Senior Manager Design and Engineering

Role overview

Lead the design and engineering function responsible for the quality and delivery of infrastructure plans across multiple jurisdictions. The role combines technical oversight, team leadership, quality assurance, vendor governance, and capacity planning, with a focus on creating consistent processes that can support growth while meeting local standards and regulations.

Responsibilities

- Lead and develop the in-house design and engineering team, setting priorities, technical expectations, and quality checks for plans, revisions, and as-built records. - Oversee design, planning, permitting, traffic studies, reporting, and document management; serve as an escalation point for complex technical issues. - Set engineering standards and improve quality assurance, permitting, document control, and delivery processes across markets. - Direct external engineering, design, and permitting partners, including selection, onboarding, performance reviews, and accountability for cost, quality, and service. - Work with project and cross-functional leaders to plan delivery, manage dependencies and risks, and resolve issues affecting schedule, budget, compliance, or quality. - Set functional priorities, staffing and consultant capacity plans, budgets, and performance measures; use results to guide continuous improvement.

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, transportation planning, or a similar discipline. - At least 10 years of progressive engineering experience, including traffic operations, engineering management, and complex multi-market programs. - New York Professional Engineer license, or ability to obtain one. - At least 5 years of people leadership, including developing technical staff and managing performance. - Experience building engineering standards, QA/QC programs, vendor governance, and operating processes across multiple jurisdictions. - Background in budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and delivery metrics; able to manage complex stakeholder relationships and competing priorities.

Nice to have

- Additional professional engineering registration in other listed states, or eligibility to obtain licensure through comity, is highly desired. The listing also calls for the ability to obtain licenses in key operating states within a reasonable timeframe. - Experience in state and local government markets.

Benefits and work setup

- Travel of up to 25% is expected.