Senior Transportation Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as Project Manager and senior technical lead on highway, street reconstruction, and streetscape projects from preliminary design through PS&E and construction support
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, staffing, and subconsultants; forecast and report on project financial performance
• Direct the preparation and QA/QC review of design plans, engineering estimates, specifications, and detail sheets
• Coordinate across drainage, utilities, traffic, structures, geotechnical, survey, and ROW disciplines, and with utility companies and affected stakeholders
• Serve as the day-to-day client contact, lead progress meetings, resolve design issues, and respond to agency comments
• Ensure designs conform to NYC DOT, NYC DDC, NYSDOT, PANYNJ, AASHTO, and ADA/PROWAG requirements
• Support business development: proposals, interviews, scoping meetings, and long-term client relationships
• Mentor and develop project engineers and designers; support their progression toward licensure

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Civil Engineering or related field
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required in New York
• At least 12 years of experience in transportation engineering
• Demonstrated project management experience on public agency capital projects, including direct responsibility for scope, schedule, and budget
• Working experience with NYS Department of Transportation and/or Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
• Command of applicable design standards: NYC DOT and DDC standard details and specifications, NYSDOT Highway Design Manual and Standard Specifications, AASHTO Green Book, MUTCD, ADA/PROWAG
• Proficiency with MicroStation/OpenRoads and/or AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to agency clients and community stakeholders
• Design-Build experience preferred
• Valid driver's license with a clean driving record required

Why Consider?

This role offers a deep, established backlog of NYC-region transportation work and long-standing agency relationships, with direct ownership of client relationships and a real seat at the table on practice growth. The position includes a hybrid schedule, competitive benefits, 401(k) with company match, paid professional licensure and society memberships, and tuition assistance — along with a clear path to Associate/Principal for engineers who want to build a group, not just a project list.

If you have been waiting for the right opening, this is still a good time to explore.

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