Senior Project Manager – Maryland Transit

STV Incorporated; Owings Mills (MD); On-site; USD 171,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

STV is seeking a Project Manager with alternative delivery experience to lead Maryland Transit modernization efforts. You will guide multidisciplinary teams and collaborate with stakeholders to advance a signature public transport program.

This role emphasizes design-build delivery, scope and risk management, and close coordination with MTA, MDOT, utilities, and local agencies. A PE license is preferred, with Maryland licensure or the ability to obtain licensure strongly preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering is required.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience leading complex transportation, transit, rail, or major infrastructure projects.
• Experience leading projects for MTA, MDOT, FTA-funded programs, or similar public transportation agencies.
• PE license preferred; Maryland licensure or ability to obtain Maryland licensure strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design-build teams in an owners representative role through preliminary and final engineering, construction, and closeout.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, technical delivery, and partner coordination.
• Coordinate with MTA, local jurisdictions, utilities, community stakeholders, contractors, and internal teams.
• Provide clear communication, sound judgment, and steady leadership to a visible public infrastructure program.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Project coordination

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred

Maryland licensure or ability to obtain Maryland licensure strongly preferred

Job description

Project Manager – Maryland Transit Modernization

Lead a signature transit program that will shape how people move across Maryland. STV is seeking a Project Manager with alternative delivery experience to help deliver the complex transit projects and programs.

Why STV

At STV, you’ll be part of an owners rep team trusted to deliver the infrastructure people rely on every day. Our transit and rail professionals bring the technical depth, client relationships, and real-world delivery experience needed to move complex programs forward. In this role, you’ll have the visibility and support to lead from the front while collaborating with experienced professionals in transit, rail, systems, design-build, and alternative delivery. This is a chance to do work that lasts—helping modernize transit systems that connects communities, expands access, and supports the future of mobility in Maryland. If you’re looking for a leadership role where your experience can influence a signature public transportation investment, STV offers the platform, people, and project portfolio to help you make that impact.

What You’ll Lead

Manager and oversee design build teams within an owners representative roll through preliminary and final engineering, construction, and closeout. Manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, technical delivery, and partner coordination. Guide multidisciplinary teams across transit, rail, civil, structural, systems, stations, utilities, power, traffic, and construction. Bring practical experience with design-build and alternative delivery methods, including progressive design-build and design-build. Coordinate with MTA, local jurisdictions, utilities, community stakeholders, contractors, and internal teams to keep the program moving while reducing impacts to riders and surrounding communities. Serve as a trusted client partner, bringing clear communication, sound judgment, and steady leadership to a highly visible public infrastructure program.

What You’ll Bring

Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering required. Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience leading complex transportation, transit, rail, light rail, or major infrastructure projects. Demonstrated success leading projects for MTA, MDOT, FTA-funded programs, or similar public transportation agencies. Experience taking large‑scale programs from planning or preliminary engineering through final design, construction, and closeout. Hands‑on experience supporting design-build and alternative delivery programs, including design reviews, constructability reviews, contractor coordination, risk allocation, change management, and issue resolution. Strong understanding of FTA, FHWA, NEPA, ADA, public agency coordination, environmental documentation, stakeholder engagement, and approval processes. Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred; Maryland licensure or ability to obtain Maryland licensure is strongly preferred.

Compensation Range: $170,537.75 - $194,900.29

Benefits

• Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
• Disability insurance
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• 401(k) Plan
• Retirement Counseling
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Back-Up Dependent Care
• Parental Leave
• Continuing Education Program
• Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV’s good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.

STV – Company Overview

STV is one of the top infrastructure-focused professional services firms in North America. Founded in 1912, STV advises, plans, designs, engineers and delivers the infrastructure that powers local economies, including transportation systems, buildings, water and other facilities. Headquartered in New York City, the company has more than 65 offices and 3,400 employees who reimagine the solutions and structures that connect our communities.

The firm is ranked 32nd in Engineering News-Record’s Top 500 Design Firms survey and is 10th in its transportation category. STV is deeply committed to investing in its people and creating a world-class employee experience. We are passionate about mentoring, coaching and cultivating our talent because we know they are destined to become the next generation of industry leaders. We’re also committed to delivering formative career experiences – and we do that by providing challenging and unique work experiences, by mapping multiple ways to advance (beyond the traditional career ladder!) and by recognizing those who successfully chart new and exciting paths for the firm.

We value a wide range of perspectives and experiences, without regard to any factor or characteristic, regardless of whether it is a category protected by federal, state and/or local law, making them an integral part of how we work. Our approach ensures that every individual is respected, heard, and given opportunities to contribute meaningfully. We remove barriers and create pathways for growth, embedding fairness into our daily operations.

STV exists to make communities better through innovative solutions that connect people, places and the present to the future. Our local teams throughout the country deeply understand the needs of their communities and have the expertise to provide solutions. We are also committed to giving back to our communities and our neighbors through volunteering and philanthropic activities; fundraising events; scholarships, internships, and mentoring; and sustainability and community improvement projects.

STV provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.