Transportation Project Manager

About the role

Wilson & Company's Phoenix office is seeking an experienced Transportation Project Manager with a strong background in roadway and transportation design, project delivery, and client management. This leadership role will be instrumental in expanding our Arizona transportation practice, strengthening relationships with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and local public agencies, and delivering successful transportation infrastructure projects throughout the state.

The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary project teams, oversee project delivery, develop and execute winning pursuit strategies, and serve as a trusted advisor to clients. This position offers an opportunity to play a key role in growing Wilson & Company's ADOT presence while mentoring staff and helping build our long-term transportation capabilities in Arizona.

This position will primarily support ADOT and Arizona municipal clients while also contributing to transportation opportunities across the company. The ideal candidate brings established client relationships, a proven record of managing and delivering transportation projects, and experience pursuing and winning work for ADOT and other public agencies.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary point of contact for clients, maintaining strong relationships and providing responsive project leadership.
• Manage transportation projects from planning and design through delivery, ensuring compliance with scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams consisting of roadway, drainage, traffic, structures, utilities, environmental, and subconsultant staff.
• Develop project execution strategies, work plans, schedules, and staffing plans to successfully deliver projects.
• Monitor project budgets, resource utilization, and schedules, proactively identifying and resolving potential risks and issues.
• Oversee the preparation, review, and quality control of engineering designs, technical reports, studies, and construction documents.
• Coordinate with ADOT, municipalities, regulatory agencies, stakeholders, and project partners throughout project development.
• Lead business development activities, including client engagement, opportunity tracking, strategic positioning, proposal development, and interview preparation.
• Identify and pursue new opportunities with ADOT and Arizona local agencies to support growth of the transportation practice.
• Mentor and develop engineering staff, fostering technical excellence, professional growth, and leadership development.

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of transportation project development and delivery processes for ADOT and Arizona local agencies.
• Proficiency/understanding with OpenRoads Designer, MicroStation, InRoads, and/or Civil 3D.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Proven ability to build and maintain client relationships and effectively lead project teams.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Self-motivated leader with exceptional problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to clients, stakeholders, staff, and executive leadership.

Required Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Arizona, or ability to obtain Arizona registration within four months of hire.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience managing and delivering transportation, roadway, highway, or municipal infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary transportation projects for ADOT and/or Arizona public agencies.
• Thorough understanding of federal, state, and local transportation design standards, regulations, and project development processes.
• Proven experience developing successful proposals and pursuing transportation work with ADOT and Arizona municipalities.
• Established relationships within ADOT and the Arizona transportation market preferred.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading project teams preferred.

Please note that Wilson & Company is not currently sponsoring applicants for work visas.

Annual Salary Range: $140,000 - $170,000

For nearly a century, Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects, has provided award-winning engineering, architecture, planning, environmental, surveying, geospatial, and construction management services. With employees across multiple offices in the Midwest, Southwest, Rocky Mountain, and Western regions in the United States, we bring people together to practice their craft, create value, and accomplish great things.

Guided by our purpose, we help clients move from concept to completion, transforming unused spaces into productive places, underutilized facilities into efficient ones, and rural or urban challenges into achievable solutions.

At Wilson & Company, we focus on your specific needs, delivering excellence with lasting Higher Relationships in mind. By employing our core values-discipline, intensity, collaboration, shared ownership, and solutions-we create genuine experiences and lasting connections for our clients, employees, and communities.

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