Sr. Project Manager | Heavy Civil Construction | Austin, TX

Michael Page US; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vehicle allowance

Fuel Card

Toll Tag

Annual bonus

401(k) with company match & ESPP

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

Job summary

MPI is assisting a Fortune 500-backed Texas-based civil and infrastructure contractor seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead multi-project initiatives across heavy civil and transportation sectors. This role emphasizes team leadership, client relations, and ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery.

The successful candidate will oversee budgets, schedules, risk, and stakeholder relationships while mentoring field and office personnel. Travel to Texas project sites will be required.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of Project Management experience in heavy civil construction.
• Proven success managing large-scale projects ($100M+ preferred).
• Strong background in TXDOT, transportation, utilities, municipal infrastructure, or heavy highway projects.
• Experience leading multiple projects and project teams simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and mentor field and office personnel.
• Comfortable overseeing project budgets, schedules, risk, and stakeholder relationships.
• Proficient with Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project.
• Experience working for established heavy civil contractors with sophisticated project delivery processes.
• Strong communicator who can work effectively with clients, executives, and operations teams.
• Confident, humble, and collaborative leadership style.

Responsibilities

• Project Integration Management: identify, define, unite, and coordinate project activities.
• Project Scope Management to include all required work for successful completion.
• Project Time Management to track timely completion.
• Project Cost Management coordinating budgeting, financing, and cost controls.
• Project Quality Management to ensure project meets quality policies.
• Project Human Resource Management: organize, manage, and lead the project team.
• Project Communication Management: planning, distribution, and storage of project information.
• Project Risk Management: plan, identify, analyze, and respond to risk.
• Project Procurement Management: acquire products/services from outside the project team.
• Project Stakeholder Management: identify and engage stakeholders effectively.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Team Building

Travel readiness

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

• Opportunity to join a well established, Fortune 500 company in Austin, TX
• Strong leadership potential and ability to grow your own team

About Our Client

This client is a well-established Texas-based civil and infrastructure contractor that has been operating for 50+ years and is recognized for its work in water and wastewater utilities, drainage improvements, pump and lift stations, dry utilities, roadwork, and renewable energy infrastructure. Backed by the resources of a Fortune 500 parent organization with more than $4 billion in annual infrastructure and energy construction revenue, the company combines the stability of a large national platform with a collaborative, family-oriented culture. They are actively expanding into larger heavy civil, transportation, municipal, and infrastructure projects, offering experienced professionals the opportunity to take on impactful leadership roles, influence growth initiatives, and advance their careers within a technology-forward organization that emphasizes safety, sustainability, and operational excellence.

Job Description

• Project Integration Management: manage the processes and activities needed to identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project
• Project Scope Management: Responsible for the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully.
• Project Time Management: track and monitor the processes required to manage the timely completion of the project.
• Project Cost Management: work collaboratively with support and operations teams to successfully manage the planning, estimating, budgeting, financing, funding, managing, and cost controls so that the project can be completed within the approved budget.
• Project Quality Management: establish and support the processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies, objectives, and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken.
• Project Human Resource Management: organize, manage, and lead the project team.
• Project Communication Management: ensure timely and appropriate planning, collection, creation, distribution, storage, retrieval, management, control, monitoring, and the ultimate disposition of project information.
• Project Risk Management: Conduct risk management planning, identification, analysis, response planning, and controlling risk on project.
• Project Procurement Management: purchase or acquire products, services, or results needed from outside the project team. Processes in this area include Procurement Planning, Solicitation Planning, Solicitation, Source Selection, Contract Administration, and Contract Closeout.
• Project Stakeholder Management: identify all people or organizations impacted by the project, analyzing stakeholder expectations and impact on the project, and developing appropriate management strategies for effectively engaging stakeholders in project decisions and execution.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

• 8-10+ years of Project Management experience in heavy civil construction
• Proven success managing large-scale projects ($100M+ preferred)
• Strong background in TXDOT, transportation, utilities, municipal infrastructure, or heavy highway projects
• Experience leading multiple projects and project teams simultaneously
• Demonstrated ability to manage and mentor field and office personnel
• Comfortable overseeing project budgets, schedules, risk, and stakeholder relationships
• Proficient with Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project
• Experience working for established heavy civil contractors with sophisticated project delivery processes
• Strong communicator who can work effectively with clients, executives, and operations teams
• Confident, humble, and collaborative leadership style
• Hands-on leader who is willing to travel to project sites throughout Texas as needed
• Stable career history with a demonstrated commitment to previous employers
• Growth-minded professional looking to play a key role in expanding a heavy civil construction operation
• Must be a team builder who can elevate project execution while maintaining a positive, people-focused culture

What's on Offer

• Compensation for an experience Project Manager, commensurate with experience
• Eligible for annual bonus, dependent on personal and company performance
• Vehicle allowance + Fuel Card + Toll Tag
• Competitive pay with ongoing performance review and merit increase
• 401(k) with company match & Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Flexible spending account (Healthcare & Dependent care)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance (plan choice) - coverage for spouse, domestic partner, and children
• 15 days Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays, Bereavement Leave