Transportation / Highway Project Manager

What You Will Be Doing

• Plan, manage, and lead multi-disciplinary transportation projects, ranging from local roads to complex highways, including limited access facilities and interchanges.
• Lead, direct, and mentor design staff on transportation projects, including plan development for a comprehensive range of transportation design projects such as horizontal and vertical geometry, cross sections, earthwork modeling, 3D roadway modeling, quantities calculations, construction specifications, and utility coordination.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, and resources, overseeing scope, schedule, and QA/QC to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Oversee project components such as plan development, quantity calculations, specifications package, permits, and utility coordination.
• Assist with resource management and provide hiring recommendations.
• Serve as the client liaison, building strong relationships, resolving issues, and securing approvals to ensure successful project completion.
• Support marketing efforts by identifying opportunities and assisting with strategy development.
• Participate in project pursuits developing proposals, scopes, and fee estimates. Participate in interviews, presentations, and negotiations.
• Represent the company at public meetings, conferences, interviews, and industry events.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university.
• Florida Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of Project Management experience on roadway design projects.
• Must be self-motivated and able to work both independently and as part of a project team to complete tasks.
• Proven leadership, communication, collaboration, teamwork, and mentoring skills.
• Proficient in virtual collaboration tools such as Bluebeam, Word, Excel, Power Point, and Teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Established relationships with Florida Department of Transportation and other government agencies in South Florida.
• Strong knowledge of what it takes to implement a roadway concept, including Florida Department of Transportation processes, roadway planning and design practices, plan preparation requirements, standards and specifications.
• Working knowledge of roadway design software to prepare / review files in Autodesk Civil 3D and Bentley Open Roads Designer (ORD).
• Experience in multidisciplinary projects, such as site development, railroads, transit, airports, ports, etc.
• Experience in projects with different components such as signalization, lighting, ITS, structures, etc.