PapeDawson Engineers Inc

Senior Project Manager, Traffic Lead

PapeDawson Engineers Inc$110K — $130K *
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field
  • Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in relevant states
  • Minimum 8 years of engineering and project management experience
  • Experience managing complex projects and multidisciplinary teams
  • Proven track record of client relationship management
  • Strong mentoring abilities and team supervision skills
  • Excellent business development and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Serve as principal contact for clients, nurturing relationships for repeat business
  • Lead planning, execution, and delivery of multiple complex projects
  • Develop and negotiate project scopes, budgets, schedules, proposals, and contracts
  • Provide leadership to project teams, mentoring staff and Project Managers
  • Oversee financial performance and resource allocation for projects
  • Review technical deliverables for compliance with standards and client requirements
  • Conduct QA/QC reviews, risk management, and issue resolution
  • Support business development efforts, including proposals and client engagement
  • Represent the firm in client and stakeholder meetings, presenting technical information
  • Contribute to design standards and best practices across the firm
  • Balance client needs with internal priorities for satisfaction and profitability
  • Lead traffic engineering studies and related design packages
  • Oversee traffic analyses and technical reports for projects
  • Coordinate traffic work with multidisciplinary project teams

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities and mentorship
  • Collaborative work environment fostering team growth
  • Engagement in diverse and challenging project assignments
  • Flexibility in work hours, including potential for overtime
  • Involvement in firmwide initiatives for best practices and operational excellence
Full Job Description

Job Description:

Overview
The Senior Project Manager provides strategic, technical, and managerial leadership for complex engineering projects across assigned service areas. This role is responsible for client satisfaction, project performance, team leadership, and business development while maintaining hands-on involvement in key projects. Senior Project Managers lead multidisciplinary teams, manage multiple concurrent assignments, and contribute to firmwide growth through mentoring, market engagement, and continuous improvement of standards and practices.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a principal client contact, fostering strong relationships that support repeat work and long-term partnerships.

  • Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple complex projects, ensuring quality, schedule, budget, and profitability objectives are met.

  • Develop and negotiate project scopes, budgets, schedules, proposals, and contracts.

  • Provide leadership and direction to multidisciplinary project teams, including mentoring and professional development of Project Managers and technical staff.

  • Oversee project financial performance, staffing plans, and resource allocation across assignments.

  • Review and approve technical deliverables to ensure compliance with applicable standards, regulations, and client requirements.

  • Perform or oversee QA/QC reviews, risk management, and issue resolution.

  • Lead or support business development efforts, including pursuits, RFQs, proposals, interviews, and account growth.

  • Represent the firm in meetings with clients, agencies, boards, and stakeholders, presenting technical and strategic information effectively.

  • Contribute to firmwide initiatives related to design standards, best practices, staff development, and operational excellence.

  • Balance client needs with internal priorities to maintain high levels of satisfaction, accountability, collaboration, and profitability.

  • Lead traffic engineering studies and design packages, including signals, signing, pavement markings, and traffic control plans.

  • Oversee traffic impact, operational, safety, and corridor analyses and related technical reports.

  • Direct signal timing and coordination, turn-lane and intersection improvements, and multimodal accommodations.

  • Coordinate traffic engineering work with roadway, drainage, structures, traffic operations, and planning disciplines.

  • Ensure traffic analyses and design deliverables conform to applicable standards and agency requirements.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field.

  • Licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state(s) required to support project work.

  • Minimum 8 years of relevant engineering and project management experience depending on service area.

  • Demonstrated success managing complex projects, leading multidisciplinary teams, and maintaining strong client relationships.

  • Proven ability to mentor staff, guide other Project Managers, and supervise teams of approximately 5–7 employees.

  • Strong business development, communication, and leadership skills.

  • Ability to manage shifting priorities and multiple concurrent projects effectively.

  • Ability to work Monday–Friday with flexibility for overtime as needed.

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About PapeDawson Engineers Inc

Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. is a civil and environmental engineering consulting firm headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. The company was founded in 1965 by Gene Dawson and Bill Pape. The firm provides services in the areas of transportation, water resources, land development, environmental, surveying, and construction management. Pape-Dawson has additional offices in Austin, Houston, Fort Worth, and Dallas. The company has been recognized as one of the best places to work in San Antonio and Austin.
Learn more about PapeDawson Engineers Inc
Size
1,100 employees
Industry
Net Income
$10 million
5 Year Trend
+10%
Revenue
$100 million

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