Senior Project Manager – Maryland Transit
About The Position
Lead a signature transit program that will shape how people move across Maryland. STV is seeking a Project Manager with alternative delivery experience to help deliver the complex transit projects and programs. At STV, you’ll be part of an owners rep team trusted to deliver the infrastructure people rely on every day. Our transit and rail professionals bring the technical depth, client relationships, and real-world delivery experience needed to move complex programs forward. In this role, you’ll have the visibility and support to lead from the front while collaborating with experienced professionals in transit, rail, systems, design-build, and alternative delivery. This is a chance to do work that lasts—helping modernize transit systems that connects communities, expands access, and supports the future of mobility in Maryland. If you’re looking for a leadership role where your experience can influence a signature public transportation investment, STV offers the platform, people, and project portfolio to help you make that impact.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering required.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience leading complex transportation, transit, rail, light rail, or major infrastructure projects.
- Demonstrated success leading projects for MTA, MDOT, FTA-funded programs, or similar public transportation agencies.
- Experience taking large-scale programs from planning or preliminary engineering through final design, construction, and closeout.
- Hands-on experience supporting design-build and alternative delivery programs, including design reviews, constructability reviews, contractor coordination, risk allocation, change management, and issue resolution.
- Strong understanding of FTA, FHWA, NEPA, ADA, public agency coordination, environmental documentation, stakeholder engagement, and approval processes.
Nice To Haves
- Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred
- Maryland licensure or ability to obtain Maryland licensure is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manager and oversee design build teams within an owners representative roll through preliminary and final engineering, construction, and closeout.
- Manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, technical delivery, and partner coordination.
- Guide multidisciplinary teams across transit, rail, civil, structural, systems, stations, utilities, power, traffic, and construction.
- Bring practical experience with design-build and alternative delivery methods, including progressive design-build and design-build.
- Coordinate with MTA, local jurisdictions, utilities, community stakeholders, contractors, and internal teams to keep the program moving while reducing impacts to riders and surrounding communities.
- Serve as a trusted client partner, bringing clear communication, sound judgment, and steady leadership to a highly visible public infrastructure program.
Benefits
- Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
- Disability insurance
- Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- 401(k) Plan
- Retirement Counseling
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Back-Up Dependent Care
- Parental Leave
- Continuing Education Program
- Professional Licensure and Society Memberships
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
