Operations Center Construction Program Manager

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At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day.

The purpose of this role is to ensure construction activities (with a value of $2B within the Pompano Beach region) are operationally ready, conflict-free, and customer-focused, and that construction decisions are made with full awareness of system-wide impacts, risks, and tradeoffs.

The selected candidate will translate enterprise priorities into executable construction operations and provide decision-ready recommendations to the MCOC Operations Leader and FDOT Operations leadership.

• Serve as the program-level operational lead for all construction activities within the assigned region.
• Own the construction operational picture.
• Ensure construction activities align with enterprise safety, mobility, and reliability objectives.
• Coordinate construction activities with maintenance delivery, asset performance, incident response, and other operations functions through the MCOC.
• Identify and resolve operational conflicts between construction, maintenance, permitted work, and special events before they impact customers.
• Ensure no construction activity proceeds without proper Operations Center coordination and approval.
• Proactively identify construction-related operational risks affecting safety, mobility, schedule, or asset condition.
• Prepare completed staff work for escalations, including analysis, impacts, and recommended actions.
• Support the MCOC FDOT Operations Manager and GEC Program Leadership with timely, decision-ready information.
• Coordinate construction impacts and contractor response during incidents, emergencies, and severe weather events.
• Adjust or suspend construction activities as required to support incident response and system recovery.
• Participate in after-action reviews to improve future operational readiness.
• Serve as a primary construction operations liaison with FDOT, contractors, CEI firms, and internal partners.
• Set clear expectations for construction operational performance and work zone quality.
• Support a predictable and professional operating environment for industry partners.
• Monitor construction-related operational performance metrics and trends.
• Identify recurring issues, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
• Support refinement of procedures, standards, and operational practices within the MCOC framework.

• Professional Engineer License
• Prior FDOT or Florida Turnpike experience

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 10 years related experience
• A minimum of 5 years of project management experience
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software
• Ability to interact with various design teams, with excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

United States - Florida - Fort Lauderdale

Construction, Project Controls & Design/Build

Full-time

Regular

Mid-Senior level

Jan 8, 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.