Highway Project Lead - Employee-Owned Impact

HDR, Inc.; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is seeking a Highway Project Manager to join our North Carolina Transportation Business Group. The role will lead multi‑discipline teams through the full project lifecycle, ensuring on‑time delivery and budget adherence.

Preferred local candidates with a PE license and strong leadership skills will thrive in our employee‑owned culture as we design resilient transportation solutions across highways, bridges, rail, and transit in North Carolina.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• 7 years related experience including a minimum 2 years in project management.
• Requires professional engineering license (PE) recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered.
• MS Office and MS Project experience is required.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project’s lifecycle (from development to close‑out).
• Be responsible for all aspects of complex small to medium projects or routine large projects.
• Produce and coordinate several small to medium projects concurrently.
• Establish and maintain client relations, and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings.
• Conduct work sessions for deliverable development with other staff and stakeholders.
• Coordinate staffing and workload through entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on schedule.
• Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within budget and schedule.
• Work with leadership for periodic project reviews.
• Implement QA/QC procedures.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Job description

HDR, Inc. is seeking a Highway Project Manager to join our North Carolina Transportation Business Group. The role will lead multi‑discipline teams through the full project lifecycle, ensuring on‑time delivery and budget adherence.

Preferred local candidates with a PE license and strong leadership skills will thrive in our employee‑owned culture as we design resilient transportation solutions across highways, bridges, rail, and transit in North Carolina.