HDR serves as the General Engineering Management Consultant (GEMC) to Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, supporting a multi-billion-dollar statewide transportation program across one of the nation's largest and most active toll highway systems. Working as an extension of Transportation Operations, our multidisciplinary team helps deliver major capital improvements while strengthening program delivery, operational performance, organizational effectiveness, and long-term workforce readiness. Our team offers opportunities to work alongside industry leaders on high-profile transportation projects while helping shape the future of one of Florida's premier transportation agencies.
We are currently seeking a Regional Constrution Operations Manager to join our team for this exciting program.
The purpose of this role is to ensure construction activities (with a value of $2B within the Pompano Beach region spanning from Miami-Dade County to St. Lucie County) are operationally ready, conflict-free, and customer-focused, and that construction decisions are made with full awareness of system-wide impacts, risks, and tradeoffs.
The selected candidate will translate enterprise priorities into executable construction operations and provides decision-ready recommendations to the FDOT Operations Center Program Manager and GEC Program Leadership.
In the role of Regional Construction Program Operations Manager, we'll count on you to be involved with:
Construction Program Ownership
Serve as the program-level operational lead for all construction activities within the assigned region.
Own the construction operational picture.
Ensure construction activities align with enterprise safety, mobility, and reliability objectives.
Operational Coordination and Integration
Coordinate construction activities with maintenance delivery, asset performance, incident response, and other operations functions through the .
Identify and resolve operational conflicts between construction, maintenance, permitted work, and special events before they impact customers.
Ensure no construction activity proceeds without proper Operations Center coordination and approval.
Risk Identification and Decision Support
Proactively identify construction-related operational risks affecting safety, mobility, schedule, or asset condition.
Prepare completed staff work for escalations, including analysis, impacts, and recommended actions.
Support the FDOT Operations Center Program Manager and GEC Program Leadership with timely, decision-ready information.
Incident and Emergency Coordination
Coordinate construction impacts and contractor response during incidents, emergencies, and severe weather events.
Adjust or suspend construction activities as required to support incident response and system recovery.
Participate in after-action reviews to improve future operational readiness.
Stakeholder and Industry Engagement
Serve as a primary construction operations liaison with FDOT, contractors, CEI firms, and internal stakeholders.
Set clear expectations for construction operational performance and work zone quality.
Support a predictable and professional operating environment for industry partners.
Performance Management and Continuous Improvement
Monitor construction-related operational performance metrics and trends.
Identify recurring issues, root causes, and improvement opportunities.
Support refinement of procedures, standards, and operational practices within the MCOC framework.
Preferred Qualifications
15 years experience
Professional Engineer License
Has prior FDOT or Florida Turnpike experience
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Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in related field
10 years related experience
A minimum of 5 years of project management experience
Familiar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software
Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
- Our Commitment
- As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.
