Roadway Project Manager

Stantec

Project Manager leading roadway engineering projects for state departments and municipalities. Delivering studies, design plans, and managing client relationships in transportation.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeAlbuquerque • New Mexico • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

A career in transportation is more than bridges, roads, and rail. As we plan, design, and manage projects that move people and goods from Point A to Point B, we create connections that transform our communities. Every airport, road, bridge, port, or transit project is an opportunity to make communities safer, cleaner, and more resilient. Together, we’re making an impact around the world.
If you’re looking for a career that moves, join our team of professionals who are passionate about the future of transportation.
**Your Opportunity**
Stantec is looking for a full-time professional with strong project management and roadway engineering capabilities to lead various-sized roadway study and design projects for state departments of transportation and local municipalities. As a project team leader, the Project Manager will work closely together with a project engineer, roadway designers, traffic engineers and other team members to deliver location and alignment studies, preliminary and final design plans, and other technical documents common to roadway engineering projects. The Project Manager will serve as the primary client and public facing contact for the project. The Project Manager will provide supervision as needed; act as an advisor and be actively involved in meeting schedules and resolving problems as they arise. They will be responsible for managing the scope and integration of subconsultants and employees. It is also anticipated that the Project Manager will support business development and the delivery of proposals.
**Your Key Responsibilities**
- Performs on technically complex projects and acts as a technical resource by providing guidance to other team members on roadway-related projects.
- Liaise with clients, agencies, and others to obtain and determine project requirements and approvals.
- Assists in the preparation of client proposals, reports, and the development of project design elements.
- Leads a project team in inventorying and analyzing existing project conditions and determination of the project’s purpose and need
- Leads a project team in identifying and analyzing principal design features and alternatives
- Leads a project team in the development of feasible design alternatives to be compared against significant project parameters such as site conditions, right-of-way requirements, utility conflicts, design standards, safety, capacity, environmental impacts, community input, and cost.
- Peer reviews studies, plans, contract documents, and estimates.
- Manages the team in development of highway and roadway design plans
- Supervision of direct reports

Requirements

What you’ll need

**Your Capabilities and Credentials**
- Demonstrate recent experience developing highway and/or roadway projects
- Ability to lead design teams, manage projects, and check the work of others for accuracy and completeness and management of project time to meet budget and schedule.
- Understands client expectations, budgeting, and proposal writing.
- Knowledge of all relevant areas of transportation design and understanding of various design methods.
- Proficient in Microsoft (MS) Office Suite.
- Ability to lead meetings with the client, design teams, other agencies, and the public.
- Effective communicator and able to work with and lead teams.
- Knowledge of relevant design software, which may include AutoCAD Civil 3d, OpenRoads, and 3-D Modeling is a plus.
- Ability to see the big picture of roadway projects.
- Experience in storm drain design, utility relocations, traffic designs is a plus.
**Education and Experience**
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering or related field.
- Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in roadway design or similar.
- Licensed Professional Engineer is desired.
Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
*This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice. *

