Senior Transportation Engineer/Project Manager
About the role
The Omaha team at HDR is seeking a success-oriented Roadway Project Manager to work on a variety of projects, from small intersections to multimodal municipal roadway improvements. The ideal candidate will have experience delivering quality projects on time and on budget for major transportation clients.
Responsibilities
- Plan and manage all aspects of large multidiscipline teams or medium-sized projects with high degree technical complexity.
- Plan and prepare scope of services/fee proposals.
- Independently coordinate work of engineers and designers and balance staffing needs throughout entire project’s development.
- Build and maintain client relationships, support marketing efforts, and identify potential opportunities.
- Support the growth and development of transportation engineers, EITs, and designers through mentoring and project assignments.
- Conduct internal work sessions for design development and contract documents in conjunction with other disciplines.
- Monitor workload needs throughout the entire project development to fully meet project needs.
- Serve as the primary client liaison to successfully complete a project to the client’s satisfaction and build effective client relationships.
- Proactively track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work efforts with the team as needed to provide on-schedule and on-budget project delivery.
- Participate in project reviews with the Business Group Manager, Project Controller, and Department Manager.
- Implement QA/QC procedures.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree
- A minimum of 10 years experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design
- Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered.
- Preferred qualifications include experience in marketing, pursuit and development of alternative delivery projects, state DOT and local agency experience and relationships, model-based digital delivery experience in Bentley or Autodesk, and experience with urban and rural highway interchanges, intersection design, traffic management, transportation planning, site planning, preparation of concept alignments, geometrical layout, and CAD base alignment plans.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of task lead/project management experience for highways and local roads projects.
- Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
- Demonstrated leadership skills, communication skills, and ability to work with various teams.
- Project management skills desirable.
SkillsExperience should include urban and rural highway interchanges, intersection design, traffic management, transportation planning, site planning, preparation of concept alignments, geometrical layout and CAD base alignment plans.
Benefits
Join a company that values its employees and fosters a culture of inclusion. As an employee-owner, you can take pride in being part of a collaborative team that works together to make great things possible every day.
Pay
Competitive compensation package based on experience and qualifications.
Schedule
Full-time
Business Class
Highways
Primary Location
United States - Nebraska - Omaha
Other Locations
United States - Nebraska - Lincoln
Industry
Transit
Job Posting
November 24, 2025
Company Beliefs
We believe in building a collaborative culture where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected, and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day. We are committed to the principles of employment equity and consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.