Highway Project Manager

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Job Title: Highway Project Manager

Job Description

The Highway Project Manager leads complex transportation projects from inception through completion, owning scope, schedule, and budget while ensuring high-quality technical delivery. This role develops and executes comprehensive project management and quality assurance plans, coordinates multidisciplinary teams and subconsultants, and maintains strong client relationships. The Highway Project Manager plays a key role in strategic growth by supporting proposal efforts, marketing initiatives, and long-term planning, while contributing to a collaborative, employee-focused culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead highway and transportation projects from start to finish, taking full ownership of project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Develop detailed project plans, including formal Project Management Plans and QA/QC processes, to guide project execution.
• Build, maintain, and update project schedules, tracking milestones and progress to ensure on-time delivery.
• Coordinate with internal project teams and subconsultants to deliver high-quality, technically sound project outcomes.
• Monitor project performance metrics, identify potential risks or issues, and implement effective mitigation strategies.
• Manage change orders, task proposals, and all related project documentation to maintain clear and accurate records.
• Communicate key project updates, risks, and status reports to stakeholders in a clear and timely manner.
• Prepare and present progress reports, including financial and schedule status, to internal and external stakeholders.
• Review project invoices for accuracy and alignment with contract terms, and support timely billing processes.
• Lead client presentations and meetings, clearly explaining project status, technical approaches, and next steps.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships to support successful project delivery and future opportunities.
• Understand client goals and priorities and tailor project execution strategies to meet or exceed expectations.
• Participate in project financial reviews and internal reporting, including budget tracking and forecasting.
• Assist leadership with proposal efforts, including Go/No-Go decisions, technical input, and interview preparation.
• Support marketing initiatives by helping identify new opportunities and contributing to capture strategies.
• Collaborate with office leadership on strategic growth planning, including expanding services and client relationships.
• Apply project engineering and design knowledge to support technical decision-making and quality control.
• Ensure all work complies with applicable standards, regulations, and internal quality procedures.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from an ABET-accredited program or a closely related field.
• Texas Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• 10+ years of relevant experience in highway or transportation project management and engineering.
• Proven project management experience overseeing scope, schedule, and budget on complex projects.
• Strong leadership skills with experience guiding multidisciplinary teams and subconsultants.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to lead client presentations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including tools such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated experience in project engineering, design, and project coordination.
• Ability to work effectively with local clients and stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and deadlines.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM).
• Experience working with local public-sector or transportation clients in Texas.
• Experience supporting proposal development, including Go/No-Go evaluations and interview preparation.
• Background in developing and implementing QA/QC processes for engineering projects.
• Experience participating in strategic growth planning and business development activities.
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.

Work Environment

This role operates in a professional, collaborative, and team-oriented environment within an employee-owned organization that emphasizes growth and advancement. The Highway Project Manager typically works standard business hours, with some flexibility to accommodate project deadlines, client meetings, and presentations. Work is primarily office-based, using standard business and engineering tools, including Microsoft Office and other project management and design software, with periodic travel to client offices, project sites, or regional meetings as needed. The culture promotes open communication, shared success, and cross-functional collaboration, and offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support work-life balance. Professional business or business-casual attire is generally expected in office and client-facing settings.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of McKinney, TX.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $135000.00 - $180000.00/yr.

Employee-owned company with strong long-term growth opportunities Collaborative and team-driven environment Competitive benefits package supporting work-life balance Exposure to impactful infrastructure projects across the region

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in McKinney,TX.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 9, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both client and talent service.

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