Senior Project Manager
Job description
About the role
Senior Project Manager / Senior Professional Engineer
This position leads projects for designing complex, safe, and efficient transportation infrastructure systems. The role requires a professional who partners with clients to deliver a full range of services. These services include sustainable transportation planning, geometric layouts, multimodal planning, preliminary engineering, and final design.
The organization specializes in all areas of transportation design and planning. Capabilities include highway, traffic, bridge, and roadway projects. The company seeks an individual with expertise in one or more of these areas. This expertise will support the growing portfolio of work in the Milwaukee region.
The business development approach is a "Seller-Doer" model. The candidate will collaborate with Surface Transportation leaders. Collaboration also involves the Milwaukee Regional Vice President and the Surface Transportation Vice President. These partnerships advance services and enhance reputation. The candidate will contribute to marketing plans. They will cultivate and maintain client and agency relationships. Tracking prospective opportunities and developing proposals are also key duties. Delivering client presentations completes the core business development responsibilities.
The employee-owned firm operates across multiple disciplines. The team values collaboration and innovation. This focus ensures every project is optimized for cost efficiency and risk mitigation. Joining this team allows for making a tangible difference in served communities. It provides a supportive hybrid work environment to advance your career.
Work Location and Schedule
The position is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The work arrangement is hybrid. The schedule requires presence in the office Tuesday through Thursday. Monday and Friday are work-from-home days.
Compensation and Engagement
The role is a full-time position. The engagement is for 40 hours per week. The compensation range is $135,000.00 to $175,000.00.
Key Responsibilities
You will own complex transport initiatives from first client contact through final delivery. Designing safe movement systems requires balancing community needs with strict engineering standards. This duty is performed daily. You will guide multimodal concepts so every plan serves traffic flow and public safety.
You will chart client objectives to shape project scopes during early discovery sessions. Coordinating geometric layouts and traffic studies is a core function. You will track evolving regulatory requirements throughout these tasks. Structuring highway and bridge proposals aligns with municipal goals and engineering limits. Guiding preliminary engineering tasks ensures reviewers understand design logic and tradeoffs.
You will advance marketing plans alongside Surface Transportation leaders. This action opens new regional opportunities. Maintaining agency relationships happens through consistent communication. Transparent project status sharing is a standard practice. Monitoring prospective opportunities ensures the team acts on the strongest transport chances. Delivering client presentations explains complex design choices in accessible language.
Required Qualifications
Minimum three years of managing transport initiatives in a professional services setting is mandatory. Demonstrated experience with highway, traffic, or bridge design work is essential. Proven capacity to handle multiple assignments under firm deadlines without guidance is required. An understanding of sustainable transportation planning and geometric layout principles is required.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting multimodal planning efforts within public agency contexts is valued. No specific tool names are required for this position.
Important Notes
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About the role
The Senior Project Manager / Senior Professional Engineer is entrusted with leading the complete lifecycle of complex transportation infrastructure projects. This role is fundamental to our "Seller-Doer" philosophy, where business development and technical execution are intrinsically linked. The primary ownership involves guiding projects from the initial client conversation to the final delivered design, ensuring all outputs meet rigorous standards. A core part of this position is the daily balancing of community aspirations with non-negotiable engineering safety and regulatory standards. The professional in this role will act as a key strategist for sustainable transportation planning, geometric design, and multimodal integration. Furthermore, this position requires active participation in business development, where the manager will translate technical expertise into compelling client presentations and proposals. Success in this role directly enhances our firm's reputation and drives growth within the Milwaukee market. The incumbent will partner closely with executive leadership to identify and secure new opportunities. Ultimately, this role is about delivering tangible infrastructure improvements that serve the public interest effectively and efficiently.
Work Location and Schedule
The position is physically based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We operate under a hybrid work model to foster collaboration and flexibility. The standard schedule mandates in-office presence from Tuesday through Thursday to facilitate team coordination and project discussions. To accommodate remote work preferences where feasible, Monday and Friday are designated work-from-home days. This arrangement requires self-discipline and strong time management to ensure seamless project progress regardless of location.
Compensation and Engagement
This is a full-time, permanent position representing a standard 40-hour work week. The engagement is for a Senior level of responsibility requiring significant independent judgment. The compensation package for this role is highly competitive, with a defined range of $135,000.00 to $175,000.00. This range reflects the expertise, experience, and leadership required to successfully manage high-stakes transportation projects. Candidates will be evaluated against this range based on qualifications and demonstrated track record.
Key Responsibilities
You will be the primary owner of complex transport initiatives, shepherding them from the first spark of client interest through to the final, buildable design. This involves a constant balancing act where you must weigh community needs against the strict boundaries of engineering standards and safety protocols. You will serve as the technical guide for multimodal concepts, ensuring that every proposed plan actively promotes traffic flow while prioritizing public safety above all else. A critical early duty involves meticulously charting client objectives to precisely shape project scopes during initial discovery sessions. You will take the lead in coordinating detailed geometric layouts and comprehensive traffic studies, which form the backbone of any robust transportation plan. Throughout these technical tasks, you will be responsible for tracking evolving local, state, and federal regulatory requirements to ensure absolute compliance. Structuring persuasive highway and bridge proposals requires aligning municipal goals with the fundamental engineering limits of physics and materials. You will guide preliminary engineering tasks with authority, ensuring that all reviewers, whether city planners or public officials, fully grasp the underlying design logic and necessary tradeoffs. Beyond technical execution, you will be a key driver in advancing our marketing plans, working side-by-side with Surface Transportation leaders to open new regional opportunities. Maintaining strong, proactive agency relationships will be a regular practice, built on consistent communication and trust. You will continuously monitor the pipeline of prospective opportunities, ensuring our team always acts on the most strategic and viable transport chances. Finally, you will distill complex engineering designs into clear, accessible language when delivering client presentations to diverse stakeholders.
Requirements
To be eligible for this Senior Project Manager role, you must possess a minimum of three years of hands-on experience managing transport initiatives within a professional services environment. This is not an entry-level position; it demands proven competence. Demonstrated, hands-on experience with the core disciplines of highway, traffic, or bridge design work is absolutely essential for success. You must exhibit a proven capacity to successfully handle multiple, concurrent assignments while adhering to firm deadlines, often without the need for direct supervision. A foundational understanding of sustainable transportation planning methodologies is not optional but required. Similarly, a solid grasp of geometric layout principles is a hard prerequisite for this position. These hard bars ensure that the selected candidate can immediately contribute at a high level of technical proficiency.
Nice to have
While not mandatory, having direct experience supporting multimodal planning efforts within the context of public agency projects is highly valued. This specific background can significantly ease the navigation of public sector dynamics. It is also important to note that proficiency in specific software tools or proprietary names is not a stated requirement for this position. We prioritize core engineering knowledge and management aptitude over niche software skills.
Practical notes
Please be aware that the specific details regarding the remote work policy, exact compensation figures, and precise start date for this Senior Project Manager position are outlined on the official application page. We strongly advise all applicants to refer to the official posting to confirm the current duties, pay scale, and location specifics for the Senior Project Manager role at Tkda. This ensures you have the most accurate and up-to-date information before proceeding with your application. We encourage you to apply directly through the official channel to validate these critical elements of the position.