Head of Engineering and Project Management

Benesch is a growing, multi‑disciplined planning, engineering, and professional services firm. We enhance infrastructure and communities across the country - creating spaces and providing connections in ways that make a difference. As a member of our team, you’ll have an opportunity to draw from those resources when you need them and, likewise, contribute your expertise when you have something to share.
Roadway Project Manager Our Kansas Division is seeking to hire a Project Manager for an experienced position involving exciting, challenging, and complex assignments with opportunities for growth. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills and experience in design of roadways, highways, and interstates. You will work on roadways, driveways, sidewalks, greenways, parks, multimodal improvements, and bridge replacement projects, regularly interacting and coordinating with hydraulic, traffic, structures, environmental and other disciplines to develop turnkey projects.
Location This position will have a hybrid work schedule and will work from any of our Kansas or Missouri offices, including Kansas City, KS, Topeka, KS, Wichita, KS, Manhattan, KS, Lenexa, KS, or Kansas City, MO.
Key Projects Across Kansas and Missouri K-27 Corridor Improvements - A major corridor modernization project to reconstruct approximately nine miles of K-27 on a new westward alignment, enhancing safety with a flatter profile, improved intersection sight distances, and paved shoulders between the Smoky Hill River and Zig‑Zag Road.
US-24 Corridor Management Plan - A comprehensive update to the US-24 Corridor Management Plan that reassesses land use, access management, and transportation needs across an expanded corridor segment to guide investment and safety improvements over the next 20 years.
MoDOT Southwest District STIP Planning - Support planning and coordination of the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Southwest District elements of the 2025-2029 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), including scoping, design prioritization, and advancement of highway and bridge projects that align funding, program goals, and regional needs.
Marlatt Avenue Improvements - A collaborative roadway enhancement project to widen and reconstruct Marlatt Avenue on the north side of Manhattan, KS, improving traffic flow, safety, and multimodal connectivity.
KDOT K-32 & 4th Street Improvements - A corridor enhancement effort focused on modernizing the K-32 and 4th Street intersection and adjoining segments to improve traffic operations, multimodal connectivity, and safety.
The Impact You Will Have Serve as project manager on transportation (state and municipal highway/roadway) projects
Manage project teams, including budgets and schedules
Champion relationships with key clients, including DOT, County and Municipal Clients
Identify opportunities and lead strategic project pursuits
Participate in Business Development and Marketing, including networking, preparation of SOQs, proposals, and contracts
Research local/state regulations as they pertain to transit agency planning and other requirements
Prepare and assist with grant applications
Degree in Engineering or related field and Professional Engineering License are required
Excellent communication, strong written, oral, and client relation skills, experience interacting with clients, agencies, and other project stakeholders
Prepare technical analysis within a variety of specialist areas such as transit plans, transit operational analyses, multimodal subarea/corridor studies, modal compliance, transit grants management, and special transit studies, among others
Experienced in Project Management, including cost control, project budget control, and quality assurance/quality control
Direct and manage the budgeting and execution of projects including the supervision of assigned staff and subcontractors
Why Benesch Career growth that’s real with leadership development, training, and clear paths forward
Strong financial future with up to 9% retirement contribution for benefit‑eligible employees
Benesch is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants in all protected groups, including veterans and individuals with disabilities, or other status protected by federal, state, and local laws. Benesch is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with a physical disability or other impairment. If you are limited in your ability or are unable to access Benesch's Careers website due to a physical disability or other impairment, you may request a reasonable accommodation by emailing View email address on click.appcast.io requests will be responded to as soon as possible on a case‑by‑case basis. If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents linked here.
We will be accepting applications on an ongoing basis until a candidate is found.

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