What We're Looking For
Are you interested in a career where you are doing important work for your community, feel connected to a legacy greater than yourself, have a sense of ownership, and feel empowered to grow?
HNTB has shaped the built environment with distinct expertise across a full spectrum of infrastructure solutions since 1914. From iconic architecture and complex bridges to efficient highways and digital infrastructure solutions, our collaborative approach and commitment to technical excellence drive us to build a better future for our clients, communities, and ourselves. We are the largest employee-owned transportation engineering firm in the country, but we do not merge with or acquire other firms. HNTB has grown to over 7,000 employee-owners one person at a time.
Since 1945, HNTB has served as the General Engineering Consultant for the Maine Turnpike, supporting important initiatives like the introduction of electronic tolling, system modernizations and safety improvements, capacity enhancements, capital planning and asset management, and supporting the day-to-day operations of the Turnpike.
HNTB's Northern New England Office was ranked sixth amongst large employers by Maine's Best Places to Work in 2025, and we are seeking an industry-best professional to join our team and support our continuing service to the Maine Turnpike Authority—HNTB’s oldest continuous client.
We are seeking a versatile transportation professional to join our Maine Turnpike program management team. In this role, you will serve as a key point of coordination and communication with our client, ensuring their needs are clearly understood and fully met. You will support a broad range of multidisciplinary program management tasks and projects, helping to plan, prioritize, and monitor progress to align with the Maine Turnpike Authority’s goals. This includes integrating teams across a broad range of service areas including highway design, traffic, bridge engineering, tolling, technology, planning and asset management; managing budgets and schedules; identifying risks and developing mitigation strategies; and preparing clear, actionable reports for client leadership. You will leverage HNTB’s local expertise and national resources to deliver innovative, practical solutions that advance key client initiatives.
The ideal candidate brings experience delivering transportation services, whether in highway design, traffic engineering, structural engineering, planning, or toll services—and is eager to apply that knowledge broadly to support diverse initiatives. Success in this position requires adaptability, strong client engagement skills, and the ability to think strategically while driving execution.
This is more than a technical or management role. It is an opportunity to grow as a trusted advisor, leverage leadership skills, and make a lasting impact on the transportation network that serves Maine’s communities. You will have the chance to shape solutions that matter, contribute to a legacy of excellence, and build a career with a firm that invests in your success.
At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.
This opportunity entails being responsible for the leadership and management of a team in support of the project’s profitable operation. Responsible for proactively managing the projects technical budget (direct labor and expenses, including technical sub-consultants), schedule, technical requirements, contractual obligations, project communications and HNTB’s 4 for 4 (Consistent delivery of quality work, on time, on budget and to the client’s satisfaction on every project) performance. Responsible for gross revenue of $10M-30M.
What You’ll Do:
- Actively manages project scope, schedule and budget. Serves as the primary client liaison to bring the schedule, budgets and scope of work to completion and to the client’s satisfaction.
- Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB’s Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project.
- Develops project scope and fee quotation, and assists in the preparation of proposals and contracts.
- Provides oversight and monitoring of work to less experienced project managers. Coordinates work efforts and review work performed. Schedules and manages for integration of quality management during all phases of a project.
- Oversees project staffing with departments, offices and divisions.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What You’ll Need:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or relevant degree
- 16 years relevant experience
- In lieu of education, 20 years relevant experience
What We Prefer:
Additional Information
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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Locations:
South Portland, ME (Portland)
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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:
HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.