Regional Transportation Operations Program Manager

Our Regional Operations Program Manager will ensure construction activities across high-value regional programs (approximately $1B across Tampa Bay, West‑Central Florida, and Jacksonville) are operationally ready, conflict‑free, and customer‑focused. Working from the Operations Center, you will translate enterprise priorities into executable construction operations and provide decision‑ready recommendations to the FDOT Operations Program Manager and GEC Program leadership.

• Translate enterprise and Turnpike initiatives into clear, enforceable expectations for construction projects.
• Drive consistent implementation across the region; identify and close gaps between intent and execution.
• Standardize how construction supports system performance.

• Integrate construction activities with maintenance, traffic operations, incident management, and asset performance through the Operations Center.
• Ensure construction is planned and executed within the full operational context of the network.
• Enforce adherence to Operations Center coordination protocols and approval processes.

• Identify and mitigate risks created by the interaction of construction with live traffic and concurrent operations.
• Prioritize network performance and customer impact over isolated project considerations.
• Resolve conflicts that span multiple projects, functions, or stakeholders.

• Define, refine, and implement construction‑related operational KPIs (e.g., mobility impacts, lane closure compliance, queue thresholds, incident clearance support).
• Establish processes to consistently capture, validate, and report performance data.
• Monitor trends across projects and corridors; identify systemic issues and enforce corrective actions.
• Ensure KPIs drive real operational decisions and behavioral change, not just reporting.

• Deliver concise, decision‑ready recommendations framed around system impacts, tradeoffs, and risk.
• Support Operations Center leadership with clear options and consequences.
• Escalate issues early when project-level resolution is insufficient.

• Align construction operations with incident response, emergency management, and planned events.
• Direct or coordinate adjustments to construction activities to support system recovery.
• Institutionalize lessons learned into standards and future planning.

• Set and enforce expectations with FDOT, contractors, CEI firms, and internal teams regarding operational performance.
• Drive a shift toward operationally aware, customer-focused construction delivery.
• Maintain a consistent and predictable operating environment across projects.

• Professional Engineer License, MBA or PMP.
• Prior experience in a Florida public agency.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 10 years related experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software.
• Ability to interact with various design teams and excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills.
• Commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture.

Primary

Location:

United States-Florida-Tampa

Industry: Construction, Project Controls & Design/Build

Schedule:

Full‑time

Employee Status:
Regular

Business Class:
Construction Services (HDRE)

Job Posting:
May 4, 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.