Transportation Project Manager

Simply Put, A Great Place to Work

Benesch is a growing, multi-disciplined planning, engineering, and professional services firm. We enhance infrastructure and communities across the country – creating spaces and providing connections in ways that make a difference.

We pride ourselves on being nimble enough to remain responsive to client needs yet large enough to offer exceptional bench strength. As a member of our team, you’ll have an opportunity to draw from those resources when you need them and, likewise, contribute your expertise when you have something to share.

At Benesch, we are looking for candidates with varied backgrounds and worldviews. We are committed to offering an inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued and respected. Statistics show that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply for a position if they don’t meet 100% of the qualifications. If this statement resonates with you, don’t be so hard on yourself—apply for the job!

Our growing Georgia Division is looking for an experienced Transportation Project Manager to lead transportation projects and help grow our practice across Georgia. In this role, you’ll manage project teams, budgets, schedules, and client relationships while staying involved in the technical side of the work. You’ll support roadway, highway, and infrastructure design, provide technical guidance, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects for Georgia DOT, local agencies, municipalities, and private clients.

This role also offers the opportunity to contribute to business development, build lasting client relationships, pursue new work, and help shape the growth of our Atlanta team. If you’re looking for a position that combines project leadership, technical involvement, client interaction, and opportunities to grow, we’d like to hear from you.

This role offers a hybrid work schedule based out of our Atlanta, GA office, with Augusta, GA also available as a work location option.

As a Transportation Project Manager, you’ll be a key leader on our Atlanta team. You will:

• Lead transportation projects, project teams, budgets, schedules, scope, and overall project delivery.
• Provide technical leadership and contribute to design, plan development, engineering analysis, and other project deliverables as needed.
• Work on roadway, highway, interstate, and other infrastructure projects for public and private‑sector clients.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to new and existing clients and help identify opportunities to grow those partnerships.
• Identify opportunities, lead strategic pursuits, and contribute to proposals, SOQs, contracts, networking, and marketing initiatives.
• Coordinate technical efforts across multiple project teams and disciplines to deliver integrated, turnkey solutions.
• Build your professional network and represent the firm at industry events and professional organizations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline
• 8+ years of progressive experience in transportation engineering, project development, and project delivery, including roadway, highway, and/or interstate design
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Georgia is desired.
• Experience working with Georgia DOT and/or local agencies, including the GDOT PDP, is desired.
• Ability and willingness to remain hands‑on technically, contributing to design and engineering work while leading projects and teams
• Proven experience working directly with clients, developing relationships, and contributing to successful pursuits and winning work
• Strong project management skills, including managing budgets, schedules, teams, scope, and…