Senior Design Manager – Highway P3 / DBFOM Projects

VVA Consultants; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

VVA Consultants is seeking a Senior Design Manager to lead design development for major highway P3/DBFOM projects nationwide. You will oversee concept designs, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and align design with RFP requirements, construction, and operations while engaging with clients and public agencies.

The role is based in Miami with regular travel across the United States, offering hands-on leadership, strategic influence, and opportunity to shape the firm’s advisory capabilities in

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in highway and transportation infrastructure projects.
• Experience with P3 / DBFOM environments in the U.S. market.
• Strong background in bid and final design development, including leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience participating in DOT pursuits, proposal development, and ATC processes.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical coordination capabilities.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with flexibility for growth in a boutique advisory environment.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly across the United States.
• Based in Miami, with duties centered in the U.S. market.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate design development activities for major highway P3 / DBFOM projects across the United States.
• Lead the development and oversight of conceptual designs, technical solutions, and ATCs for major highway pursuits.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, external designers, SPVs, CJVs, and technical advisors.
• Participate in technical meetings, consortium workshops, executive presentations, and coordination sessions with clients and project stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment between design, construction, operations, commercial objectives, and RFP requirements.
• Support design optimization and Value Engineering to improve constructability, efficiency, and project value.
• Monitor progression of design deliverables and submissions against project schedules and milestones.
• Identify technical risks and support mitigation strategies throughout proposal and development phases.
• Lead technical workshops, design coordination meetings, and stakeholder reviews.
• Collaborate directly with clients, public agencies, and project stakeholders to support strategic project objectives.

Skills

Highway projects

P3/DBFOM

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Coordination

Travel willingness

Job description

VVA Consultants is recruiting for a leading U.S. infrastructure technical advisory firm in the search for a Senior Design Manager to support the growth of its transportation infrastructure advisory and project development activities nationwide.

This is a high-impact leadership role within a growing infrastructure technical advisory platform focused on major highway P3 / DBFOM pursuits and complex transportation infrastructure projects.

The position is based in Miami and is intended for a hands-on infrastructure professional who can progressively become a key technical and strategic extension of the firm’s leadership team in the U.S. market.

What makes this opportunity unique:

• Opportunity to become a key technical and strategic leader within a growing U.S. infrastructure advisory platform
• Opportunity to progressively become a trusted right hand to the firm’s leadership in the U.S. market
• Direct exposure to major P3 / DBFOM pursuits and high-profile transportation infrastructure projects across the United States
• Ability to work directly with developers, concessionaires, contractors, designers, and public agencies on complex infrastructure opportunities
• High level of autonomy, visibility, and influence within a boutique senior-level advisory environment
• Dynamic and entrepreneurial environment with significant long-term growth potential
• Opportunity to help shape and expand the firm’s long-term design and technical advisory capabilities in the United States

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead and coordinate design development activities for major highway P3 / DBFOM projects across the United States
• Lead the development and oversight of conceptual designs, technical solutions, and ATCs for major highway infrastructure pursuits
• Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, external designers, SPVs, CJVs, and technical advisors
• Participate in technical one-on-one meetings, consortium workshops, executive presentations, and coordination sessions with clients and major project stakeholders
• Ensure alignment between design, construction, operations, commercial objectives, and RFP requirements
• Support design optimization and Value Engineering initiatives to improve constructability, efficiency, and project value
• Monitor the progression of design deliverables and technical submissions against project schedules and milestones
• Identify technical risks and support mitigation strategies throughout proposal and development phases
• Lead technical workshops, design coordination meetings, and stakeholder review sessions
• Collaborate directly with clients, public agencies, and project stakeholders to support strategic project objectives

Profile:

• 15+ years of experience in highway and transportation infrastructure projects
• Experience with P3 / DBFOM project environments in the U.S. market
• Strong background in bid and final design development, including leading and managing multidisciplinary technical teams
• Experience participating in DOT pursuits, proposal development, and ATC processes
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical coordination capabilities
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the flexibility and energy required in a growing organization
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced pursuit and project environments with evolving priorities and deadlines
• Willingness and availability to travel regularly across the United States
• Based in Miami

Location: Miami, FL

The role is expected to be primarily based in Miami , with regular travel to project offices, consortium meetings, technical 1-1 meetings, D&C workshops, and infrastructure pursuits throughout the United States.

What will make you successful in this role:

• Ability to operate comfortably in dynamic, multi-stakeholder infrastructure environments
• Strong technical judgment and coordination capabilities
• Confidence interacting with senior project teams, clients, designers, and contractors
• Ability to bridge technical, commercial, and delivery considerations
• High level of autonomy, ownership, and responsiveness
• Desire to grow into a broader leadership and strategic role within the U.S. infrastructure market

If you are a senior infrastructure professional looking to move beyond a traditional corporate engineering environment and take on broader leadership responsibilities within a growing infrastructure advisory platform, this is a unique opportunity to help shape major transportation infrastructure projects across the United States.