Transportation Project Manager

If you are looking for a place where your transportation engineering experience can make a visible impact, Barry Isett & Associates (Isett) offers the opportunity to grow with a respected, employee-owned multi-discipline engineering and consulting firm headquartered in Allentown, PA, with offices across eastern and central Pennsylvania. Our company is a values-based organization which has been recognized for its award-winning culture through several regional and statewide programs:

• Best Places to Work in PA (annually since 2019)
• The Morning Call’s Top Workplaces (annually, since 2013)
• Empowering Women Award by Central Penn Business Journal and Lehigh Valley Business (2023)
• Philadelphia Inquirer’s Top Workplaces (annually since 2022)
• Corporate Citizen of the Year (by the Lehigh Valley Business Journal)
• The Societas Award for Responsible Corporate Conduct (for Ethics).

At Isett, you will be part of a firm that delivers civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, environmental, geotechnical, and municipal engineering services, as well as surveying, landscape architecture, code enforcement, plan review, construction management, construction materials testing, and grant writing throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

Isett’s transportation services department is looking for a Project Manager with 5 to 15 years of road and street design experience, including PennDOT approval experience, who is ready to take on meaningful projects and help guide the continued growth of the team.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to step into a leadership position where your technical expertise, project management skills, and client-focused approach will be valued. You will lead and mentor transportation engineers, manage a variety of transportation projects, and build trusted relationships with municipal, institutional, and private-sector clients. If you are seeking broader leadership responsibility, stronger client engagement, and a clear next step in your career, this position offers a rewarding path forward.

You will join Isett’s transportation services department at an exciting time of growth. Backed by strong client relationships, a broad mix of municipal and private-sector work, and rising demand for transportation planning, design, permitting, and safety solutions, you will help strengthen project delivery, support staff development, and contribute to the department’s continued impact in the communities it serves.

This position can be based out of any of Isett’s Northeast PA offices, giving you flexibility while staying connected to a collaborative regional team.

In this position, you will help deliver a full range of transportation services for municipalities, school districts, and private-sector clients, including:

• Traffic-calming design
• Intersection design
• Roadway design
• Trail & Bikeway design
• Right-of-way conveyance coordination
• Existing pavement analysis
• Construction management
• PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permitting (HOP)
• Railroad Crossing Design

Benefits

• Career advancement and continuing education opportunities
• Employee engagement events
• Work-life balance & flexible working schedules
• Paid vacation/holiday/sick time
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances
• Discounted and/or free Isett wear
• Parental leave
• 401k/Roth match

• B.S. in Civil Engineering or a related field
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred
• Experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D or similar engineering software
• Technical knowledge and/or previous experience in transportation-related work

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation or gender identity), nation origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information (including family medical history).

Please, no third-party recruiters.