Transportation Project Manager; Nashville

Overview

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves:
What is our impact on the world? HDR’s Transportation Business Group focuses on moving people and goods safely, efficiently, and sustainably. Whether modernizing aging infrastructure or pioneering next-generation transportation solutions, your work will help shape the future of mobility and the communities we serve. We are all employee-owners at HDR, which is the foundation of our collaborative culture that connects employees around the world.

In the role of Transportation Project Manager, we’ll count on you to contribute within a multidisciplinary environment that aims to deliver high-quality transportation solutions.

• Lead multidisciplinary Project Teams.
• Develop, monitor, and maintain project schedules and budgets to ensure the development process and deliverables meet or exceed standards.
• Proactively lead internal and external Project Team members to achieve project milestones using project management tools and software that determine project priorities and critical paths.
• Coordinate with other disciplines within the client environment to mitigate constructability and maintenance concerns and proactively address risk factors.
• Manage change by effectively communicating and maintaining complete and accurate documentation to document project decisions and efficiently resolve questions as projects progress.
• Partner with other functional areas to understand multidisciplinary project goals, prioritization, and opportunities for innovation.
• Identify potential trade-offs and best practices and coordinate with other technical disciplines to reduce, eliminate, or lessen impacts.
• Implement Client’s Quality Assurance Process to ensure a direct relationship between quality and work outcomes.
• Coordinate quality control and quality assurance tasks with the Project Team members and the Quality Team to ensure compliance with standards and project requirements.
• Perform tasks in alignment with roles and responsibilities for the Project Manager as listed in the Project Delivery Network (PDN) to maintain the project scope in alignment with the goals of asset management and approved project commitments.

• Professional Engineer (PE) license or PMP certification
• Project Management Experience
• DOT Experience
• 3-4 days a week at client office

• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• 7 years related experience
• A minimum of 2 years project management experience
• Ability to interact with various design teams, with excellent organizational, project management and communication skills (written and verbal)
• Active participation in HDR’s employee-owned culture is a must

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other’s life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups — Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals — help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Primary

Location:

United States - Tennessee - Nashville

Other Locations:
United States - Tennessee

Industry: Highway + Road

Schedule:

Full-time

Employee Status:
Regular

Business Class:
Highways

Jan 15, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.