Construction Program Manager-Transportation

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We believe construction services are more than project delivery, they're about safeguarding quality, safety, and trust at every step. As part of HDR's Field Services team, you'll be on the front lines of infrastructure development, making sure that what's designed is built to the highest standards. From highways and bridges to water treatment plants, transit systems, and power facilities, your work ensures that our clients' visions become reality, with precision, integrity, and excellence. Our construction professionals; Construction Managers, Inspectors, Resident Engineers, and field specialists bring deep technical knowledge, hands-on experience, and a commitment to quality that sets industry benchmarks. Your contributions are critical to delivering successful, resilient infrastructure. This isn't just a job, it's a chance to lead in the field, uphold the highest standards, and leave a legacy of quality that communities can rely on for generations. We are all employee-owners at HDR, which is the foundation of our collaborative culture that connects employees around the world.

HDR is seeking a Construction Program Manager to lead and oversee all construction-related operational activities for a $4B construction program for our valued client-Florida's Turnpike Enterprise. This role ensures construction activities are strategically planned, sequenced, and executed to maintain customer safety, mobility, and system reliability, while aligning with enterprise priorities.

The Construction Program Manager establishes clear expectations and performance standards for construction management, develops and monitors metrics, and drives continuous improvement across operations. This position plays a critical role in providing data-driven insights and decision-ready recommendations to proactively manage risks, trade-offs, and system-wide impacts.

In the role of Construction Program Manager, we'll count on you to:

• Serve as the program-level operational lead for all construction management activities.
• Own and manage the Construction Management Program, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives.
• Develop and implement performance metrics to monitor progress and identify trends on construction-related operations, issue escalation and resolution, and customer impacts.
• Drive continuous improvement with operations center construction managers.
• Provide strategic oversight to safeguard safety, mobility, and reliability during construction.
• Deliver decision-quality recommendations for risk management and operational impacts.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15 years related experience

• 10 years of project management experience

• Professional Engineer License

• Prior FDOT or Florida Turnpike experience

• Proven experience leading construction programs within complex transportation environments.

• Strong knowledge of FDOT standards, construction staging, and work zone operations.

• Ability to operate at a program level rather than project-by-project.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 10 years related experience
• A minimum of 5 years of project management experience
• Familiar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software
• Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

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HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

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As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

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