Job Posting Title Senior Resident Engineer

Oregonite; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career Growth & Development

Work-Life Alignment

Wellness

Life

Job summary

CONSOR Engineers in Arizona seeks a Senior Resident Engineer / Group Leader to provide technical, operational, and leadership oversight for a growing Construction Management practice. You will lead complex transportation projects and mentor staff while growing client relationships.

You will deliver QA/QC leadership, supervise project delivery, and help shape business development, proposals, and SOQs. Travel within Arizona may be required to support field assignments and client meetings.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in transportation engineering or construction management.
• Experience leading complex transportation projects for public agencies.
• Proven client relationship management and team leadership.
• Experience with full consulting lifecycle: positioning, proposals, delivery.
• Experience with Design-Build, CMGC, CMAR, or P3.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex transportation projects and QA consulting in Arizona.
• Provide project oversight, QA/QC, and client guidance.
• Support business development, SOQs, proposals, and scopes.
• Resource planning, staffing, and mentoring staff.
• Lead pre-construction meetings, stakeholder coordination, and RFIs.
• Oversee project budgets, schedules, and risk; monitor progress.

Skills

Leadership

QA/QC

Client relations

Budget management

Proposal development

Transportation eng

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

PE license (AZ)

Job description

What Your Day Will Look Like:

CONSOR Engineers are seeking a Senior Resident Engineer / Group Leader to provide technical, operational, and leadership oversight in support of a growing Construction Management practice in Arizona. This role offers an opportunity to lead complex transportation construction projects while contributing to business development, staff growth, and long-term client relationships.

The Senior Resident Engineer will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, providing leadership in construction quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC), project delivery, and team development. This position supports both project execution and strategic growth initiatives for CONSOR's Construction Management group.

Leadership & Practice Responsibilities:

• Lead and expand CONSOR's capabilities in the administration of complex transportation construction projects, primarily in the construction QA consulting space.
• Provide leadership across Arizona with short- and long-term project assignments that may require travel and temporary assignments away from home.
• Support business development efforts including opportunity pursuit strategies, teaming arrangements, client relationship development, and participation in interviews.
• Contribute to the preparation of statements of qualifications (SOQs), proposals, scopes of work, schedules, and budgets.
• Participate in resource planning, inspector allocation, and recruitment to ensure staffing aligns with project and growth needs.
• Actively identify, hire, and mentor Resident Engineers, inspectors, and other construction services staff.

Project Delivery Responsibilities:

• Supervise the administration of complex transportation construction projects utilizing traditional and alternative delivery methods.
• Make determinations regarding acceptability of materials, workmanship, and contract compliance.
• Prepare and negotiate contract supplemental agreements and change documentation.
• Verify and document contractor compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor contractor activities and oversee materials testing and documentation.
• Review, certify, and authorize contractor payment requests.
• Track project progress, schedules, budgets, scope, and risk.
• Oversee field office operations and documentation systems.
• Lead project pre-construction meetings, partnering sessions, public outreach efforts, and stakeholder coordination.
• Coordinate, document, and approve RFIs, plan changes, change orders, and final redline as-built drawings.
• Lead and document project meetings with agency staff, contractors, utilities, and stakeholders.
• Supervise, mentor, and evaluate Resident Engineers, inspectors, and field office staff.

What You'll Need:

• Minimum of 15+ years of experience in transportation engineering and/or construction management.
• Proven experience leading complex transportation construction projects for public agencies.
• Demonstrated success in client relationship management and team leadership.
• Experience participating in the full consulting lifecycle, including project positioning, proposal development, and project delivery.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve complex construction conflicts.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets, schedules, and QA teams.
• Experience with alternative delivery methods (Design-Build, CMGC, CMAR, P3).
• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Arizona or ability to obtain reciprocity.
• ADOT construction experience.

A plus not required:

• Prior group or regional leadership experience within a consulting organization.
• Strong mentoring and staff development background.

This field job primarily operates in outdoor work environments that may include exposure to inclement weather, heat, humidity, noise, hazard, atmospheric conditions, and bodies of water, depending on project requirements.

While performing the duties of this job, physical demands of the employee may include frequent talking, hearing, standing, moving, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, grasping, feeling, balancing, coordination, and occasional sitting or operating a company vehicle. This job may require lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 35 lbs.

What Benefits You'll Enjoy:

We invest in us. Because our team members go above, below, and beyond the surface to care for our communities (inside and out), we do our best to take care of you by providing a comprehensive benefits package ! Eligibility for some of the benefits outlined below is based on full-time work status; part-time and contingent positions are only eligible based on hours worked. If you have questions, contact [e-mail].

• Career Growth & Development - Tuition reimbursement program, paid professional training, major license achievement bonus, extensive on-demand learning center, and paid professional memberships.

• Work-Life Alignment - Industry-competitive PTO, seven paid holidays and two floating holidays, flexible work schedules, paid parental leave, and eligibility for hybrid and remote work options for some employees based on role responsibilities.

• Wellness - Medical, dental and vision insurance, employee assistance program, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and HSA and FSA options.

• Life - Employer-paid STD and LTD, employer-paid term life insurance, and retirement 401(k) with company match.