Senior Manager, Design and Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona.

📋 Description

• Lead and oversee the internal Design and Engineering team, establishing priorities, performance expectations, technical standards, and QA accountability.

• Provide senior-level guidance for design, planning, permitting, traffic studies, reporting, and artifact management.

• Act as an escalation point and senior technical advisor for intricate engineering challenges.

• Cultivate relationships with consultants, municipalities, development communities, regulators, and industry associations.

• Collaborate with project managers and cross-functional leaders to bring projects from design to completion.

• Define engineering techniques, procedures, criteria, and design standards.

• Supervise infrastructure and utility plan reviews to ensure compliance with guidelines, specifications, codes, and regulations.

• Formulate the Design and Engineering strategy, annual priorities, and roadmap.

• Manage workforce and capacity planning, resource allocation, consultant utilization, and staffing recommendations.

• Establish KPIs and operational metrics for quality, cycle time, permitting, vendor performance, and delivery.

• Lead vendor selection, onboarding, performance management, and governance processes.

• Collaborate on budgets, forecasts, and cost-management initiatives.

• Promote standardization and continuous improvement in design, engineering, permitting, document control, and QA/QC processes.

• Identify and mitigate risks related to technical, regulatory, permitting, and delivery aspects.

• Mentor and develop managers and individual contributors, including development and succession plans.

• Influence cross-functional planning with Construction, Project Management, Operations, Sales, Legal, and Procurement teams.

• Assess emerging engineering practices, tools, and technologies.

• Provide executive-ready updates on performance, risks, resources, and strategic initiatives.

• Execute other duties as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, transportation planning, or a related field.

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in professional engineering, including traffic operations and engineering management.

• Extensive experience leading teams and managing complex multi-market programs.

• A New York Professional Engineer (PE) license is required (or the ability to obtain one).

• At least 5 years of demonstrated experience in people leadership.

• Proven experience in establishing and scaling engineering standards, QA/QC programs, vendor governance, and operating processes across various jurisdictions.

• Experience in managing multiple concurrent priorities, complex stakeholder relationships, and engineering programs with significant implications for schedule, cost, quality, and compliance.

• Familiarity with budgeting, resource planning, forecasting, and performance metrics in an engineering, construction, or project delivery context.

• Additional state registrations are highly desirable, including those for Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, or credentials to pursue comity licensure.

• Ability to obtain licensure in key states within a reasonable timeframe.

• Demonstrated success in state and local government market sectors.

• Knowledge of federal and relevant state laws and regulations governing engineering practices.

• Ability to interpret and apply engineering standards, rules, regulations, and company policies.

• Capacity to lead through influence across functions, geographies, and organizational levels.

• Strong business and financial acumen.

• Capability to develop organizational strategy and measurable execution plans.

• Proven track record of building, coaching, and retaining high-performing teams.

• Advanced skills in vendor and consultant management.

• Ability to communicate complex technical issues to senior leadership, customers, agencies, and stakeholders.

• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer policy.

• Candidate personal data retained for up to two years following recruitment closure or for related opportunities, with explicit consent.