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Project Director - Design Build

HNTB

Dallas, TXFull-time$228–365K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$228–365K/yr
Location
Dallas, TX
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

HNTB seeks a Design Build Project Director to lead teams on major infrastructure projects and pursuits. The role requires substantial experience collaborating with contractors and a successful record leading nationally significant projects. The director is accountable for project quality, schedule, budget, and client satisfaction, and will travel to project offices. Projects have fees ranging from $10 million to more than $100 million.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Client Relationship Management, nice to haveProject Financial Management, nice to haveProject Management, nice to haveTeam Leadership, nice to haveDesign Build Transit, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Relevant Field, required12 Years Relevant Experience, required4 Years Managing Mega Projects, requiredMaster's Degree, nice to have20 Years Relevant Experience, nice to haveProfessional Engineer Certification, nice to haveDBIA Certification, nice to have

Full job description

What We're Looking For

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.

Now is the right time to join HNTB’s growing Design Build (DB) Organization! We are seeking a DB Project Director to lead teams on our largest projects and pursuits. This role requires significant experience collaborating with contractors and a successful track record of leading teams on nationally significant infrastructure projects. This position and requires travel to project offices. The selected candidate will be accountable for achieving HNTB’s 4 for 4 performance objectives—delivering quality work on time, on budget, and to the client’s satisfaction—on design projects with fees ranging from $10 million to more than $100 million.

What You'll Do:

  • Develops and nurtures key client relationships and is the primary company contact on assigned projects. Communicates effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions and strategies.

  • Responsible for financial performance on projects. Proactive management of cash, budget, schedule and project scope to ensure adherence to project goals and completion to the client's satisfaction.

  • Sets priorities, obtains commitments, and engages required resources through collaboration with Group Directors, Department Managers and/or Section Managers to staff projects according to the project Work Plan.

  • Collaborates with office and division leadership in solving challenges and ensuring business objectives are met.

  • Supervises and mentors’ team to achieve overall project objectives. Where appropriate, oversees the project's Project Manager(s). Responsible for/oversees project staffing, including, but not limited to; recruitment, hiring, development, retention and succession of project staff; development of plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews.

  • Leads pursuits of mega projects and/or actively involved as part of the pursuit team for super mega projects. Partners with Client Service Leaders to develop long term strategies to identify and pursue additional business opportunities with key clients and with pursuit champions on efforts for mega and super mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA). Works with the pursuit team and marketing resources to prepare appropriate proposal and presentation materials. Leads interview and proposal presentations to the client as well as general presentations within the industry.

  • Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need:

  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant field and 12 years of relevant experience including 4 years experience successfully managing and delivering mega and/or super mega projects

What We Prefer:

  • Master’s degree

  • 20 years relevant experience

  • Professional Engineer (PE) certification

  • Successful experience as a Design Manger role on multiple Design Build transit

  • Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) certification

Additional Information

Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards

Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Locations:

Austin, TX, Dallas, TX, Denver, CO, Fort Worth, TX, Kansas City, MO, Salt Lake City, UT

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The approximate pay range for Colorado is $228,455.03 - $364,934.66. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position based on all selected locations within the state at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors, including but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

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The anticipated last day to apply is 01/28/2027. Please note that the job may be unposted prior to this date if the job is filled or no longer a need.

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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.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Engineering Group

ReqID: R-32352

How this job compares

Set against the 394 open Project Director jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$228–365K/yr
  • US median$131–264K/yr181 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $297K, is 52% above the US median midpoint ($195K) — in the top quarter of Project Director salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 53 open Project Director jobs in Texas and 394 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience; Project Director postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (280 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 212 of the 394 open Project Director jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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