Transportation Design Services Leader, West Florida

STV Incorporated; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 185,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Professional Licensure Support

Job summary

STV Incorporated in Florida seeks a senior leader to grow the Transportation Design practice across the West Florida market. You will recruit, mentor, and lead a multidisciplinary team, focusing on public-road projects while building strong FDOT and local government relationships.

You will drive business development, lead major pursuits, and ensure project delivery excellence across highway, bridge, and multimodal projects, coordinating with planning, traffic, and environmental teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering required.
• Florida PE license required.
• 12+ years of progressively responsible experience in transportation and roadway or bridge design.
• Demonstrated experience delivering FDOT design projects.
• Proven ability to develop client relationships and win transportation engineering work.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary transportation projects and teams.
• Strong understanding of FDOT design standards, policies, and project development processes.
• Excellent leadership, communication, presentation, and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Transportation Design leadership in the West Florida market, recruiting and mentoring professionals.
• Develop and maintain strategic relationships with FDOT District 7, local governments, MPOs/TPOs, and municipal clients.
• Partner with marketing to pursue opportunities and set annual sales goals and pipelines.
• Serve as Project Manager/Director or Technical Lead on major transportation design projects, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

Client management

Team mentoring

Transportation design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Florida Professional Engineer (PE) license

Tools

MicroStation

Geopak

OpenRoads/ORD

Job description

Position Summary

Lead the growth and development of the Transportation Design practice throughout the West Florida market. Build, manage, and mentor a multidisciplinary transportation design team focused on public road projects. Serve as a senior client-facing leader responsible for business development, strategic pursuits, and project delivery excellence. Develop and maintain strong relationships with FDOT, local governments, transportation authorities, and teaming partners. Collaborate with marketing and operations leadership to identify opportunities, pursue new work, and expand the firm's transportation design presence throughout the region.

What you’ll be responsible for:

Transportation Design Leadership

Establish and grow a roadway and transportation design practice within the West Florida market. Recruit, develop, and retain high‑performing transportation design professionals. Provide technical leadership and quality oversight for highway, bridge, complete streets, multimodal, and other transportation infrastructure projects. Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, technical excellence, and client service. Coordinate with planning, traffic, structures, environmental, and construction engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions.

Business Development and Client Management

Develop and maintain strategic relationships with FDOT District 7, Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, local governments, MPOs/TPOs, transportation authorities, and municipal clients. Serve as a trusted advisor to key transportation decision-makers and stakeholders. Identify emerging transportation programs, capital improvement initiatives, and upcoming procurement opportunities. Represent the firm at industry conferences, professional organizations, client meetings, and networking events. Develop and execute annual client development and market growth strategies.

Pursuit and Marketing Leadership

Partner with marketing and pursuit teams to develop capture plans for key opportunities. Lead go/no‑go discussions, pursuit strategies, teaming arrangements, and proposal development efforts. Participate in shortlist interviews and project presentations. Develop and strengthen relationships with strategic teaming partners, subconsultants, and contractors. Assist in establishing annual sales goals, pipeline tracking, and pursuit forecasting.

Project Delivery and Operations

Serve as Project Manager, Project Director, or Technical Lead on major transportation design projects. Ensure projects are delivered on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with quality standards. Monitor project performance, resource utilization, and financial metrics. Support contract negotiations, scope development, and fee proposals. Promote effective project management practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
• Florida Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• 12+ years of progressively responsible experience in transportation and roadway or bridge design.
• Demonstrated experience delivering FDOT design projects.
• Proven ability to develop client relationships and win transportation engineering work.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary transportation projects and teams.
• Strong understanding of FDOT design standards, policies, and project development processes.
• Excellent leadership, communication, presentation, and relationship‑building skills.

Preferred Experience

• Existing relationships with FDOT District 7, local agencies, and transportation partners within West Florida.
• Experience building or leading a transportation design group.
• Demonstrated success leading major pursuits and winning transportation contracts.
• Active participation in industry organizations such as ACEC, ASHE, WTS, ITE, or FES.
• Design experience using MicroStation, Geopak, experience in Open Roads (ORD) is a plus

How Success will be measured:

• Growth of transportation design backlog and revenue within West Florida.
• Expansion of client relationships and strategic partnerships.
• Successful recruitment and development of transportation design staff.
• Win rate on strategic transportation pursuits.
• Consistent delivery of high‑quality projects and client satisfaction.

Compensation Range

$184,970.12 - $205,522.35

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 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. Learn more atstvinc.com. 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. Learn more.

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.