Senior Highway Project Manager

Job Title - Senior Highway Project Manager
Location - Chicago, Illinois
Job Type - Hybrid

ABOUT STANLEY CONSULTANTS

Improving Lives Since 1913. Stanley Consultants has been helping clients solve essential and complex energy and infrastructure challenges for over 110 years, successfully completing more than 50,000 engagements in 120 countries and all 50 states and U.S. territories. Values-based and purpose-driven, Stanley is an employee-owned company of engineers, scientists, technologists, innovators and client-service experts who are recognized for their commitment and passion to make a difference. The company garnered a recent Top Workplaces USA Today ranking and followed it with recognitions for outstanding compensation and benefits and work-life flexibility. For more information on Stanley Consultants, please visit https://www.stanleyconsultants.com.

Are you motivated, energetic and connected with clients, contractors and subconsultants in the A/E/C industry? Is your passion for leading transportation projects contagious? Do you enjoy executing winning strategies for pursuits? Is work/life balance important to you? If this describes you, we are looking for a talented and ambitious Senior Highway Project Manager in our Chicago, Illinois office. Lead the planning, management, and execution of highway projects, including roadway studies and design, drainage and utility systems, preliminary and final design, construction document preparation, cost estimating, project scheduling, and the delivery of large, complex highway corridors.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Plan, manage, and lead transportation projects, ranging from small to medium highways and local roads to complex, multi-disciplinary freeway and interchange projects.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, and resources, overseeing scope, schedule, and QA/QC to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery.
• Collaborate across disciplines to drive the successful delivery of complex projects.
• Assist in the development of marketing strategies for transportation project opportunities.
• Participate in the RFP/RFQ process, including proposal preparation, interviews, project scoping, fee estimation, and negotiations.
• Act as the client liaison, fostering strong relationships.
• Represent the company at public meetings, conferences, interviews, and industry events.

This position presents exciting challenges and opportunities to lead and manage Stanley's projects, contribute to business development in the transportation market, actively participate in professional organizations and technical committees, and promote collaboration and growth within our Chicago office.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering or Construction Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university.
• Illinois Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• A minimum of 15 years of experience managing, designing, and delivering Illinois transportation projects.
• Experience as the Project Manager on Illinois DOT projects.
• Strong leadership, communication, and project management skills.
• Ability to work independently and lead teams across disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience collaborating with clients such as the Illinois Tollway, county departments of transportation, and local government agencies.
• Experience with alternative delivery projects.

Base Compensation: $155,000 - $205,000

Stanley Consultants is committed to maintaining transparency in our hiring process, including providing information about compensation. The starting salary for the successful candidate in this position is competitive and will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications and experience, geographic location, internal equity, company policy and practices.

Stanley's Approach to Flexibility

While some members choose to work out of their local office on a full-time basis, we offer a hybrid schedule for eligible positions consisting of two days a week in the office, two days a week remotely, and Friday being a flexible day that can be worked either in the office or at home. Eligible roles can also offer a compressed workweek schedule. Members who participate will be assigned a 9/80 work schedule, meaning every other Friday off!

What we offer:

• Member-Owned. Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance, and personal reward.
• Work-Life Balance. We realize there's more to life than just work.
• Paid Time Away. Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave, and professional development leave.
• Health Portfolio. We provide a comprehensive portfolio of health services including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources.
• Financial Health. We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection, and many other benefits.
• Professional Growth. When your skills grow, so do we, which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership, and more.
• Financial Rewards. We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation, and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.
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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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