Senior Resident Engineer

US-AZ-Phoenix

Job ID: 2026-6375
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Construction Services
Phoenix Downtown

Overview

CONSOR Engineers is seeking a Senior Resident Engineer / Group Leader to provide technical, operational, and leadership oversight in support of a growing Construction Management practice in Arizona. This role offers an opportunity to lead complex transportation construction projects while contributing to business development, staff growth, and long-term client relationships.

The Senior Resident Engineer will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, providing leadership in construction quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC), project delivery, and team development. This position supports both project execution and strategic growth initiatives for CONSOR’s Construction Management group.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Practice Responsibilities:

• Lead and expand CONSOR’s capabilities in the administration of complex transportation construction projects, primarily in the construction QA consulting space.
• Provide leadership across Arizona with short- and long-term project assignments that may require travel and temporary assignments away from home.
• Support business development efforts including opportunity pursuit strategies, teaming arrangements, client relationship development, and participation in interviews.
• Contribute to the preparation of statements of qualifications (SOQs), proposals, scopes of work, schedules, and budgets.
• Participate in resource planning, inspector allocation, and recruitment to ensure staffing aligns with project and growth needs.
• Actively identify, hire, and mentor Resident Engineers, inspectors, and other construction services staff.

Project Delivery Responsibilities:

• Supervise the administration of complex transportation construction projects utilizing traditional and alternative delivery methods.
• Make determinations regarding acceptability of materials, workmanship, and contract compliance.
• Prepare and negotiate contract supplemental agreements and change documentation.
• Verify and document contractor compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor contractor activities and oversee materials testing and documentation.
• Review, certify, and authorize contractor payment requests.
• Track project progress, schedules, budgets, scope, and risk.
• Oversee field office operations and documentation systems.
• Lead project pre-construction meetings, partnering sessions, public outreach efforts, and stakeholder coordination.
• Coordinate, document, and approve RFIs, plan changes, change orders, and final redline as-built drawings.
• Lead and document project meetings with agency staff, contractors, utilities, and stakeholders.
• Supervise, mentor, and evaluate Resident Engineers, inspectors, and field office staff.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 15+ years of experience in transportation engineering and/or construction management.
• Proven experience leading complex transportation construction projects for public agencies.
• Demonstrated success in client relationship management and team leadership.
• Experience participating in the full consulting lifecycle, including project positioning, proposal development, and project delivery.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve complex construction conflicts.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets, schedules, and QA teams.
• Experience with alternative delivery methods (Design-Build, CMGC, CMAR, P3).
• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Arizona or ability to obtain reciprocity.
• ADOT construction experience.

A plus not required:

• Prior group or regional leadership experience within a consulting organization.
• Strong mentoring and staff development background.

This field job primarily operates in outdoor work environments that may include exposure to inclement weather, heat, humidity, noise, hazard, atmospheric conditions, and bodies of water, depending on project requirements.

While performing the duties of this job, physical demands of the employee may include frequent talking, hearing, standing, moving, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, grasping, feeling, balancing, coordination, and occasional sitting or operating a company vehicle. This job may require lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 35 lbs.