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Forget the career ladder - at STV, your career path grows around you

If you're energized by building high-performing teams, winning major pursuits, and delivering impactful projects that define communities, this is your platform.

Ready to Lead at the Highest Level?

If you're prepared to bring your expertise to a firm that values impact, leadership, and innovation, we invite you to apply and experience the STV difference.

STV is seeking an accomplished Design-Build Sr. Project Manager to lead some of the region's most complex, high-profile infrastructure projects.

Based in our New York City Empire State Building office, this senior leadership role offers the opportunity to drive large-scale Design-Build programs from pursuit through construction-partnering with top contractors, public agencies, and executive stakeholders to deliver resilient, transformative infrastructure.

Your Impact

As a senior project leader, you will:

• Lead end-to-end Design-Build delivery - from capture strategy and preliminary design through construction completion.
• Guide integrated, multidisciplinary teams to deliver cohesive, high-quality solutions.
• Own project performance - overseeing budget, schedule, scope, risk, and quality outcomes.
• Serve as the executive client interface, building trusted partnerships with agency leadership, municipalities, and key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with contractors and joint venture partners to drive seamless, aligned execution.
• Shape winning pursuits through capture planning, strategy, and proposal leadership.
• Oversee construction-phase strategy, including schedule management, change navigation, and QA/QC excellence.
• Champion safety, innovation, and digital delivery, elevating how projects are delivered.

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Active New York PE
• 20+ years of experience with recent leadership across design through construction
• Proven success leading Design-Build projects generating $20M+ in fee revenue
• Experience managing large, integrated teams of 70+ professionals
• Strong expertise in commercial management, budget control, schedule oversight, risk mitigation, and client leadership
• Experience within contractor-led, joint venture, or integrated Design-Build environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer certification
• Experience with alternative delivery models (DB, Progressive DB, CM/GC, P3)
• Demonstrated success winning and delivering major Design-Build projects
• Deep understanding of contract strategy, procurement, and risk allocation
• Established relationships with NY/NJ agency clients (NYSDOT, MTA, Port Authority, NJDOT, Amtrak)
• Experience leveraging digital delivery tools, and advanced design technologies
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Why STV?

At STV, you'll lead projects that matter, programs that strengthen infrastructure, enhance resilience, and serve millions. You'll work alongside industry leaders in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment that values innovation, accountability, and growth.

This isn't just a project role.
It's an opportunity to influence how complex infrastructure gets delivered and to leave a lasting mark on the region.

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.