Senior Engineering Manager - Highway CM

Senior Engineering Manager, P.E., New York Transportation

Transportation & Infrastructure | Albany / Syracuse / Poughkeepsie / White Plains, NY | (Hybrid) |

Full-Time Hourly Pay Range: $55–$80/hour, depending on office location and experience

Manage the highway projects that keep New York moving!

GAI is seeking an experienced Highway Project Manager to lead transportation design projects across our New York offices. In this role, you will manage client relationships, project delivery, and technical teams while mentoring the next generation of engineers.

Why This Role Stands Out

Own your projects end to end. Run client relations, staffing, scheduling, budgets, and QA/QC on the work you manage.
Lead a diverse project portfolio. Highway design, traffic signal design, long-range transportation planning, traffic impact studies, and transit planning.
Manage at multiple levels of complexity. Serve as concurrent PM on basic, intermediate, and complex projects simultaneously.
Grow the practice. Help develop proposals, attend interviews, and support business development in an active New York market.
Mentor and be recognized. Train and provide technical guidance to project engineers and staff engineers as a trusted technical advisor.

What You Will Lead

Serve as the day-to-day client contact for individual projects.
Manage day-to-day staffing and project scheduling.
Act as concurrent project manager across basic, intermediate, and complex projects.
Review complete project documents for conformity and lead QA/QC.
Represent GAI in communications and conferences covering broad-aspect engineering assignments.
Train and provide technical guidance to project engineers and staff engineers.
Manage project schedules and budgets and prepare project bills.
Lead project and public meetings on complex projects.
Provide coordination for multidiscipline projects.
Assist in developing intermediate and complex proposals and attend proposal interviews.
Develop and evaluate plans and criteria for work carried out by Engineer I–IV staff.
Assess the feasibility and soundness of proposal preparation.

What We Are Looking For

Bachelor's degree in engineering from an ABET/EAC accredited program or approved equivalent.
10 years of experience in a similar engineering role.
Professional Engineer (P.E.) licensure strongly desired; engineering experience may be substituted for PE licensure.
Active member of a professional practice organization.
Willingness to work outside normal business hours as needed to meet client requests and attend meetings.

Preferred Experience

NYSDOT, NYSTA, municipal, or county agency experience.
Traffic signal design or transportation planning depth.
Business development or proposal leadership.
Active involvement in ACEC, ASCE, ITE, APWA, or related professional organizations.

Location, Travel, and Work Arrangement

This position is based in Creighton Manning’s Albany, Syracuse, Poughkeepsie, or White Plains, New York office. Travel is estimated at approximately 25% and may include client meetings, project-specific meetings, public meetings, industry events, and business development activities. This role often requires efforts outside normal business hours to meet client requests and attend meetings. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Compensation and Benefits

GAI offers the following hourly ranges by office. Pay is based on the applicant's ability and experience and will be rated accordingly.

Office Location

Hourly Range

Albany / Syracuse, NY

$55 – $70

Poughkeepsie, NY

$60 – $75

White Plains, NY

$65 – $80

Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Company-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability.
401(k) with company match.
Flexible work schedule and generous paid time off.
Seven paid holidays plus one floating holiday.
Paid parental and adoption leave.
Relocation Assistance is available.
Tuition reimbursement and licensing/certification support.
Employee Assistance Program.

Who Will Thrive in This Role

A fully competent engineer ready to own client relationships, not just deliverables.
A multitasker who can juggle several basic, intermediate, and complex projects at once.
A mentor who enjoys developing junior, assistant, and project engineers.
A communicator who can lead public meetings and represent the firm at conferences.
A P.E. (or highly experienced engineer) who balances technical quality, schedule, and budget.

Ready to Lead Highway Projects Across New York?

If you are ready to manage a portfolio of highway and transportation projects with real client ownership and the backing of a multidisciplinary infrastructure firm, we would like to talk. Apply today or reach out for a confidential conversation.

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