Senior Transportation Project Leader — Impact & Ownership

HDR; New York (NY); On-site; USD 169,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Competitive benefits package

Retirement savings plan with employer

Paid time away

Parental leave

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex transportation projects in New York and beyond. You will direct multi-discipline teams, manage budgets, schedules, and client relations to deliver high-impact infrastructure solutions.

Ideal candidates bring a Bachelor's in Engineering, 10+ years' related experience, and strong leadership with PMP or PE credentials. The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and a commitment to HDR's employee-owned culture across markets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• 10 years related experience.
• A minimum 5 years project management experience.
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus).
• Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project's lifecycle (from development & initiation to close-out).
• Responsible for all aspects of large multidiscipline projects or medium-sized projects with high degree of technical complexity, involving a large project staff.
• Produce and coordinate several projects concurrently.
• Establish and maintain client relations, and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings.
• Conduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders.
• Coordinate staffing and workload through entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on schedule.
• Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to budget and schedule.
• Work with the Accounting, Operational and Business leadership for periodic project reviews.
• Implement QA/QC procedures.
• Supervise large project staffs and act as mentor for less-experienced Project Managers.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Business development

Strategic planning

Client relations

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

PE license

PMP certification

Job description

HDR is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead complex transportation projects in New York and beyond. You will direct multi-discipline teams, manage budgets, schedules, and client relations to deliver high-impact infrastructure solutions.

Ideal candidates bring a Bachelor's in Engineering, 10+ years' related experience, and strong leadership with PMP or PE credentials. The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and a commitment to HDR's employee-owned culture across markets.