Senior Construction Quality Manager

Ulteig Engineers, Inc.; Norfolk, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Workplace

Employee Ownership

Competitive Pay

Collaborative Environment

Job summary

Ulteig Engineers, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager/Team Leader to drive heavy civil infrastructure projects from vision to reality. You will mobilize teams, mentor engineers, and ensure quality, regulatory, schedule, and budget milestones across bridges, highways, tunnels and water projects.

The role requires leading critical work with travel 75%–80% of the year, including evenings and weekends, and to collaborate with clients to achieve outcomes that shape communities across the U.S.

Qualifications

• Licensed Professional Engineer with ability to lead teams on large baseload heavy civil projects.
• Strong writing and verbal communication skills with client interaction.
• Experience mentoring engineers and field personnel on project quality control.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a team of engineers and field professionals, including hiring and onboarding.
• Lead development and deployment of resources across projects and monitor workload.
• Provide performance management, coaching and career development.
• Lead quality control strategy, mobilization and project execution for large-scale projects.
• Collaborate across the business to implement best-in-class safety and quality plans.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Self-motivation

Education

Professional Engineer (PE) license

DOT/ACI certifications (preferred)

Job description

Dream big? You belong here. Ulteig is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Project Manager/Team Leader helping to bring the most impactful transportation and water infrastructure projects in the U.S. from vision to reality. In this exciting role, you’ll join our elite Critical Infrastructure Command Team, a talented, traveling team of construction quality professionals helping the most complex infrastructure projects meet quality, regulatory, schedule, and budget milestones, and solving challenges others may shy away from. From bridges and highways to tunnels, dams, and channels, you will be responsible for leading the quality control strategy, mobilizing teams, and driving execution on large-scale heavy civil infrastructure projects. You will lead project mobilization, execution, and resourcing while mentoring engineers and field professionals responsible for construction coordination and management. Working directly with clients and project partners, you will ensure expectations are clearly understood and consistently met—delivering projects that achieve demanding quality, regulatory, schedule, and budget milestones. This position is for those interested in traveling, exploring, and deploying to multi-billion-dollar, transformative projects across the U.S.—it requires travel for extended periods of time approximately 75%-80% of the year, with generous paid allowances for time spent with loved ones. Some working hours will be during evenings, overnight, and weekends.

If you want to work on projects with purpose—where you’ll build a legacy that will shape communities for generations to come,we want you.

What Makes Us Different

• Focus on your professional development, with lots of opportunity to grow, evolve, and make an impact.
• Tiered monetary incentives for traveling teams depending on time spent at project sites.
• Focus on excellent living conditions and the health and wellness of our traveling team members.
• Ability to work on the biggest and most complex projects—the ones no one else can do.
• A team you can count on and grow alongside, built around a code of shared excellence, professionalism, and purpose.

What You’ll Do

As a Team Leader, you will:

• Directly manage a team of engineers and field professionals, including hiring, onboarding, and workforce planning
• Be responsible for team structure, role clarity, and effective deployment of resources across projects
• Monitor team workload, well-being, and engagement, particularly in a high-travel environment
• Lead performance management processes, including goal setting, coaching, and performance evaluations
• Provide ongoing feedback and career development planning
• Identify and develop high-potential talent and proactively address performance gaps

As a Team Leader on the Critical Infrastructure Command Team, you will:

• Lead development of the quality control strategy, scope, and plan for large-scale heavy civil infrastructure projects.
• Lead mobilization, project execution, and resourcing.
• Provide mentorship, guidance, and support to the engineers with assigned responsibility for the coordination, execution, and construction management of engineering projects.
• Collaborate across the business to develop best-in-class quality control and safety strategies, plans, and practices.
• Hold team members accountable to the Critical Infrastructure Command Team’s high standards.
• Support business development efforts and be a strong external representative and advocate for the Critical Infrastructure Command Team and for Ulteig industry-wide.

What We Expect from You

• Licensed Professional Engineer
• 10 years of related experience in large-scale heavy civil infrastructure construction required
• 4 years of related experience managing construction inspection/quality teams required
• DOT, ACI or related certifications for Asphalt and/or Concrete preferred
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Superior interpersonal and organizational skills
• Self-motivated; able to work independently and with a project team
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture
• Must have legal authorization to work in US

As you consider applying for a position at Ulteig, we encourage you to think outside the box – because we do! You might not meet 100% of the skills listed in a description, but we are committed to hiring people with exceptional talent, ability and potential, and then creating an environment where they can become the best versions of themselves. We don’t want to miss out on the possibility of speaking with the next outstanding Ulteig team member, so please apply if you think this role is a great match for your unique skills and strengths. And, yes, relevant military experience is absolutely considered for transitioning service members.

What You Can Expect from Ulteig

Ulteig is a purpose-driven organization that has built a culture focused on people, both our clients and our employees, for over 80 years. Working at Ulteig is more than a job, opening opportunities to make an impact by creating and solving for a sustainable future. We recognize our success relies heavily on the dedication and focus of our workforce; this is why we make investing in our employees a top priority. We prioritize flexibility and staying connected to meet your needs and help you achieve your goals. We value your unique perspective, respect your individuality, and celebrate your contributions. At Ulteig, we take our success and the success of our clients personally.

We offer our team members:

• Flexible Workplace
• Employee Ownership
• Competitive Pay
• Collaborative Environment

Our vision is to be the most trusted partners transforming our world’s critical infrastructure. Ulteig connects people and resources to develop compelling, integrated solutions across multiple Lifeline Sectors, including Power, Renewables, Transportation and Water. Ulteig is a trusted partner in engineering North America’s essential infrastructure and leverages its expertise with a wide range of public and private clients.

At Ulteig, we care deeply about our team, listening to their needs and ensuring they have the tools necessary to be productive whether they choose to work remotely, hybrid or in office. Regardless of where you work, you are empowered to build a workday that best suits your strengths. We strive to ensure a balance and separation between home and work life. We support a flexible working schedule so employees are able to focus on what's important to them.

If you would like to be a part of a company that empowers their employees, apply today!

Ulteig is a Drug-Free Workplace

ACHIEVE | GROW | COLLABORATE

Additional Opportunity Details:

Target Base Compensation Range for this role is $130,400 to $176,500
* Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your job-specific skills, education, training, job location, number of years of experience related to this role, and comparison to other employees already in this role.

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 60 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: to protect the interests of all parties, Ulteig Engineers, Inc., will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidateoran approved vendor that has a written and signed agreement in place with Ulteig. Please do not contact or forward resumes to our company employees or locations. Any unsolicited resumes will be considered Ulteig property. Ulteig is not responsible for any charges or fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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