Benefits

Comp & perks

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A career in transportation is more than bridges, roads, and rail. As we plan, design, and manage projects that move people and goods from Point A to Point B, we create connections that transform our communities. Every airport, road, bridge, port, or transit project is an opportunity to make communities safer, cleaner, and more resilient. Together, we’re making an impact around the world.
If you’re looking for a career that moves, join our team of professionals who are passionate about the future of transportation.
**Your Opportunity**
Stantec is looking for a full-time professional with strong project management and roadway engineering capabilities to lead various-sized roadway study and design projects for state departments of transportation and local municipalities. As a project team leader, the Project Manager will work closely together with a project engineer, roadway designers, traffic engineers and other team members to deliver location and alignment studies, preliminary and final design plans, and other technical documents common to roadway engineering projects. The Project Manager will serve as the primary client and public facing contact for the project. The Project Manager will provide supervision as needed; act as an advisor and be actively involved in meeting schedules and resolving problems as they arise. They will be responsible for managing the scope and integration of subconsultants and employees. It is also anticipated that the Project Manager will support business development and the delivery of proposals.
**Your Key Responsibilities**
- Performs on technically complex projects and acts as a technical resource by providing guidance to other team members on roadway-related projects.
- Liaise with clients, agencies, and others to obtain and determine project requirements and approvals.
- Assists in the preparation of client proposals, reports, and the development of project design elements.
- Leads a project team in inventorying and analyzing existing project conditions and determination of the project’s purpose and need
- Leads a project team in identifying and analyzing principal design features and alternatives
- Leads a project team in the development of feasible design alternatives to be compared against significant project parameters such as site conditions, right-of-way requirements, utility conflicts, design standards, safety, capacity, environmental impacts, community input, and cost.
- Peer reviews studies, plans, contract documents, and estimates.
- Manages the team in development of highway and roadway design plans
- Supervision of direct reports 🎯 Requirements
**Your Capabilities and Credentials**
- Demonstrate recent experience developing highway and/or roadway projects
- Ability to lead design teams, manage projects, and check the work of others for accuracy and completeness and management of project time to meet budget and schedule.
- Understands client expectations, budgeting, and proposal writing.
- Knowledge of all relevant areas of transportation design and understanding of various design methods.
- Proficient in Microsoft (MS) Office Suite.
- Ability to lead meetings with the client, design teams, other agencies, and the public.
- Effective communicator and able to work with and lead teams.
- Knowledge of relevant design software, which may include AutoCAD Civil 3d, OpenRoads, and 3-D Modeling is a plus.
- Ability to see the big picture of roadway projects.
- Experience in storm drain design, utility relocations, traffic designs is a plus.
**Education and Experience**
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Civil Engineering or related field.
- Minimum of 8-10 years of experience in roadway design or similar.
- Licensed Professional Engineer is desired.
Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
*This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice. * Apply Now 📊 Check your resume score for this job Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply. Check Resume Score Similar Jobs Senior Regional Construction Project Manager 🕒 May 19 Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. 10,000+ employees Website LinkedIn All Job Openings Regional Project Manager leading large-scale ground-up construction projects for enterprise clients. Managing cross-functional teams and delivering project objectives within budget and schedule. 🏢 Albuquerque – Onsite ⏰ Full Time 🟠 Senior 👷‍♀️ Project Manager View More Project Manager Jobs 🌐 Worldwide Built by Lior Neu-ner. I'd love to hear your feedback — Get in touch via DM or support@remoterocketship.com Search Search Jobs by country Search jobs by city Search jobs by job title Search entry-level jobs Search junior-level jobs Search senior-level jobs Search jobs by tech stack Search jobs by contract type Search remote internships Search remote part-time jobs Remote jobs Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Sales People Anywhere in the World Companies Hiring Software Engineers Anywhere in the World Resources Advice Tips for finding remote jobs Interview questions and answers Resume examples Cover letter examples Post a job Affiliates Privacy policy Terms of service Job board SEO course AI Apply Copilot OpenClaw job finder Jobs by Country Remote jobs anywhere in the world (Worldwide remote jobs) Remote jobs United States Remote jobs Australia Remote jobs Brazil Remote jobs Canada Remote jobs France Remote jobs Ireland Remote jobs Germany Remote jobs Netherlands Remote jobs Spain Remote jobs UK Popular Jobs Remote data analyst jobs Remote customer support jobs Remote executive assistant jobs Remote marketing jobs Remote product designer jobs Remote product manager jobs Remote project manager jobs Remote recruiter jobs Remote sales jobs Remote software engineer jobs Jobs by Type Remote full-time jobs Remote part-time jobs Remote contract jobs Remote internship jobs Remote entry-level jobs Remote jobs with no experience required Remote junior jobs (1-3 years of experience) Digital nomad jobs Remote jobs with no degree required Freelance remote jobs Temporary remote jobs Remote jobs hiring now Stay at home mom jobs

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementroadway engineeringhighway designstorm drain designutility relocationstraffic designdesign methodsproposal writing3-D modelingtechnical document preparation

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationteam managementclient liaisonproblem-solvingbudget managementeffective communicationmeeting facilitationcollaborationsupervision

Certifications

Licensed Professional Engineer