Roadway Section Manager

HNTB Corporation•Tampa, FL

About The Position

The Roadway Section Manager leads the roadway discipline in designing, developing, and delivering roadway project work while managing scope, budget, and quality control. The role coordinates project priorities, staffing schedules, and assignments to ensure clients receive appropriate resources, and provides technical coaching and mentoring to support productive, high-quality work. The manager oversees the roadway section’s operations, staffing, professional development, project delivery, and business development activities, with a focus on roadway projects in West Florida.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
Eight years of practical experience, including two years of leadership experience.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Experience managing multidisciplinary project teams and complex project portfolios.
Proven experience delivering FDOT or similar public agency projects.

Responsibilities

Develop, monitor, and manage the section’s operating budget and forecast updates.
Manage the growth and professional development of the engineering section.
Coordinate section activities, establish priorities, and assign staff to projects.
Ensure staff development, mentoring, and training needs are met.
Coordinate work-sharing needs and opportunities with other sections and departments.
Support the firm’s strategic plan and Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA), including section-level strategic planning and project pursuits.
Support the Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA), including reviews of scope, work plans, and fees for contracting activities affecting the section.
Support project delivery processes, including work planning and monthly project reviews, to ensure quality, timely, on-schedule delivery to client satisfaction.
Assist with marketing, client discovery, proposal generation, interviews, and win-to-work activities; maintain client contacts and satisfaction.
Recruit, hire, develop, and retain section staff, including planning staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
Manage project scope, schedule, budget, and quality; perform technical discipline work such as research, reports, design, specifications, and plan preparation.
Lead a team through direct and indirect supervision of at least five employees, typically seven to ten or more.
Lead West Florida roadway staff meetings and monitor roadway projections.
Balance workload locally when possible and coordinate with the Department Manager and group to identify work or additional support staff as needed.
Serve as primary client liaison and manage roadway project teams through delivery of scope, schedule, and budget to completion and client satisfaction.
Develop project scopes and fee quotations and assist with technical proposals and contracts in accordance with SCA.
Partner with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions on business development, client relationships, and strategic and mini-mega project pursuits in accordance with SSA.
Work with project teams and marketing resources to prepare proposal and presentation materials.
Lead proposal development and client interview presentations for strategic and mini-mega projects, as well as presentations to industry and community audiences.
Participate in professional development, career planning and evaluation, merit cycles, and salary reviews.
Participate in hiring, resume screening, and interviews.
Perform other duties as assigned.