Senior Project Manager

We create great places and the connections that get people and goods moving—whether by car, bus, train, plane, bike, scooter, or their own two feet. Working within the context of the communities we serve, we provide planning, engineering, and infrastructure management services that fit the needs of our clients and improve the overall transportation experience. Join our team and help us keep communities connected.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is looking for a senior 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 governments.

As a project team leader, the Senior 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 Senior Project Manager will serve as the primary client and public facing contact for the project.

The Senior 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 subcontractors and employees. It is also anticipated that the Senior 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 for NMDOT and local governments.