Freese and Nichols is looking for a Transportation Project Manager in the Raleigh or Winston-Salem, North Carolina offices. As a Transportation Project Manager, you will lead transportation projects for NCDOT and local agency clients, managing scope, schedule, budget, and quality. You will work closely with internal teams and clients while supporting the continued growth of Freese and Nichols’ transportation presence in North Carolina.
What You’ll Do
- Manage transportation projects from concept through delivery, ensuring scope, schedule, and budget adherence
- Coordinate project teams, including engineers, designers, and subconsultants
- Maintain strong working relationships with NCDOT and local agencies
- Support quality control and technical review of project deliverables
- Assist with proposals and business development efforts as needed
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related engineering discipline
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- 6+ years of transportation engineering experience
Preferred
- Experience working with NCDOT
At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.
We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.
Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at Benefits That Work for You), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.
Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at Working at Freese and Nichols.
Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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Freese and Nichols Charlotte, North Carolina, USA Office
3440 Toringdon Way, Charlotte, NC, United States, 28277
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