Project Manager - Transportation (St. Louis)

  • Burns & McDonnell
  • Saint Louis, Missouri
  • Full Time


Our St. Louis, MO regional office is seeking to hire a Senior Project Manager within our growing Transportation Global Practice to support highway and municipal roadway projects.

+ Candidate will be someone with excellent client interaction skills and DOT relationships who can manage and lead design teams specializing in final design delivery but experience and a comfort level with planning and studies also preferred.

+ Incumbent will have experience successfully delivering projects for the Missouri Department of Transportation and other major clients in the Eastern Missouri and Southwestern Illinois area.

+ In this position, you will be a key part of a seller/doer team and manage all aspects of engineering projects from business development, scope and fee development, staffing plan development, project oversight, quality management and financial performance responsibilities.

+ Typical projects include highway expansion, capacity improvements and municipal roadway projects. Experience in alternate delivery / design-build is a plus but not required.

**Qualifications**

+ Bachelors degree in civil engineering.

+ Minimum 7 years, 20 preferred, related experience in the development or management of roadway engineering projects.

+ Candidate must be a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Missouri.

+ Advanced experience in project management, contract negotiations, project planning, scheduling, team coordination & communication, budgeting, and client management.

+ Proven ability to win projects within the transportation markets listed above.

+ General business and financial calculation knowledge.

+ Proven ability to lead and develop multi-discipline teams of engineers.

+ Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) and presentation skills.

+ Ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines while managing multiple projects concurrently, including identification of critical path items to ensure deliverable deadlines.

+ Ability to focus on the big picture to effectively and efficiently provide services that meet client needs.

+ Willingness to learn new service offerings as client needs and the market requires changes to the service offerings provided by our group.

+ Willingness to cross-sell other services offered by other Burns & McDonnell divisions outside the project managers core set of services.

+ Experience working with transportation clients such as DOTs, cities, counties, private developers, and railroads.

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.

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**Job** Project Management

**Primary Location** US-MO-Saint Louis

**Schedule:** Full-time

**Travel:** Yes, 25 % of the Time

**Req ID:** 240382

**Job Hire Type** Experienced #LI-JN #TRN
Job ID: 485915699
Originally Posted on: 7/18/2025

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