Project Manager, Contracts Manager, Operations Manager

Project Manager – Heavy Civil / DOT Transportation Projects

As a DOT Project Manager, you will oversee the full lifecycle of complex transportation projects—from preconstruction through closeout—while ensuring strict compliance with DOT standards, specifications, and documentation requirements.

• Review project budgets, estimates, and variances; finalize internal approval packages for DOT‑funded work.
• Validate cost codes, bid items, and quantities prior to entry into estimating or project‑management systems.
• Develop baseline schedules aligned with DOT milestones, CPM requirements, and revenue projections.
• Review DOT schedules of values, pay items, and measurement methods to ensure full scope alignment.

• Identify long‑lead materials and coordinate early procurement, especially for DOT‑critical items (e.g., structural steel, precast components, traffic‑control systems).
• Prepare preliminary agreements or letters of intent for key subcontractors and suppliers.

• Review daily and weekly field reports, ensuring documentation meets DOT standards for quantities, materials, and verification.
• Monitor project safety risks and support field leadership in proactive hazard mitigation, aligning with agency safety requirements.
• Monitor financial performance, ensuring budgets, forecasts, and DOT pay estimates align.
• Lead monthly cost and progress reviews to gauge financial health and schedule performance.
• Review proposed changes, negotiated unit prices, and pending change orders before internal or DOT discussions.
• Maintain logs of change events, RFIs, pay‑item adjustments, and correspondence.
• Review short‑interval schedules and monthly updates for consistency with the contractual project schedule.
• Collaborate with field and engineering teams on RFIs to ensure clarity, compliance, and timely resolution.
• Review subcontractor payment requests and verify progress against measured quantities and DOT specifications.
• Prepare and review monthly DOT billing, ensuring accurate quantities, materials documentation, and required certifications.

• Lead project closeout activities, punch lists, documentation turnover, material certifications, and final pay items in partnership with field leadership.

• Bachelor’s degree in construction, engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in DOT, municipal, or transportation‑sector heavy civil construction (highways, bridges, roadways, utility relocations, or transit).
• Strong ability to manage multiple priorities in fast‑paced, schedule‑driven environments.
• Proven judgment in escalating issues and driving timely decision‑making.
• Strong knowledge of DOT construction contracts, pay items, specifications, and procurement processes.
• Familiarity with transportation‑sector safety practices and industry safety certifications (preferred).
• Proficiency in project‑management, scheduling, and productivity software (e.g., P6, HCSS, Procore, Bluebeam).
• Valid driver’s license and willingness to visit job sites as needed.
• Ability to work in field environments, including exposure to weather and active transportation jobsite conditions.

• Lead high‑visibility DOT and public‑sector transportation projects.
• Work with a safety‑first, team‑oriented culture.
• Opportunities for career growth in a growing transportation construction market.
• Competitive pay, benefits, and advancement pathways.

• Seniority level:
  Associate
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Project Management
• Industries:
  Construction