Senior Pre-Construction & Transportation PM Lead

STV; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 162,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

STV is seeking an experienced Pre-Construction Manager / Senior Project Manager to lead planning, design, and execution of complex transportation projects in South Carolina. You will oversee multidisciplinary teams, coordinate stakeholders, and ensure projects meet client requirements and STV standards.

The role emphasizes leadership in project development, environmental review, permitting, and progress tracking while supporting STV’s SC transportation practice growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction management, transportation planning, architecture, or related field.
• Professional Engineer license in South Carolina is strongly preferred.
• Substantial progressive experience managing transportation, infrastructure, engineering, construction, or preconstruction projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading large, complex, multidisciplinary projects.
• Experience delivering projects for a state department of transportation, municipality, county, transit agency, or comparable public-sector client.
• Strong understanding of the transportation project-development and the full preconstruction process in South Carolina.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, staffing, and client expectations.
• Working knowledge of engineering and construction contracts, including scopes of work, fee development, terms and conditions, amendments, and change management.
• Experience managing project teams, subconsultants, and external stakeholders.
• Strong financial and operational management skills, including budgeting, forecasting, project controls, and performance reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to develop client relationships and contribute to proposals, interviews, negotiations, and business development.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, leadership, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions involving significant project, client, financial, and organizational considerations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, clients, and teams concurrently.

Responsibilities

• Lead preconstruction and project delivery across all phases including development, design, ROW, permitting, procurement, and transition to construction.
• Serve as project leader on large, complex, multidisciplinary assignments.
• Develop and manage project execution plans with scope, schedule, budget, staffing, and risk management.
• Coordinate activities to align with STV policies, regulations, and project-management procedures.
• Direct multi-disciplinary teams and coordinate subconsultants, teaming partners, and stakeholders.
• Monitor financial performance, labor utilization, earned value, invoicing, and schedule progress.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Financial management

Client relationship development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, construction management, transportation planning, architecture, or related field

Professional Engineer license in South Carolina (preferred)

Job description

STV is seeking an experienced Pre-Construction Manager / Senior Project Manager to lead planning, design, and execution of complex transportation projects in South Carolina. You will oversee multidisciplinary teams, coordinate stakeholders, and ensure projects meet client requirements and STV standards.

The role emphasizes leadership in project development, environmental review, permitting, and progress tracking while supporting STV’s SC transportation practice growth.