Senior Project Manager - Roadway
Washington, DCJob$150–225K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Kimley-Horn is seeking a Senior Project Manager to expand its roadway practice in Washington, DC. The role combines complex engineering design with project delivery, client engagement, marketing, and practice growth. The successful candidate will lead roadway projects and teams, build client relationships, and develop the local business, with autonomy and potential advancement to ownership.
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Washington, Washington, DC
Roadway
Experienced
Overview
Discipline/Focus
Roadway
Overview
Kimley-Horn of DC has an opportunity for a motivated Senior Project Manager to expand our Roadway practice in Washington, DC!
Responsibilities
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Expand our practice and presence in the local market focused on roadway, highway and/or municipal projects
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This position is responsible for complex engineering design tasks as well as marketing, client engagement, and the growth of the roadway design practice in local and/or surrounding markets
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Managing the design and delivery of projects profitably while being actively involved in design issues
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Leadership responsibilities include:
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Operating with integrity and sound business principles
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Providing vision, business planning and strategy
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Establishing goals
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Building and maintaining positive client relationships
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Having open communication with your partners and team
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Growing and leading a roadway practice
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Our Project Managers/Practice Builders manage their projects profitably, transition work to qualified staff, grow and mentor staff, and act as a positive leader and mentor
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The successful candidate will be given a great deal of autonomy to lead, direct, and grow their business
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With success, this individual will enjoy the rewards of an impressive bonus program with the potential to advance to ownership
Qualifications
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12+ years of relevant experience managing roadway projects
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Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) license
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Experience successfully winning and delivering work in the local and/or surrounding areas
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Knowledge and experience with the full life cycle of roadway projects
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Experience and relationships with local agencies and/or local municipalities
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Knowledge in the civil design of local roadways, urban freeways and/or interchanges
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Demonstrated ability to manage roadway projects profitably, while leading a team and collaborating key stakeholders
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Experience writing proposals, scopes of work, and budgets for projected work
Salary Range: $150K-225K
Why Kimley-Horn?
At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients, and employees are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it— that’s why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn’s placement on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work” list for 19 years!
Key Benefits at Kimley-Horn
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Exceptional Retirement Plan: 2-to1- company match on up to 4% of eligible compensation (salary + bonus) and additional profit-sharing contribution.
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Comprehensive Health Coverage: Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
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Time Off: Personal leave, flexible scheduling, floating holidays, and half-day Fridays.
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Financial Wellness: Student loan matching in our 401(k), and performance-based bonuses.
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Professional Development: Tuition reimbursement and extensive internal training programs.
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Family-Friendly Benefits: New Parent Leave, family building benefits, and childcare resources.
Position Type
Experienced
How this job compares
Set against the 15,000 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$150–225K/yr
- Washington, D.C. median$102–180K/yr153 salary ranges
- US median$105–166K/yr9,815 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $188K, is 32% above the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($142K) — in the top quarter of Project Management salary ranges in Washington, D.C..
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 186 open Project Management jobs in Washington, D.C. and 15,000 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Washington, D.C.
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 12,268 postings).
- Education
- 5,867 of the 15,000 open Project Management jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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