid specifications.
- Review equipment submittals during construction.
- Apply subject matter expertise across planning, design, construction, value engineering, cost estimating, risk assessment, and/or scheduling.
- Provide expert opinions, prepare high-level reports, and deliver presentations.
- Support client relations and project management efforts in the region.
- Participate in project scoping, fee estimating, proposal preparation, interviews, and negotiations.
- Determine work requirements and develop integrated design schedules and budgets, and manage project execution and controls to ensure delivery within scope, budget, and schedule.
What you bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Structure, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering (or related field).
- 16+ years of progressive experience in planning, design, management, and implementation of rail and transit related projects.
- Relevant experience in rail and bus facility design and construction, with emphasis on rail facilities.
- Demonstrated leadership across large-scale projects from planning through alternatives analysis, environmental process, permitting, final design, construction, safety certification, and commissioning.
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) designation in Maryland; licensing in DC, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virginia is a plus.
- PMP certification preferred.
- Advanced knowledge of transit vehicle-related operations, processes, and standards.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills.
- Documentation and organization skills.
- Proficiency in MS Office and TEAMS.
- Ability to use PDF review software (Adobe / Bluebeam).
- Proficiency in AutoCAD and/or BIM (Microstation knowledge is a plus).
- Ability to travel to project sites, company offices, and client meetings.
- Positive attitude and willingness to work cooperatively with others.
Tools you’ll use
MS Office, TEAMS, Adobe, Bluebeam, AutoCAD, BIM, Microstation
Benefits
- Flexible work schedule options
- Competitive salary
- Leave accrual and paid holidays
- Healthcare benefits
- Group Life Insurance, plus additional optional life insurance; short and long term disability insurance
- Flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent care reimbursement
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Parental and maternity leave benefits
Work authorization
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship. WRA will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).
Expected compensation range: $100,000.00 - $180,000.00 annually.
