Assistant Project Manager, Transportation

GFT is seeking several area Assistant Project Manager, Transportation to join our Transportation Team in Austin, Texas! 

GFT’s Transportation Group

Working on the roadway team at GFT offers the opportunity to engage in transformative projects that enhance transportation infrastructure and improve community connectivity. Whether working on highways and bridges or traffic engineering, our team excels in resilient, sustainable design and construction, delivering innovative solutions that address the complexities of modern, multimodal roadway systems and ensure safe, efficient, and reliable travel for all​. Explore some of our signature roadway projects here.  

What you’ll be challenged to do:

As an Assistant Project Manager / Highway Engineer, you will manage roadway projects for TXDOT and other local municipalities. You will guide design strategies, oversee project delivery, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams to bring safe and sustainable infrastructure to the community. In this role, you will assist in planning, budgets, schedules, review technical documents, and ensure quality results. You’ll also work directly with clients, support pursuit efforts, and assist in mentoring junior staff while growing your expertise in transportation project leadership.

In this capacity, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following: 

• Secure, plan, direct, and monitor roadway projects ranging from small assignments to large-scale, multi-discipline efforts with technical complexity
• Assist in leading project teams through preliminary and final design, preparation of construction documents, specifications, cost estimates, scheduling, and subcontractor coordination
• Provide client-facing leadership as a Task Manager, ensuring delivery aligns with client expectations, agency standards, and GFT strategic initiatives
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships, supporting business development and proposal efforts including writing, presentations, and pursuit strategy
• Guide, mentor, and coordinate multi-disciplinary staff, fostering collaboration and accountability while advancing technical excellence

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering
• PE license in Texas
• 5 - 10 years of highway and roadway design / project management experience with increasing responsibility
• Proficient in MicroStation, and Microsoft Office
• Design experience with TXDOT
• Strong highway design skills and ability to mentor junior staff
• Experience in staff supervision and project coordination
• Experience preparing submittals and coordinating with permitting agencies

At GFT, a privately held AEC firm, we innovate where transportation, water, power, and buildings converge. We call this the Infrastructure of Life. We measure our success by the strength of our relationships – that’s why we’re the employer of choice for 5,000+ of the industry’s brightest engineers, planners, architects, inspectors, designers, and more.

Our clients choose us for our expertise and prefer us for our nimble approach, creativity, and personal touch. Backed by over a century’s experience, together we’re building a lasting legacy for future generations: stronger communities, a healthier planet, and better lives.

GFT: Ingenuity That Shapes Lives™ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veterans’ status or other characteristics protected by law.

Unsolicited resumes from third party agencies will be considered the property GFT.

Location: Austin, Texas
Core Business Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Employment Status: Full-Time
Salary Range: $110,000 - $130,000
Salary dependent upon experience and geographic location

GFT does require the successful completion of a criminal background check for all advertised positions.

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