Transportation Design Department Manager

Dewberry has an opportunity for an experienced project manager to serve as the Transportation Design Department Manager in the Richmond, VA office, with flexible work hours and the ability for part-time telework. This individual will lead a growing transportation design team in Richmond and coordinate with transportation leadership staff in Virginia. The selected person will be responsible for oversight of staff and conducting business development activities and serve as a Project Manager/Design Manager.

Typical projects involve private, locality, and state agency clients in the transportation market. The selected candidate will be involved in staff professional development, growth, retention and recruiting, mentoring, training, quality management, and project management practices.

• Market Dewberry’s capabilities to clients surrounding the Richmond area.
• Supervise and provide direction and guidance to transportation design staff in Richmond.
• Perform as Project Manager/Design Manager.
• Recruit, develop, mentor and train individual practitioners and teams.
• Collaborate with other department managers.
• Collaborate and coordinate with offices across the mid-Atlantic region.
• Conduct business development activities, proposal writing, and oversight.

• BS in Engineering with 10+ years of highway engineering and project management experience.
• Project management success for mid- and large-scale projects for VDOT is preferred. Experience with localities surrounding the Richmond, Virginia area is desired.
• Professional Engineer in Virginia is required.
• Experience writing successful proposals and leading client presentations is required.
• Strong interpersonal and effective leadership skills.
• Local travel and a clean driving record are required.

* At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

* Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

* Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.