Project Manager
Posted 4 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Project Manager - Highways”
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Contract
- Full-time
No salary listed for this role.
CertificationsProfessional Engineer
Study levelMaster's
CDR Maguire (CDR|M) delivers solutions that move people, and we are looking for a Project Manager – Highways to join our Transportation Engineering Division in the Greater Boston area. In this position, you will be responsible for bolstering our Transportation Division and strengthening the CDR|M Highway Department through technical expertise and innovation. Responsibilities of this position include leading, managing, and completing highway design and analysis as well as other roadway engineering efforts. If you are a natural leader with management experience who embraces complex transportation engineering challenges, we invite you to apply to become an integral part of our team. MassDOT experience required!
Prior to applying, please thoroughly read the job description and requirements as posted to ensure you possess the qualifications of this position. Only serious and qualified candidates will be considered.
Individuals who have experience in project management and business development will perform the following in this role:
- Serve as the lead Project Manager on major, local, and regional transportation structure projects.
- Develop client relationships.
- Provide technical guidance, senior leadership, and mentor engineering staff.
- Communicate with staff from a range of disciplines (roadway, traffic, water, planning, etc.).
- Develop scope/schedule and monitor budget for assigned projects.
- Perform/prepare and/or check complex highway analysis and design calculations, geometric roadway layouts, construction specifications, and material quantity calculations and reports.
- Manage Highway related tasks as part of project development, including plan and report production.
- Participate in professional industry organizations.
- Travel as business requires, up to 25%
Requirements
- 5+ years of transportation project management experience and 10+ highway engineering experience.
- Bachelor's in Civil Engineering; Master's degree is highly preferred, Professional Engineer (PE) licensed in the State of Massachusetts is required.
- Successful history of developing client relationships.
- Comprehensive theoretical knowledge of roadway related engineering principals
- Experience with MassDOT design manuals, procedures, specifications, standards, computer programs, applicable design codes, engineering software, and plan presentation format required.