Sr. Project Manager - Transportation Design

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can invest in a career that is meaningful and rewarding while making a difference for Michigan communities. As part of a nationwide firm, HNTB Michigan has delivered solutions for some of the largest and most innovative infrastructure projects across the state and country. With historic growth and several office locations, it is an exciting time to join our team of passionate professionals and employee owners working to build a better tomorrow.

Join our Michigan office and be an integral part of growing our Transportation Design practice. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, collaborative, proactive, demonstrate sound technical excellence, and focus on delivering high quality work. This opportunity entails managing assigned project(s) throughout their full lifecycle, including developing scope and technical sections of proposal and procurement documents, participating in contract negotiations, and overseeing project delivery to achieve HNTB’s 4 for 4 performance: delivery of quality work, on time, on budget and to the client’s satisfaction on every project.

The position proactively manages the budget, schedule, technical requirements, contractual obligations, and client communications to support the project’s objectives. It provides high‑level technical tasks while managing and reviewing design‑related specifications, calculations, reports, and plans. Coordinates with internal and external partners across disciplines to address and solve design‑related issues or concerns. As Senior Project Manager you will manage multidisciplinary teams for projects ranging in engineering fees from $1M to $25M, or lead or serve in a key discipline lead role on a project with a fee greater than $25M.

• Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assists in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).
• Serves as the primary client liaison and manages the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction. Leads client contract scoping and negotiations.
• Performs technical discipline tasks including analysis, reports, design, specification, and production for assigned projects.
• Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA). Leads the development and execution of the project management plan. Supervises and mentors team to overall project objectives.
• Responsible for overseeing project staffing, including recruitment, development, retention and succession of project staff; development of plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews.
• Partners with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships, and pursuit efforts for mega and super mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA). Works with the project team and marketing resources to prepare appropriate proposal and presentation materials. Leads proposal development and interview presentations for strategic, mini‑mega or mega projects to the client as well as general presentations within the industry and community.
• May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 12 years of relevant experience.
• 4 years of successful management of engineering projects.

• Excellent technical knowledge and quality work in multidisciplinary projects including the ability to consider the impact of design decisions on the cost and construction of transportation infrastructure.
• Experience in winning, contracting, and successfully delivering 4for4 (on‑time, on‑budget, quality, client satisfaction) on multi‑disciplined or large/complex projects.
• Proactive in identifying and handling risk and change management independently.
• Experience leading large teams including…