Senior Transportation Project Manager

About the role

This isn't just a job, it's a chance to lead progress, drive meaningful impact, and leave a legacy of smarter, more connected transportation networks.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project's lifecycle (from development & initiation to close-out)
• Responsible for all aspects of large multidiscipline projects or medium-sized projects with high degree of technical complexity, involving a large project staff
• Produce and coordinate several projects concurrently
• Establish and maintain client relations, and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings
• Conduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders
• Cookstaff and workload through entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on schedule
• Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to budget and schedule
• Implement QA/QC procedures
• Supervise large project staffs and act as mentor for less-experienced Project Managers
• Perform other duties as needed

Requirements

• Master's degree
• PMP certification
• Local candidates are preferred

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• 10 years related experience
• A minimum 5 years project management experience
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered.

Skills

• MS Office and MS Project experience
• MS Access experience (plus)
• Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills

Benefits

We are all employee-owners at HDR, which is the foundation of our collaborative culture that connects employees around the world.

Pay

Salary range: $80,000 - $120,000 annually, commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

Highways

Primary Location

United States-South Carolina-Charleston

Other Locations

• United States-South Carolina-Columbia
• United States-South Carolina-Greenville
• United States-South Carolina-Fort Mill

Industry

Highway + Road

Job Posting

Dec 9, 2025

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.

We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer).

We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.