Construction Manager - Rail Yard Facilities

Parsons; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 125,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

PTO

ESOP

401(k)

Life insurance

Flexible work schedules

Paid holidays

Job summary

Parsons is seeking a Construction Manager - Rail Yard Facilities to lead planning, execution, and delivery of rail yard and maintenance facility projects in the Washington, DC region. You’ll serve as the primary field representative, coordinating with owners, contractors, designers, and railroad operations personnel to ensure safe, on-time project completion.

The role requires 15+ years of construction management experience in heavy civil transportation projects, strong leadership of

Qualifications

• 15+ years of construction management experience delivering complex transportation, railroad, or heavy civil projects.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary project teams incl. 6–7 staff in active operating environments.
• Experience managing subcontractors, subconsultants, and specialty providers with scope, budget, quality, and performance oversight.
• Strong knowledge of contract administration, change management, schedule analysis, risk management, and QA/QC practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage construction activities for rail yard, maintenance facility, shop and related infrastructure from pre-construction through turnover.
• Serve as primary field representative, coordinating with owners, contractors, designers, utilities, railroad ops, and regulators.
• Monitor contractor performance for safety, quality, schedule, cost, and contract compliance.
• Lead project meetings, progress reviews, field inspections, and issue-resolution activities.

Skills

Rail yard project mgmt

Team leadership 6‑7 staff

Contract administration

Schedule analysis

Risk management

Quality QA/QC

Safety adherence

Education

Bachelor's degree in CM/CE/Engineering

Job description

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.

Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Construction Manager - Rail Yard Facilities to join our team! In this role you will get to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex rail yard, maintenance facility, and transportation infrastructure projects throughout the Washington, DC region.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Manage construction activities for rail yard, maintenance facility, shop, and support infrastructure projects from pre-construction through commissioning and turnover.
• Serve as the primary field representative, coordinating with owners, contractors, designers, utility providers, railroad operations personnel, and regulatory agencies.
• Monitor contractor performance for safety, quality, schedule, cost, and compliance with contract requirements.
• Lead project meetings, progress reviews, field inspections, and issue-resolution efforts to support successful project delivery.
• Review and evaluate construction schedules, recovery plans, phasing strategies, work packages, and outage requests.
• Coordinate construction activities in active rail operating environments while minimizing impacts to railroad operations and maintenance activities.
• Review RFIs, submittals, change orders, contractor claims, and field directives to ensure timely resolution and project continuity.
• Prepare executive-level reports, construction updates, risk assessments, and recommendations for project stakeholders and leadership.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Engineering, or related discipline and typically 15+ years of construction management experience delivering complex transportation, railroad, transit, maintenance facility, and heavy civil infrastructure projects. Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated experience managing large-scale rail yard, maintenance facility, passenger rail, commuter rail, or transit capital construction projects within active operating environments.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary project teams, including direct supervision of at least 6-7 project staff, such as construction managers, resident engineers, inspectors, schedulers, and project controls personnel.
• Experience managing and overseeing subcontractors, subconsultants, and specialty service providers, including scope management, budget oversight, quality control, and performance monitoring.
• Strong knowledge of construction contract administration, change management, schedule analysis, risk management, claims avoidance, field inspections, and quality assurance/quality control practices.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Experience supporting Design-Build project delivery is highly desirable, including collaboration with owners, designers, contractors, and integrated project teams during design and construction.
• Professional certifications such as CCM, PMP, PE, DBIA, or other industry-recognized credentials.
• Working knowledge of railroad operations, outage planning, commissioning, systems integration, facility activation, and turnover processes.
• Experience supporting Amtrak, WMATA, VRE, MARC, commuter rail agencies, transit authorities, or other major transportation clients.

Security Clearance Requirement:

None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next!

Salary Range: $125,100.00 - $225,200.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—