Project Manager – Maryland Transit Modernization

Lead a signature transit program that will shape how people move across Maryland. STV is seeking a Project Manager with alternative delivery experience to help deliver the complex transit projects and programs.

Why STV

At STV, you’ll be part of an owners rep team trusted to deliver the infrastructure people rely on every day. Our transit and rail professionals bring the technical depth, client relationships, and real-world delivery experience needed to move complex programs forward. In this role, you’ll have the visibility and support to lead from the front while collaborating with experienced professionals in transit, rail, systems, design-build, and alternative delivery.

This is a chance to do work that lasts—helping modernize transit systems that connects communities, expands access, and supports the future of mobility in Maryland. If you’re looking for a leadership role where your experience can influence a signature public transportation investment, STV offers the platform, people, and project portfolio to help you make that impact.

What You’ll Lead

• Manager and oversee design build teams within an owners representative roll through  preliminary and final engineering, construction, and closeout.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, technical delivery, and partner coordination.
• Guide multidisciplinary teams across transit, rail, civil, structural, systems, stations, utilities, power, traffic, and construction.
• Bring practical experience with design-build and alternative delivery methods, including progressive design-build and design-build.
• Coordinate with MTA, local jurisdictions, utilities, community stakeholders, contractors, and internal teams to keep the program moving while reducing impacts to riders and surrounding communities.
• Serve as a trusted client partner, bringing clear communication, sound judgment, and steady leadership to a highly visible public infrastructure program.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering required.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience leading complex transportation, transit, rail, light rail, or major infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated success leading projects for MTA, MDOT, FTA-funded programs, or similar public transportation agencies.
• Experience taking large-scale programs from planning or preliminary engineering through final design, construction, and closeout.
• Hands-on experience supporting design-build and alternative delivery programs, including design reviews, constructability reviews, contractor coordination, risk allocation, change management, and issue resolution.
• Strong understanding of FTA, FHWA, NEPA, ADA, public agency coordination, environmental documentation, stakeholder engagement, and approval processes.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred; Maryland licensure or ability to obtain Maryland licensure is strongly preferred.

Compensation Range:

STV offers the following benefits • Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable) • Disability insurance • Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment • 401(k) Plan • Retirement Counseling • Employee Assistance Program • Paid Time Off • Paid Holidays • Back-Up Dependent Care • Parental Leave • Continuing Education Program • Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV’s good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.

Not sure this role is the perfect match? We encourage you to apply if STV’s work and values resonate with you. We know great candidates don’t always meet every qualification, and research shows women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they do. At STV, we believe strong talent comes from a wide range of backgrounds, and your skills and experience may align with this or another opportunity as we continue to grow.