Project Director

STV, Inc.; Roseville (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

FSA programs

Disability insurance

Life & AD&D

401(k) Plan

Retirement counseling

EAP

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Dependent care

Parental leave

Continuing education

Licensure & memberships

Job summary

STV Incorporated seeks a senior leader to drive large-scale infrastructure programs from planning through delivery on the West Coast. You will direct multidisciplinary teams, manage budgets, and ensure client satisfaction while pursuing new opportunities.

You'll mentor project managers, build executive relationships, and collaborate across STV to deliver top-tier infrastructure solutions. This role emphasizes accountability, quality, safety, and exceptional client service.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, planning, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Significant experience leading the delivery of complex infrastructure, transportation, buildings, or related capital projects and programs.
• Demonstrated success managing multidisciplinary teams and large-scale project delivery.
• Strong understanding of project financials, including budgets, forecasting, contracts, change management, and risk.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain executive-level client and stakeholder relationships.
• Experience leading, developing, and mentoring project managers and technical professionals.
• Strong communication, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to balance client priorities, project performance, commercial objectives, and team needs in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure projects and programs from planning and design through delivery.
• Direct project teams to achieve scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and client objectives.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, agency partners, stakeholders, consultants, and contractors across the West Coast.
• Provide executive-level oversight of project performance, identifying risks early and implementing effective mitigation strategies.
• Drive strong commercial performance by overseeing budgets, forecasting, contracts, staffing, change management, and project controls.
• Partner with technical and operational leaders to assemble high-performing teams and provide the resources needed for successful delivery.
• Guide project managers and emerging leaders, providing mentorship, coaching, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Collaborate across STV to bring the right technical expertise and capabilities to each client and project.
• Support strategic growth by identifying new opportunities, strengthening client relationships, and contributing to pursuits, proposals, and presentations.
• Represent STV with clients and industry partners, strengthening our reputation as a trusted advisor and infrastructure leader.
• Champion a culture focused on collaboration, accountability, quality, safety, integrity, and outstanding client service.

Skills

Leadership

Client relationships

Team mentoring

Budgeting & forecasting

Risk management

Contract management

Communication

Negotiation

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree (engineering/related)

Job description

In this leadership role, you'll lead complex infrastructure projects and programs, build trusted client relationships, and guide multidisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional outcomes for the communities we serve.

You'll combine strategic leadership with hands-on project oversight, taking responsibility for successful delivery, financial performance, client satisfaction, team development, and identification of future opportunities.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead large, complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure projects and programs from planning and design through delivery.
• Direct project teams to achieve scope, schedule, budget, quality, safety, and client objectives.
• Build trusted relationships with clients, agency partners, stakeholders, consultants, and contractors across the West Coast.
• Provide executive-level oversight of project performance, identifying risks early and implementing effective mitigation strategies.
• Drive strong commercial performance by overseeing budgets, forecasting, contracts, staffing, change management, and project controls.
• Partner with technical and operational leaders to assemble high-performing teams and provide the resources needed for successful delivery.
• Guide project managers and emerging leaders, providing mentorship, coaching, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Collaborate across STV to bring the right technical expertise and capabilities to each client and project.
• Support strategic growth by identifying new opportunities, strengthening client relationships, and contributing to pursuits, proposals, and presentations.
• Represent STV with clients and industry partners, strengthening our reputation as a trusted advisor and infrastructure leader.
• Champion a culture focused on collaboration, accountability, quality, safety, integrity, and outstanding client service.

Qualifications

Must-Haves

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, planning, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Significant experience leading the delivery of complex infrastructure, transportation, buildings, or related capital projects and programs.
• Demonstrated success managing multidisciplinary teams and large-scale project delivery.
• Strong understanding of project financials, including budgets, forecasting, contracts, change management, and risk.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain executive-level client and stakeholder relationships.
• Experience leading, developing, and mentoring project managers and technical professionals.
• Strong communication, negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to balance client priorities, project performance, commercial objectives, and team needs in a fast-paced environment.

Nice-to-Haves

• Professional Engineer (PE), Registered Architect (RA), Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Construction Manager (CCM), or another relevant professional credential.
• Experience delivering major projects for public transportation, rail, aviation, highways, facilities, or other public infrastructure clients.
• Established relationships with agencies and infrastructure clients across California and/or the broader West Coast.
• Experience supporting business development, strategic pursuits, proposals, interviews, and contract negotiations.
• Experience with alternative delivery methods such as design-build, progressive design-build, construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC), or other collaborative delivery models.

Compensation Range:

$187,591.53 - $214,390.32

STV offers the following benefits

• Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
• Disability insurance
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• 401(k) Plan
• Retirement Counseling
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Back-Up Dependent Care
• Parental Leave
• Continuing Education Program
• Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV's good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.