Senior Resident Engineer

Consor; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Paid professional training

License achievement bonus

Hybrid/remote work options

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Employee assistance program

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays

Job summary

CONSOR Engineers seeks a Senior Resident Engineer/Group Leader to provide technical, operational, and leadership oversight for a growing Construction Management practice in Arizona. You will guide QA/QC, project delivery, and staff development while pursuing strategic growth and client relationships.

You will lead teams, manage budgets and schedules, and mentor engineers and inspectors across multiple projects, including design-build and CMAR delivery methods.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in transportation engineering or construction management.
• Proven experience leading complex transportation construction projects for public agencies.
• Demonstrated success in client relationship management and team leadership.
• Experience participating in the full consulting lifecycle: positioning, proposal development, delivery.
• Strong problem-solving skills for complex construction conflicts.
• Ability to manage budgets, schedules, and QA teams.
• Experience with alternative delivery methods (Design-Build, CMGC, CMAR, P3).
• BS in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• PE license in Arizona or reciprocity.
• Prior group or regional leadership experience in a consulting organization.
• Strong mentoring and staff development background.

Responsibilities

• Lead and expand CONSOR's capabilities in administration of complex transportation construction projects focused on QA consulting.
• Lead across Arizona with short- and long-term assignments, including travel.
• Support business development: opportunity pursuit, teaming, client relationships, and interviews.
• Assist in preparing SOQs, proposals, scopes of work, schedules, and budgets.
• Participate in resource planning, inspector allocation, and recruitment.
• Hire and mentor Resident Engineers, inspectors, and field staff.
• Supervise administration of complex transportation projects using traditional and alternative delivery methods.
• Determine acceptability of materials, workmanship, and contract compliance.
• Prepare and negotiate contract changes and change documentation.
• Verify contractor safety, environmental, and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor contractor activities and oversee materials testing/documentation.
• Review and certify contractor payments; track progress, budgets, scope, risks.
• Oversee field office operations and documentation systems.
• Lead pre-construction meetings, partnering, outreach, and stakeholder coordination.

Skills

Leadership

Client relations

QA/QC oversight

Project delivery

Mentoring staff

Resource planning

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license (AZ)

Job description

CONSOR Engineers is seeking a Senior Resident Engineer / Group Leader to provide technical, operational, and leadership oversight in support of a growing Construction Management practice in Arizona. This role offers an opportunity to lead complex transportation construction projects while contributing to business development, staff growth, and long-term client relationships.

The Senior Resident Engineer will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, providing leadership in construction quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC), project delivery, and team development. This position supports both project execution and strategic growth initiatives for CONSOR's Construction Management group.

What You'll Do:

Leadership & Practice Responsibilities:

• Lead and expand CONSOR's capabilities in the administration of complex transportation construction projects, primarily in the construction QA consulting space.
• Provide leadership across Arizona with short- and long-term project assignments that may require travel and temporary assignments away from home.
• Support business development efforts including opportunity pursuit strategies, teaming arrangements, client relationship development, and participation in interviews.
• Contribute to the preparation of statements of qualifications (SOQs), proposals, scopes of work, schedules, and budgets.
• Participate in resource planning, inspector allocation, and recruitment to ensure staffing aligns with project and growth needs.
• Actively identify, hire, and mentor Resident Engineers, inspectors, and other construction services staff.

Project Delivery Responsibilities:

• Supervise the administration of complex transportation construction projects utilizing traditional and alternative delivery methods.
• Make determinations regarding acceptability of materials, workmanship, and contract compliance.
• Prepare and negotiate contract supplemental agreements and change documentation.
• Verify and document contractor compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor contractor activities and oversee materials testing and documentation.
• Review, certify, and authorize contractor payment requests.
• Track project progress, schedules, budgets, scope, and risk.
• Oversee field office operations and documentation systems.
• Lead project pre-construction meetings, partnering sessions, public outreach efforts, and stakeholder coordination.
• Coordinate, document, and approve RFIs, plan changes, change orders, and final redline as-built drawings.
• Lead and document project meetings with agency staff, contractors, utilities, and stakeholders.
• Supervise, mentor, and evaluate Resident Engineers, inspectors, and field office staff.

