Senior Transportation Engineer/Project Manager

HDR; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HDR Employee Ownership

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Roadway Project Manager in Omaha to lead large, technically complex transportation projects from planning through design and delivery. You will manage multidisciplinary teams, coordinate with clients, and drive QA/QC processes to ensure on-time, on-budget results.

The role emphasizes building strong client relationships, mentoring staff, and supporting business development efforts within HDR’s North America network. A PE license and 10+ years of roadway experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in roadway engineering design and project management.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license recognized by the licensing board for the location.
• Demonstrated leadership, strong communication, and ability to work with diverse teams.
• Experience in urban and rural highway interchanges, traffic management, and design.
• Experience coordinating survey, grading, drainage and utilities is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage large multidisciplinary teams or medium-sized projects with high technical complexity.
• Coordinate work of engineers and designers, balance staffing, and plan scope of services/fee proposals.
• Develop and maintain client relationships, support marketing and pursuit efforts.
• Mentor transportation engineers, EITs, and designers through project assignments.
• Implement QA/QC procedures and ensure on-schedule and on-budget delivery.
• Serve as primary client liaison and coordinate with managers for project reviews.

Job description

Our Omaha team is looking for a success-oriented Roadway Project Manager to work on everything from small intersections and corridor improvement projects to multimodal municipal roadway improvements.

If you’re motivated to deliver quality project work on‑time and on‑budget for major transportation clients including State DOTs, regional planning authorities and local agency and municipal clients, we want you on our team. As project manager and/or engineering task lead, you will actively participate in pre‑marketing and project pursuits, build and maintain client relationships, staff projects, manage design efforts, QA/QC, monitor projects, report progress and keep up to date with the industry by attending conferences and actively participating in industry organizations.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage all aspects of large multidisciplinary teams or medium sized projects with high degree technical complexity.
• Plan and prepare scope of services/fee proposals.
• Independently coordinate work of engineers and designers and balance staffing needs throughout entire project’s development.
• Establish client relations and be involved with marketing, including identifying potential opportunities and supporting pursuit and interview efforts.
• Support the growth and development of transportation engineers, EITs and designers through mentoring and project assignments.
• Conduct internal work sessions for design development and contract documents in conjunction with other disciplines.
• Plan and monitor workload needs throughout the entire project development to fully meet project needs.
• Serve as the primary client liaison to successfully complete a project to the client’s satisfaction and build effective client relationships.
• Proactively track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work efforts with the team as needed to provide on‑schedule and on‑budget project delivery.
• Work with Business Group Manager, Project Controller and Department Manager for project reviews.
• Implement QA/QC procedures.
• Be open to opportunities to work with a variety of clients, projects and staff through HDR’s collaborative work sharing efforts across North America and beyond.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in marketing including preparing presentations and technical proposals.
• Experience in pursuit and development of alternative delivery projects.
• State DOT and local agency experience and relationships.
• Model-based digital delivery experience in Bentley (Microstation, Open Roads) or Autodesk (Autocad, Civil3D)
• Work cooperatively with other team members, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers.
• Minimum of 5 years of task lead/project management experience for highways and local roads projects.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• A minimum of 10 years experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, communication skills and ability to work with various teams
• Project management skills desirable
• Experience should include urban and rural highway interchanges, intersection design, traffic management, transportation planning, site planning, preparation of concept alignments, geometrical layout and CAD base alignment plans
• Must have coordinated survey, grading, drainage and utilities and layout of various site items is a plus
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must

Primary Location: United States-Nebraska-Omaha

Other Locations: United States-Nebraska-Lincoln

Industry: Transit

Schedule: Full‑time

Employee Status: Regular

Business Class: Highways

Job Posting Date: Jul 16, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.