Transportation Project Manager

Benesch

$95K — $115K *
Transportation
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline
  • 8+ years of experience in transportation engineering and project delivery
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license in Georgia preferred
  • Familiarity with Georgia DOT and local agencies is desired
  • Strong project management capabilities covering budget, schedule, and client interactions
  • Proven track record in client relationship development
  • Excellent communication, organization, and leadership skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead diverse transportation projects and manage project teams
  • Provide technical leadership and support design and engineering tasks
  • Collaborate on infrastructure projects for public and private clients
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to enhance client relationships
  • Identify growth opportunities and contribute to proposals and marketing efforts
  • Coordinate technical efforts across multiple disciplines
  • Represent the firm at industry events and build professional networks

Benefits

  • Real career growth with leadership training and development opportunities
  • Generous retirement contribution up to 9% for eligible employees
  • Flexible work schedules to balance personal and professional life
  • Generous paid time off and parental leave policies
  • Comprehensive mentorship and hands-on support from day one
Full Job Description
Transportation Project Manager - Atlanta, GA/Augusta, GA

Our growing Georgia Division is looking for an experienced Transportation Project Manager to lead transportation projects and help grow our practice across Georgia. In this role, you'll manage project teams, budgets, schedules, and client relationships while staying involved in the technical side of the work. You'll support roadway, highway, and infrastructure design, provide technical guidance, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects for Georgia DOT, local agencies, municipalities, and private clients.

This role also offers the opportunity to contribute to business development, build lasting client relationships, pursue new work, and help shape the growth of our Atlanta team. If you're looking for a position that combines project leadership, technical involvement, client interaction, and opportunities to grow, we'd like to hear from you.
Location

This role offers a hybrid work schedule based out of our Atlanta, GA office, with Augusta, GA also available as a work location option.
The Impact You'll Have

As a Transportation Project Manager, you'll be a key leader on our Atlanta team. You will:
  • Lead transportation projects, project teams, budgets, schedules, scope, and overall project delivery.
  • Provide technical leadership and contribute to design, plan development, engineering analysis, and other project deliverables as needed.
  • Work on roadway, highway, interstate, and other infrastructure projects for public and private-sector clients.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to new and existing clients and help identify opportunities to grow those partnerships.
  • Identify opportunities, lead strategic pursuits, and contribute to proposals, SOQs, contracts, networking, and marketing initiatives.
  • Coordinate technical efforts across multiple project teams and disciplines to deliver integrated, turnkey solutions.
  • Build your professional network and represent the firm at industry events and professional organizations.
What You'll Bring
  • Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
  • 8+ years of progressive experience in transportation engineering, project development, and project delivery, including roadway, highway, and/or interstate design
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license in Georgia is desired.
  • Experience working with Georgia DOT and/or local agencies, including the GDOT PDP, is desired.
  • Ability and willingness to remain hands-on technically, contributing to design and engineering work while leading projects and teams
  • Proven experience working directly with clients, developing relationships, and contributing to successful pursuits and winning work
  • Strong project management skills, including managing budgets, schedules, teams, scope, and contractual requirements
  • Excellent communication, organization, leadership, and client relationship skills

Why Benesch

It's simple. We invest in our people, not just our projects.
  • Career growth that's real with leadership development, training, and clear paths forward
  • Strong financial future with up to 9% retirement contribution for benefit-eligible employees
  • Flexibility that works with schedules that support your life
  • Time to recharge with generous paid time off and parental leave for benefit-eligible employees
  • Support beyond work through mentorship, hands-on experience, and opportunities to make an impact from day one

Whether you're starting your career or bringing years of experience, you'll have the support and exposure to grow here.

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