Bridge Project Manger

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At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.

 

Job Description:

Parsons is seeking a Bridge Project Manager to join our actively growing team in Indianapolis supporting major transportation infrastructure projects throughout the Midwest!

This role will provide you with the unique opportunity to join a highly-skilled, collaborative, and flexible, team which will allow you to expand in your technical and professional expertise on major projects that will have a tangible impact on the infrastructure in your very own community!

What You'll Be Doing:

• Responsible for project deliverables including transportation design, plans, specifications, and estimates.
• Drive quality management procedures on team
• Ensures that Parsons’ safety procedures are in effect
• Mentors and leads junior staff and engineers on bridge and structure projects
• Strives to obtain maximum INDOT performance scores for scope, schedule, budget, and quality
• Identifies the needs to develop a staffing plan for projects and pursuits including identifying needs for new hires
• Provide support to business development efforts through both technical expertise and business acumen
• Identifies strategic potential candidates to hire and lead recruiting efforts for these key Team hires.
• Identifies and coordinates training needs and requests for their staff.
• Develops career development plans with all direct reports.
• Develops workforce forecasting to identify peaks and valleys of staffing needs 

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

 

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Structural Engineering from an accredited institution.
• 10+ years of progressive bridge design and project engineering experience, preferably on Indiana State and regional transportation projects.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Indiana (or ability to obtain)
• Demonstrated experience delivering multi‑span steel and concrete bridge projects (new design and/or rehabilitation), including:
• Proven experience managing bridge design and design‑build projects for state DOTs or similar transportation agencies.
• Strong familiarity with relevant state DOT standards, manuals, and standard sheets (and/or other Indiana transportation agency standards).
• Proficiency with bridge and structural design software such as: MicroStation (required, or strong equivalent with ability to transition quickly)LEAP Bridge (Conspan, RC Pier) or similarMDX / Merlin Dash, or equivalent girder design softwareFinite element analysis tools (e.g., LARSA, SAP2000, STAAD, CSI products, or similar).

 

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Structural Engineering.
• Experience with INDOT, or other Indiana–area transportation agencies.
• Experience with OpenBridge Designer, 3D modeling, or BIM for bridges.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, interface directly with clients, and contribute to business development and proposal efforts.

Security Clearance Requirement:

None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next!

Salary Range: $125,100.00 - $225,200.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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