Transportation Project Manager

The Transportation Project Manager is a senior-level leadership role responsible for directing complex roadway and bridge design initiatives across state and local transportation programs. This position provides strategic oversight of multi-phase transportation projects, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards, schedule commitments, and financial objectives. The role requires a strong client-facing presence, disciplined project execution, and the ability to mentor and elevate engineering teams while strengthening long-term public sector partnerships. The Transportation Project Manager plays a critical role in driving project performance, cultivating repeat business opportunities, and contributing to sustained organizational growth.Job Duties and ResponsibilitiesLead and manage IDOT Phase I, II, and/or III roadway and bridge design projects, ensuring compliance with applicable standards and successful delivery within scope, schedule, and budget.Provide strategic oversight of multiple concurrent transportation projects, proactively addressing shifting priorities, regulatory requirements, and resource allocations.Serve as the primary point of contact for public agencies, municipalities, and state DOT stakeholders, building trusted, long-term client relationships.Mentor, manage, and develop civil and transportation engineering staff, fostering accountability, collaboration, and technical excellence.Assess project backlog and staffing needs, identifying and resolving resourcing gaps to maintain delivery performance.Drive execution of complex transportation initiatives while expanding responsibilities across additional jurisdictions and project phases.Partner with business development efforts to identify and pursue transportation opportunities, including IDOT PTB pursuits, to support backlog growth.Utilize MicroStation/OpenRoads and related design technologies to support project oversight and technical coordination.Demonstrate forward-thinking leadership, calculated decision-making, and proactive problem solving in a high-demand, resource-constrained environment.QualificationsEight to twelve plus years of hands-on experience delivering IDOT roadway and/or bridge design projects.Proven project management experience across IDOT Phase I, II, and/or III projects.Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor civil or transportation engineering teams.Strong client-facing experience with public agencies, municipalities, and state DOT stakeholders.Illinois Professional Engineer (PE) license or clear ability and intent to obtain licensure.Experience working across multiple offices or geographically dispersed teams preferred.Background in county and municipal transportation projects in addition to IDOT work preferred.Proficiency in MicroStation/OpenRoads; familiarity with AutoCAD Civil 3D beneficial.Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 and Adobe software.Demonstrated strengths in communication, analytical follow-through, proactive problem solving, and collaborative leadership.