Roadway Project Manager

Stantec; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a dedicated full-time Project Manager in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to lead roadway study and design projects. This role involves close collaboration with engineers and designers to deliver high-quality project plans, managing project scope, and acting as the primary contact with clients.

The successful candidate will have strong project management skills and expertise in roadway engineering, ensuring project compliance and successful completion. This is an opportunity to become an integral part of impactful transportation projects that enhance community infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Strong project management and roadway engineering capabilities.
• Ability to liaise with clients and manage project requirements.
• Experience in managing technical resources and teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead various-sized roadway study and design projects.
• Act as primary client and public-facing contact.
• Manage the scope and integration of subconsultants.

Skills

Project management

Roadway engineering

Client liaison

Technical guidance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

A career in transportation is more than bridges, roads, and rail. As we plan, design, and manage projects that move people and goods from Point A to Point B, we create connections that transform our communities. Every airport, road, bridge, port, or transit project is an opportunity to make communities safer, cleaner, and more resilient. Together, we’re making an impact around the world.

If you’re looking for a career that moves, join our team of professionals who are passionate about the future of transportation.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is looking for a full‑time professional with strong project management and roadway engineering capabilities to lead various‑sized roadway study and design projects for state departments of transportation and local municipalities. As a project team leader, the Project Manager will work closely together with a project engineer, roadway designers, traffic engineers and other team members to deliver location and alignment studies, preliminary and final design plans, and other technical documents common to roadway engineering projects. The Project Manager will serve as the primary client and public‑facing contact for the project. The Project Manager will provide supervision as needed; act as an advisor and be actively involved in meeting schedules and resolving problems as they arise. They will be responsible for managing the scope and integration of subconsultants and employees. It is also anticipated that the Project Manager will support business development and the delivery of proposals.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Performs on technically complex projects and acts as a technical resource by providing guidance to other team members on roadway‑related projects.
• Liaise with clients, agencies, and others to obtain and determine project requirements and approvals.
• Assists in the preparation of client proposals, reports, and the development of project design elements.
• Leads a project team in inventorying and analyzing existing project conditions and determining the project’s purpose and need.
• Leads a project team in identifying and analyzing principal design features and alternatives.
• Leads a project team in the development of feasible design alternatives to be compared against significant project parameters such as site conditions, right‑of‑way requirements, utility conflicts, design standards, safety, capacity, environmental impacts, community input, and cost.
• Peer reviews studies, plans, contract documents, and estimates.
• Manages the team in development of highway and roadway design plans.
• Supervision of direct reports.