Roadway Project Manager

Benesch; Kansas; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development and training

Generous paid time off

9% retirement contribution

Flexible schedules

Job summary

Benesch in Kansas is seeking a Roadway Project Manager for challenging assignments with opportunities for growth. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills, particularly in roadway design, and will oversee project teams and budgets.

This role involves managing transportation projects while promoting strong relationships with clients, including DOT and municipal agencies. A hybrid work schedule is offered, and the position includes benefits such as generous paid time off.

Qualifications

• Experience in project management with cost control and quality assurance.
• Ability to prepare technical analysis in various specialist areas.
• Experience in public bidding processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage transportation projects including budget and schedules.
• Mentor junior staff and lead multi-disciplinary teams.
• Serve as project manager and represent company in meetings.

Skills

Project management skills

Strong communication

Leadership

Technical analysis

Education

B.S. Degree in Engineering

Professional Engineering License

Job description

Simply Put, A Great Place to Work

Benesch is a growing, multi‑disciplined planning, engineering, and professional services firm. We enhance infrastructure and communities across the country – creating spaces and providing connections in ways that make a difference. We pride ourselves on being nimble enough to remain responsive to client needs yet large enough to offer exceptional bench strength. As a member of our team, you’ll have an opportunity to draw from those resources when you need them and, likewise, contribute your expertise when you have something to share.

Roadway Project Manager

Our Kansas Division is seeking to hire a Project Manager for an experienced position involving exciting, challenging, and complex assignments with opportunities for growth. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills and experience in design of roadways, highways, and interstates. You will work on roadways, driveways, sidewalks, greenways, parks, multimodal improvements, and bridge replacement projects, regularly interacting and coordinating with hydraulic, traffic, structures, environmental and other disciplines to develop turnkey projects.

Location

This position will have a hybrid work schedule and will work from any of our Kansas or Missouri offices, including Kansas City, KS, Topeka, KS, Wichita, KS, Manhattan, KS, Lenexa, KS, or Kansas City, MO.

Key Projects Across Kansas and Missouri

• K-27 Corridor Improvements – A major corridor modernization project to reconstruct approximately nine miles of K-27 on a new westward alignment, enhancing safety with a flatter profile, improved intersection sight distances, and paved shoulders between the Smoky Hill River and Zig‑Zag Road.
• US-24 Corridor Management Plan – A comprehensive update to the US-24 Corridor Management Plan that reassesses land use, access management, and transportation needs across an expanded corridor segment to guide investment and safety improvements over the next 20 years.
• MoDOT Southwest District STIP Planning – Support planning and coordination of the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Southwest District elements of the 2025–2029 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), including scoping, design prioritization, and advancement of highway and bridge projects that align funding, program goals, and regional needs.
• Marlatt Avenue Improvements – A collaborative roadway enhancement project to widen and reconstruct Marlatt Avenue on the north side of Manhattan, KS, improving traffic flow, safety, and multimodal connectivity.
• KDOT K-32 & 4th Street Improvements – A corridor enhancement effort focused on modernizing the K-32 and 4th Street intersection and adjoining segments to improve traffic operations, multimodal connectivity, and safety.

The Impact You Will Have

• Serve as project manager on transportation (state and municipal highway/roadway) projects
• Manage project teams, including budgets and schedules
• Mentor junior staff
• Contribute to Kansas and regional strategic growth initiatives
• Champion relationships with key clients, including DOT, County and Municipal Clients
• Represent Benesch at industry and professional engagement events
• Identify opportunities and lead strategic project pursuits
• Lead and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams
• Present findings through thorough written and verbal communication skills, including public speaking at information meetings, client meetings, and interviews
• Participate in Business Development and Marketing, including networking, preparation of SOQs, proposals, and contracts
• Research local/state regulations as they pertain to transit agency planning and other requirements
• Prepare and assist with grant applications

What You Will Need

• B.S. Degree in Engineering or related field and Professional Engineering License are required
• Excellent communication, strong written, oral, and client relation skills, experience interacting with clients, agencies, and other project stakeholders
• Experience in making presentations before elected officials and advisory boards, attending conferences, and participating in interviews
• Strong organization and leadership skills
• Prepare technical analysis within a variety of specialist areas such as transit plans, transit operational analyses, multimodal subarea/corridor studies, modal compliance, transit grants management, and special transit studies, among others
• Experienced in Project Management, including cost control, project budget control, and quality assurance/quality control
• Direct and manage the budgeting and execution of projects including the supervision of assigned staff and subcontractors
• Ability to work independently and develop task deliverables in a complete and reviewable manner
• Experienced in the public bidding process

Why Benesch

• Career growth that’s real with leadership development, training, and clear paths forward
• Strong financial future with up to 9% retirement contribution for benefit‑eligible employees
• Flexibility that works with schedules that support your life
• Time to recharge with generous paid time off and parental leave for benefit‑eligible employees
• Support beyond work through mentorship, hands‑on experience, and opportunities to make an impact from day one

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

At Benesch, we believe great work starts with great people and that means creating a workplace where everyone has the opportunity to succeed. Benesch is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants in all protected groups, including veterans and individuals with disabilities, or other status protected by federal, state, and local laws. Benesch is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with a physical disability or other impairment. If you are limited in your ability or are unable to access Benesch's Careers website due to a physical disability or other impairment, you may request a reasonable accommodation by emailing [e-mail]. Reasonable requests will be responded to as soon as possible on a case‑by‑case basis. If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.
We will be accepting applications on an ongoing basis until a candidate is found.