Highways Project Manager — Lead MassDOT Projects

CDR Companies; Worcester (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Career development programs

Job summary

CDR Maguire is seeking a Project Manager - Highways in the Greater Boston area to lead highway design and analysis within the Transportation Engineering Division. The role emphasizes management, client relations, and technical guidance for complex transportation projects.

MassDOT experience is required; a MA PE license is expected. Candidates should be able to mentor staff, work across disciplines, and travel up to 25% to support regional projects.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of transportation project management experience.
• 10+ years of highway engineering experience.
• Bachelor's in Civil Engineering; Professional Engineer license in MA required (Master's preferred).
• Strong knowledge of MassDOT design manuals, procedures, and standards.
• Experience with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Synchro, Sidra, SignCAD.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the lead Project Manager on major, local, and regional transportation structure projects.
• Develop client relationships for transportation projects.
• Provide technical guidance, senior leadership, and mentor engineering staff.
• Communicate with staff from roadway, traffic, planning and related disciplines.
• Develop scope and schedule; monitor project budgets.
• Perform highway analysis, design calculations, geometries, specifications, and quantity reports.
• Manage highway-related tasks within project development, including plan and report production.
• Participate in professional industry organizations.
• Travel as needed, up to 25%.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Client relations

Mentoring staff

Interdisciplinary communication

Education

Bachelor's in Civil Engineering

Master's preferred

Massachusetts PE license (MA)

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Synchro

Sidra

SignCAD

Job description

CDR Maguire is seeking a Project Manager - Highways in the Greater Boston area to lead highway design and analysis within the Transportation Engineering Division. The role emphasizes management, client relations, and technical guidance for complex transportation projects.

MassDOT experience is required; a MA PE license is expected. Candidates should be able to mentor staff, work across disciplines, and travel up to 25% to support regional projects.