Senior Project Manager – Highway/Bridge Design
STV
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Newark • New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $168,102 - $224,135 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Lead projects from preliminary engineering through final design, construction documentation, and construction support
- Apply NJDOT’s delivery process, including FD guidelines, manuals, NEPA/FHWA procedures, and QA/QC protocols
- Manage interdisciplinary teams covering roadway, bridge, drainage, geotechnical, hydraulics, utilities, MOT, ITS, traffic signal design, and ROW coordination
- Maintain overall accountability for budget, schedule, scope, and quality on multiple concurrent projects
- Lead public outreach efforts and serve as primary liaison with NJDOT, FHWA, municipalities, and utilities
- Oversee shop drawing reviews, construction schedule monitoring, and change order plan development
- Lead RFP responses and cultivate long-term client relationships
- Develop junior staff, foster technical innovation, and contribute to agency leadership
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering (ABET-accredited)
- Active New Jersey Professional Engineer (or comity eligible)
- 10+ years in transportation design, including at least one major NJDOT project from preliminary engineering through construction within the past 15 years
- Demonstrated experience working within FHWA’s NEPA process
- MicroStation with InRoads/OpenRoads; 3D corridor modeling; BIM; deep familiarity with NJDOT standards and manuals
Benefits
- Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
- Disability insurance
- Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- 401(k) Plan
- Retirement Counseling
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off (16 days)
- Paid Holidays (8 days)
- Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year)
- Parental Leave (up to 80 hours)
- Continuing Education Program
- Professional Licensure and Society Memberships
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
transportation design3D corridor modelingBIMproject managementconstruction documentationQA/QC protocolsshop drawing reviewschange order plan developmentbudget managementschedule management
Soft skills
leadershipteam managementpublic outreachclient relationship managementtechnical innovationinterdisciplinary collaborationcommunication
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in civil engineeringNew Jersey Professional Engineer