Description
We are seeking a Design Manager to lead design excellence across one of the nation's leading transportation agencies, shaping technical standards, strengthening quality, and implementing practical innovations that keep the Illinois Tollway at the forefront of the transportation industry.
The Design Manager will be supported by technical specialists and subject matter experts, providing access to deep institutional knowledge and technical resources. This position requires a blend of technical depth, leadership, staff management, and strategic coordination, with the opportunity to influence how projects are delivered and sustained across the Illinois Tollway system.
Key responsibilities:
- Report through and work in close partnership with the GEC Project Manager while serving as a trusted technical advisor to Illinois Tollway leadership and industry.
- Provide multidisciplinary leadership across roadway, structures, maintenance of traffic, drainage, geotechnical, utilities, signing and pavement markings, lighting, landscape, and tolling and intelligence transportation systems.
- Maintain strategic awareness of capital program efforts, conduct technical reviews, and advise when technical risks, design exceptions, policy questions, innovation opportunities, or cross-program consistency issues arise.
- Provide sound engineering judgment on complex design matters.
- Build consensus among Illinois Tollway stakeholders, Design Section Engineers (DSEs), and technical specialists to advance objectives.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited university.
- Illinois Professional Engineer (PE) license required. An Illinois Structural Engineer (SE) license is required when the candidate's primary technical background is structural engineering.
- Minimum of fifteen (15+) years of progressively responsible transportation design experience.
- Demonstrated Illinois Tollway project or program experience is required, including strong working knowledge of Illinois Tollway design criteria, manuals, specifications, policies, procedures, and review processes.
- Strong technical expertise in roadway or structural design, combined with demonstrated program-level leadership across multiple transportation design disciplines.
- Proven experience leading and managing multidisciplinary design teams and mentoring technical professionals.
Benefits:
- Comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, retirement savings, paid sick leave, paid vacation, and paid parental leave.
Compensation:
- Expected Salary: $180,000 - $233,860