Senior Project Manager - Heavy Civil
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The Walsh Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager for its transportation division in Nashville, Tennessee. The role leads construction project teams and oversees project delivery, safety and quality activities, staffing, budgets, preconstruction coordination, risk and schedule analysis, customer relationships, close-out, and claim resolution. The company describes its leadership approach as developing and empowering others. A bachelor’s degree is preferred, and the posting lists 10+ years of experience.
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OVERVIEW
We are currently seeking a Senior Project Manager for our transportation division in Nashville, TN.
Do you want to invest in the growth and progress of the next generation of construction talent? Do you enjoy mobilizing people and resources to overcome challenges? Are you a leader that inspires others to do their very best every day? Do you want to work for a company where, when you do these things, you will be noticed? If so, then keep reading.
Walsh takes a family approach to business and we believe you do that best when you help other people realize their potential. Do you believe that when you invest in others, you increase the possibility that more work will actually get done? Do you also believe in hiring good people and giving them freedom to do their jobs? Walsh leaders know how to develop and how to empower.
Walsh is looking for Senior Project Managers who can facilitate the work of others. Someone who feels a strong sense of ownership over both the process and the results. A motivator who can build a culture of flexible productivity. Senior Project Managers that accomplish more than others because they plan their work, and then work their plans.
If this sounds like you, then we want to hear from you!
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Lead interdisciplinary teams to deliver construction projects
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Actively participates in the design and execution of project safety and quality control activities
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Assumes responsibility for project staffing and budgetary controls
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Assists in the bid package development, pre-qualification activities, and budget preparation
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Leads preconstruction meetings and coordinates answers to RFIs
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Leads efforts to analyze risk and define schedule related issues, including analysis of long lead materials or equipment which may impact cash flow
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Maintains relationships with customers
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Analyzes and presents project delivery approaches, develops alternative approaches and facilitates implementation
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Oversees project close-out and claim resolution
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Serves as the primary contact for senior leadership relative to critical business initiatives
QUALIFICATIONS
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Bachelor’s degree preferred
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10+ years of experience
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Skillful in estimating, scheduling, budgeting cost, field supervision, financial reporting, and client relationships
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Specific roles may require relocation
Division: Transportation
Job Category: Project Management
Job Type: Full_time
The Walsh Group, Ltd. Is committed to providing equal opportunity to qualified applicants with disabilities to compete for jobs. To request a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, please contact the Human Resources Department at 312-563-5905 or [email protected].
An Equal Opportunity Employer, Disability/Veteran
How this job compares
Set against the 15,008 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Tennessee median$100–155K/yr162 salary ranges
- US median$28–35/hr682 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 309 open Project Management jobs in Tennessee and 15,008 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 12,088 postings).
- Education
- 5,727 of the 15,008 open Project Management jobs (38%) 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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