Quick Summary
Develop and maintain personnel schedules and resource utilization plans for each task order across multiple simultaneous projects and operational activities.
About the Role
~1 min readWe’re seeking Resource Managers to support large, complex heavy civil infrastructure programs, including highways, roads, bridges, transit (bus and rail), aviation (international airports), and water/wastewater projects delivered through both traditional and alternative delivery methods. These roles are the resource managers for programs where several task orders run at once and each one needs different people at different times. You’ll track who is assigned where, who is about to roll off, and who is available, then line staff up for the next need so every segment and contract package keeps moving on time and within budget.
This post is for future roles and not for a specific opportunity that is available right now. We accept applications and conduct interviews in advance of upcoming hiring needs. When a candidate is selected, their profile is activated in our talent pool for this specialty area. We notify our talent pool candidates first whenever we have a project need.
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- →Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills.
- →Collaborative mindset that fosters teamwork, trust, and positive relationships.
- →Natural curiosity, problem-solving abilities, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
- →Ability to balance competing staffing priorities across multiple task orders while keeping budget and schedule in view.
Requirements
~2 min read- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business administration, or project management, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 5+ years of transit and transportation resource management, workforce planning, or project scheduling experience for large (>$500M), complex, heavy-civil infrastructure projects.
- Experience developing and maintaining personnel schedules and resource utilization plans across multiple simultaneous projects.
- Experience forecasting staffing needs, tracking utilization against budgets, and coordinating staff transitions between assignments.
- Experience with industry standard project / construction management software (e.g., Procore, Primavera P6, MS Project, etc.).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).
- Master’s degree in engineering, construction management, business administration, or project management.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or PMI Scheduling Professional (PMI-SP) certification (Project Management Institute), or Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) certification (AACE International).
- Experience managing staffing and resource utilization on a multiple award task order contract or IDIQ program with several task orders running at once.
- Experience scheduling and allocating staff across a rail or bus transit capital program exceeding $1B in total value.
- Experience building resource-loaded schedules and integrating staffing plans with cost forecasts and earned value reporting.
- Experience supporting owner’s representative, program management, or construction management organizations.
- Experience with resource management and workforce planning platforms (e.g., Deltek Vantagepoint, Unanet, BST Global, Kantata, Smartsheet, etc.).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Cloud Analytics, or other dashboard KPI reporting software.
What We Offer
~3 min readExpected Salary: $80k-$160k/year ($38-$77/hour). Luster provides the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might offer for this position based on the successful candidate’s level and years of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, education, certifications, licenses, geographic location, etc. Luster reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on circumstances not related to any status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Pay per year
- $80,000–$160,000 a year
- 78% above the $67,500 median for Other jobs on Jobera (115,751 salaries).
- Who can apply
- United States
- Posted
- Today
Listing Details
- Posted
- October 16, 2026
- First seen
- October 16, 2026
- Last seen
- October 16, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 0
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 79%
- Scored at
- October 16, 2026
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