Alternative Delivery Senior Project Manager

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Program Management team. This role serves as a key interface within a multidisciplinary program management team—including planning, engineering, procurement, legal, project controls, and construction—focused on delivering complex alternative delivery projects (DB, DBF, DBFM, DBFOM, CMGC).

The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing communication flow, ensuring accountability, and overseeing the development of concept reports, technical memos, environmental documents, preliminary plans, RFQs, and RFPs. You will coordinate with technical experts and facilitate the development of strategies and solutions to address project challenges.

As a representative of the infrastructure owner, you will participate in a wide range of meetings (client, proposer, design charrettes, contractor) and play a critical role in the development and administration of agreements with stakeholders, utility providers, and design/construction teams.

This opportunity entails being responsible managing assigned project(s) throughout their full lifecycle including developing the scope and technical sections of proposal and procurement documents to participating in contract negotiations and overseeing the delivery of the project plan to successfully accomplish HNTB’s 4 for 4 performance: delivery of quality work, on time, on budget and to the client’s satisfaction on every project. This position proactively manages the budget, schedule, technical requirements, contractual obligations, and client communications in support of the project’s objectives. Provides high level technical tasks while managing and reviewing design related specifications, calculations, reports and plans. Coordinates with internal and external partners including cross-discipline and functional teams to address and problem solve design related issues or concerns. The Sr Project Manager – Engineering typically manages multi-disciplinary project team(s) for one or more mini-mega ($1M to <$5M) projects or mega ($5M to < $25M) projects or may lead or serve in a key discipline lead role on a super mega (> $25M) project management team.

🔧 Key Responsibilities
• Serve as the primary client liaison and lead project delivery using 5DPM strategies aligned with scope, schedule, and budget goals.
• Lead contract scoping and negotiations with General Engineering Consultants (GEC).
• Drive the development and acceptance of project documentation for Pre-let delivery.
• Facilitate technical reviews of reports, designs, specifications, and production deliverables.
• Administer PMC and GEC scopes of services, ensuring timely and accurate forecasting of Preliminary Engineering funds.
• Prepare project status reports, memoranda, presentations, and meeting documentation.
• Review and comment on project deliverables, including concept reports and cost estimates.
• Monitor QA/QC programs and facilitate risk workshops and risk-based estimates.
• Support procurement processes, including RFQ/RFP development and contract documentation.
• Coordinate with GDOT, FHWA, local governments, and other stakeholders.
• Provide support for environmental, utility, traffic, and right-of-way coordination.
• Assist in parcel acquisition strategy development.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You'll Do:

• Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assists in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).
• Serves as the primary client liaison and manages the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction. Leads client contract scoping and negotiations.
• Performs technical discipline tasks including analysis, reports, design, specification, and production for assigned projects.
• Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project. Leads the development and the execution of the project management plan. Supervises and mentors team to overall project objectives.
• Responsible for/oversees project staffing, including, but not limited to; recruitment, development, retention and succession of project staff; development of plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews.
• Partners with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions t