Senior Program Manager/Engineering Manager

Parsons Corporation•USA VA (Virtual Office), VA

4d•$125,100 - $225,200•Hybrid

About The Position

Parsons is seeking an experienced Deputy for Technical Services to support a major program and construction management team delivering a large, complex industrial infrastructure project. Reporting to the Project Manager, this role leads multidisciplinary engineering, design management, and technical support throughout design, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout. The position coordinates technical requirements, manages design reviews, resolves engineering issues, and ensures deliverables comply with project requirements, applicable codes and standards, and Client expectations. The position is based near Little Rock, Arkansas, and is part of a 4–5 year contract. Remote work is permitted during the first year. After that, the selected candidate must reside within commuting distance of Little Rock or be willing to relocate there. Periodic travel and coordination with program leadership, Client representatives, contractors, consultants, equipment suppliers, and on-site personnel may be required. This position is part of Parsons’ Federal Solutions team, which provides services and solutions to U.S. government customers in areas including defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental services.

Requirements

Master’s degree and at least 10 years of relevant experience, or a bachelor’s degree and at least 15 years of relevant experience in engineering, engineering management, construction management, or a related field.
Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering or design-management teams on a large industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, Federal, or government program.
Demonstrated experience managing technical activities through design, procurement, construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.
Experience resolving complex design, construction, equipment, interface, permitting, and operational-readiness issues.
Advanced leadership and multidisciplinary engineering-management skills.
Comprehensive knowledge of design management, technical reviews, construction support, configuration control, and project delivery.
Ability to interpret and evaluate complex drawings, specifications, calculations, reports, technical submittals, and contract requirements.
Strong knowledge of applicable engineering codes, standards, quality requirements, and accepted industry practices.
Ability to evaluate technical alternatives and develop practical, well-supported recommendations.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, risk-management, problem-solving, judgment, and decision-making abilities.
Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, negotiation, and executive-presentation skills.
Ability to lead multiple technical workstreams and coordinate effectively with the Client, contractors, consultants, suppliers, and multidisciplinary teams.
Demonstrated integrity, accountability, sound technical judgment, professionalism, and commitment to safety and quality.
Ability to work remotely during the first year and then reside within commuting distance of Little Rock, Arkansas, or relocate to the area.
Ability to support periodic travel.

Nice To Haves

Federal, Department of Defense, industrial manufacturing, energetics, or other highly regulated project experience.
Professional Engineer licensure.
Project Management Professional, Certified Construction Manager, or equivalent engineering- or project-management certification.
Proficiency with engineering document-management systems, PMIS platforms, design-review tools, dashboards, and project-management applications.
Experience leading constructability, operability, maintainability, value-engineering, lifecycle, safety, and readiness reviews.
Experience coordinating engineering support for procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, turnover, and operational readiness.
Experience preparing executive-level technical briefings, risk summaries, decision papers, and recommendations.

Responsibilities

Lead multidisciplinary engineering, design-management, and technical-support activities across the program.
Establish engineering-management procedures, technical-review workflows, responsibilities, priorities, and performance expectations.
Direct engineering managers, discipline leads, engineering technicians, consultants, and other assigned technical personnel.
Coordinate civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, piping, electrical, controls, process, utility, environmental, fire-protection, and other engineering disciplines.
Review and coordinate design criteria, calculations, drawings, specifications, studies, reports, technical memoranda, and vendor information.
Lead multidisciplinary design, constructability, operability, maintainability, safety, value-engineering, and lifecycle reviews.
Ensure designs are complete, coordinated, constructible, testable, maintainable, and compliant with contractual and regulatory requirements.
Identify and resolve design deficiencies, technical conflicts, scope gaps, interface issues, and constructability concerns.
Oversee technical reviews of requests for information, contractor submittals, shop drawings, substitutions, deviations, and design changes.
Evaluate technical alternatives and communicate potential impacts on safety, quality, cost, schedule, commissioning, and operations.
Coordinate engineering support during procurement, construction, field investigations, inspections, testing, commissioning, startup, and turnover.
Work with Project Controls to monitor engineering deliverables, review durations, required decisions, technical milestones, and schedule risks.
Coordinate with Quality and Safety personnel regarding technical compliance, nonconformances, corrective actions, hazard reduction, and design-related risks.
Ensure commissioning, testing, startup, operational-readiness, and turnover requirements are incorporated into project designs and technical deliverables.
Maintain technical decision records and coordinate with Document Control to ensure revisions, approvals, and final engineering records are complete and traceable.
Prepare technical status reports, risk summaries, decision papers, recommendations, and executive-level briefings.
Represent Technical Services during Client meetings, contractor meetings, design reviews, risk workshops, readiness reviews, and other assigned forums.
Promote technical rigor, accountability, collaboration, timely decision-making, and continuous improvement.
Work remotely during the first year, then reside within commuting distance of Little Rock, Arkansas, or relocate to the area.
Support periodic travel and coordination with program leadership, Client representatives, contractors, consultants, equipment suppliers, and on-site personnel.