Senior Project Manager - Area Practice Leader
A nationally recognized and award-winning firm is looking to bring on a senior Transportation Engineering leader to build, lead, and expand its Roads and Highways practice, playing a key role in technical excellence, client relationships, and long-term market growth. Interested? Apply today!
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the expansion of the firm's roadway practice and local market presence, with an emphasis on roadway, highway, and municipal infrastructure projects
- Serve as a senior technical and business leader responsible for advanced engineering design, client development, and strategic growth of the roadway practice across the region
- Oversee project execution from concept through delivery, ensuring technical excellence, profitability, and schedule performance
- Take an active role in resolving complex design challenges while guiding teams toward successful outcomes
- Provide visible leadership grounded in ethical decision-making and sound business judgement
- Shape and execute practice-level vision, including business planning, growth strategy, and market positioning
- Establish performance goals and ensure accountability across projects and teams
- Develop and sustain strong relationships with public agency and municipal clients
- Foster transparent, collaborative communication with partners, leadership, and project teams
- Build, mentor, and develop technical staff while transitioning work appropriately to support team growth
- Act as a positive, engaged leader who promotes collaboration, accountability, and professional development
This role offers significant autonomy, allowing the successful candidate to lead, influence, and expand their own book of business. High performance is rewarded through a competitive bonus structure, with a clear path toward ownership opportunities.
Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressive experience in roadway engineering, including project and team leadership
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
- Active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license in the State of California
- Proven track record of winning and delivering roadway work within local and surrounding markets
- Demonstrated understanding of the full project lifecycle for roadway and highway projects
- Established relationships with local agencies and municipalities
- Strong technical background in the design of local roadways, urban freeways, and/or interchange systems
- Ability to manage projects profitably while leading multidisciplinary teams and collaborating with key stakeholders
- Experience preparing proposals, scopes of work, schedules, and project budgets
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