About the job

Senior Project Manager – Transportation Design-Build (PE)

Department: Transportation

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Charlotte, NC

Description

Charlotte or Raleigh, North Carolina | Eligible for a $10,000 sign-on bonus

Lead complex transportation projects and help shape the growth of DRMP’s Alternative Delivery practice.

DRMP is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Charlotte or Raleigh, North Carolina office and lead multidisciplinary design teams delivering major highway design-build projects throughout North Carolina and the southeastern United States.

As a senior member of our Alternative Delivery Team, you’ll guide projects from pursuit and proposal development through design delivery and construction support. You will work directly with contractor partners, owner agencies, engineers, designers, and subconsultants to guide complex transportation projects to successful completion and contribute to the continued growth of our design-build practice.

If you are an experienced transportation leader who knows how to bring designers, contractors, and owners together around successful project delivery, we would like to hear from you.

What you will lead:

• Manage highway design-build projects, including scope, schedule, budget, staffing, risk, and quality.

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams and coordinate closely with construction partners.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for contractor clients and owner agencies.

• Guide projects from pursuit and proposal development through design and construction support.

• Establish project execution plans and maintain accountability for milestones, budgets, and deliverables.

• Identify project risks and lead timely resolution of technical, contractual, and delivery issues.

• Manage contracts, amendments, change orders, claims, subconsultants, and project financial performance.

• Implement quality-control processes that support accurate, constructible, and compliant deliverables.

• Mentor project managers and technical staff while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team.

• Support projects in North Carolina and, as needed, elsewhere in the southeastern United States.

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering field.

• Active Professional Engineer license in North Carolina.

• At least 10 years of experience in highway or transportation infrastructure design.

• Demonstrated success managing multidisciplinary transportation design projects.

• At least five years of experience supporting NCDOT design-build projects is preferred.

• Strong client, contractor, and owner-agency relationship-management skills.

• Proven ability to manage project scope, schedules, budgets, risk, and quality.

• Clear written, verbal, and presentation skills.

• Ability to lead teams, make timely decisions, and perform effectively in a deadline-driven environment.

DRMP Offers

• Excellent compensation package

• Outstanding holiday and paid-time-off programs

• 401(k) Plan and Match

• Career Path Development Program (Management & Technical Career Tracks)

• Mentorship Program

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Parental Leave

• Competitive health and dental insurance premiums

• Variety of voluntary benefit options

• Short-Term Disability/Long-Term Disability

• Company-furnished life insurance

• Employee Assistant Program (EAP)

• Flexible Spending Account

• and More

DRMP is a Drug and Alcohol Free workplace, an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and E-Verify employer. #LI-DN1