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At Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP, we are "People Focused and Project Driven". We have been in business for more than 110 years and we are known for our quality work and quality employees. This is your chance to join our team - help us to design the infrastructure and buildings that improve the world! WRA is seeking an experienced civil/transportation engineer with extensive land development and access management experience. This is a hybrid position that will require work at our client's Hunt Valley based location. This role supports the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) access permit review process and requires an individual who can hit the ground running in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment with minimal training. The selected candidate will be responsible for the technical review, coordination, and processing of development access permits within SHA right-of-way, ensuring compliance with applicable standards, review schedules, and stakeholder expectations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise the review of access plans as assigned by the SHA Regional Engineer
• Initiate the review cycle, distribute plans for comment to appropriate SHA reviewers, assemble review comments into letter, and reconcile inconsistencies between comments. Request clarification of comments as needed and discuss any concerns regarding comment content with Regional Engineer
• Track the comment responses and facilitate signature review to promote on-time completion of the 30-day review cycles.
• Review comments or conditions of approval from prior reviews (including Traffic Impact Study, if performed) and comment as necessary to fully resolve the identified issue or concern
• Review and comment on entrance and roadside design within SHA right-of-way for each submittal to ensure compliance with the currently adopted versions of the SHA Access Permit Manual, AASHTO's "A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets, Roadside Design Guide, MASH 2016, SHA Standards and Specifications.
• Assist the SHA Regional Engineer in the preparation of Access Permits as assigned.
• Participate in meetings and training as assigned.
• Other miscellaneous support of the access management permit process as assigned.

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