What You'll Need:

• Minimum of 15+ years of experience in transportation engineering and/or construction management.
• Proven experience leading complex transportation construction projects for public agencies.
• Demonstrated success in client relationship management and team leadership.
• Experience participating in the full consulting lifecycle, including project positioning, proposal development, and project delivery.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve complex construction conflicts.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets, schedules, and QA teams.
• Experience with alternative delivery methods (Design-Build, CMGC, CMAR, P3).
• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Arizona or ability to obtain reciprocity.
• Prior group or regional leadership experience within a consulting organization.
• Strong mentoring and staff development background.

This field job primarily operates in outdoor work environments that may include exposure to inclement weather, heat, humidity, noise, hazard, atmospheric conditions, and bodies of water, depending on project requirements.

While performing the duties of this job, physical demands of the employee may include frequent talking, hearing, standing, moving, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, grasping, feeling, balancing, coordination, and occasional sitting or operating a company vehicle. This job may require lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 35 lbs.

What Benefits You'll Enjoy:

We invest in us. Because our team members go above, below, and beyond the surface to care for our communities (inside and out), we do our best to take care of you by providing a comprehensive benefits package! Eligibility for some of the benefits outlined below is based on full-time work status; part-time and contingent positions are only eligible based on hours worked. If you have questions, contact [e-mail].

• Career Growth & Development - Tuition reimbursement program, paid professional training, major license achievement bonus, extensive on-demand learning center, and paid professional memberships.
• Work-Life Alignment - Industry-competitive PTO, seven paid holidays and two floating holidays, flexible work schedules, paid parental leave, and eligibility for hybrid and remote work options for some employees based on role responsibilities.
• Wellness - Medical, dental and vision insurance, employee assistance program, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and HSA and FSA options.
• Life - Employer-paid STD and LTD, employer-paid term life insurance, and retirement 401(k) with company match.
• Community - Quarterly social events, paid group volunteering events, and employee networks and groups.

How Your Career Will Grow:

We know career growth is not always linear or streamlined- it's often squiggly. You may want to explore a management track, try a new technical track, or move laterally to reposition your skills and talents. No matter what level you join us at or how you want to shape your career, we want Consor to be a place where you can learn and grow.

Why You'll Love Consor:

At Consor, you'll work with a network of water and transportation professionals who specialize in planning, engineering design, structural assessment, and construction services. Across geographies, you'll have access to the resources and nationwide expertise found in a large consulting firm, while experiencing a community feel at the local level. You'll experience a culture where we share in our successes and support one another through challenges. Here, there are countless opportunities to explore your career path by working on projects that help you expand your potential and take your career to new heights! Join our diverse team of experts who live and work alongside client partners, providing thoughtful solutions to create inspiring communities together.

How We Support Diversity:

Consor welcomes and celebrates equality and diversity in the workplace. Throughout our teams and across leadership, Consor pursues an environment in which each employee and prospective employee is treated respectfully, valuing the uniqueness of individuals and differing perspectives and experiences. At the heart of this is ensuring employment practices at Consor provide and promote equal employment and development opportunity for all employees and prospective employees, in accordance with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations governing personnel activities. As such, Consor is an equal opportunity employer and pursues a program of affirmative action across its offices and worksites.

If you need more information or special assistance for persons with disabilities or limited English proficiency , contact Human Resources at 888-451-6822 ext. 55214. Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Consor by using the Virginia Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). Call 711 for TTY/TDD.

If any applicant believes they have been discriminated against or desires further information or assistance, contact us at 888-451-6822 ext. 55214.

Notice:

The above job description is intended to relay a general sense of the position's responsibilities and expectations. It does not describe all tasks that may be assigned. As business demands change, the essential functions of this position may also change. The position requires the successful completion of applicable pre-employment substance screening and background checks.