Highway Design Build Project Manager

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Founded in 1944, Lochner is a trusted infrastructure services provider for aviation, surface transportation and water clients who need high-quality, forward-looking solutions to complex challenges. Our vision is to become a Top 100 leader in the A/E industry, centered on an agile, engaged, and empowered workforce coming together to embrace the art of the possible and make a lasting difference in our world.

• Serve as Project Manager for highway and roadway design-build projects, from pursuit through final delivery
• Lead multidisciplinary design teams and coordinate closely with construction partners in a design-build environment
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, risk, and quality in accordance with Lochner’s project management procedures
• Act as the primary point of contact with NCDOT, FHWA, contractors, and subconsultants
• Ensure compliance with NCDOT standards, manuals, DB contracts, DB guidelines, and federal regulations
• Oversee design development, technical reviews, constructability reviews, and value engineering efforts
• Support design-build pursuits, including technical approach development, staffing plans, schedules, and risk mitigation strategies
• Mentor and develop engineering staff while fostering a collaborative team environment
• Promote Lochner’s culture of safety, quality, and integrity on all projects

• Active North Carolina Professional Engineer (PE) license (required)
• 10+ years of transportation engineering experience
• Demonstrated project management experience on highway design-build projects
• Strong working knowledge of NCDOT policies, procedures, and design criteria
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and coordinating with contractors in alternative delivery environments
• Excellent leadership, communication, and client-relationship skills
• Willingness to travel within North Carolina as project needs require

• Experience as Project Manager or Deputy Project Manager on NCDOT design-build projects
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline
• Experience supporting or leading design-build pursuits and proposals
• Familiarity with alternative delivery methods (CM/GC, P3)
• PMP certification
• Experience on large-scale roadway, interchange, or corridor projects

• Competitive Premiums for Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Paid Time Off and Flexible Holiday Program
• Company Paid Disability (includes paid Maternity Leave), and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with Employer Contribution
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Medical Expenses and/or Dependent Care
• Paid Family Leave
• Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Flexible Work Schedules (Hybrid or Remote, when possible)
• Wellness Program for Physical and Mental Health
• Lochner Cares Non-Profit 501c3
• Education and Training Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Discounts
• Paid Time Off for Charitable Acts of Service

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Intermittent sitting, walking, standing, bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, twisting, stooping, crawling, and lifting. The employee must frequently lift and/or move light equipment up to 20 pounds. Must be alert to equipment in the field, occasional need to work near hazardous equipment and machinery, occasional need to walk on uneven ground, exposure to dust, gas or fumes, exposure to noise, extremes in temperature or humidity, and potential work at heights.

Lochner is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. Lochner provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

All positions at Lochner require an applicant who has accepted an employment offer to undergo pre-employment screening. Background checks include SSN/SIN validation, motor vehicle verification, education verification, employment verification, a criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, and drug tests. All employment offers are contingent upon successful results of the pre-employment screening.

Mid-Senior level

Full-time

Project Management and…