Charlie Manning

Charles Manning, P.E. is an Executive Vice President LiRo-Hill Engineers, a Global Infrastructure Solutions Inc. company, with a focus on growth and geographic diversification. Prior to joining LiRo-Hill, Charlie led strategic development initiatives across the Americas, including organic and acquisitive growth across the Global Infrastructure Solutions Inc. consulting platform.

Charlie’s career spans 50 years of engineering experience over a broad spectrum of civil infrastructure programs and projects, including transportation, water, wastewater, solid and hazardous waste, resource recovery and power. Prior to Global Infrastructure, he served nearly 30 years with AECOM and its legacy firms in strategic development roles in the NY Metro area, northeast US, and North America. As project executive, he directed large complex multibillion-dollar projects such as the reconstruction of Route 9A in lower Manhattan post 9/11 and the NJ Turnpike interchange 6 to 9 widening. Charlie has firsthand experience in every project aspect ranging from conception, planning, design, permitting, construction inspection, program and construction management, start-up, and operation. He has led traditional as well as alternate project delivery methods of design-build and public private partnerships.

Mr. Manning has dedicated segments of his engineering career to public service at the federal level, engineering consulting, business operations and corporate development.

Charlie holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Manhattan College and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from New York University. He is an Engineering Department Consultor and guest lecturer at Manhattan College and is a registered Professional Engineer in NY, NJ and CT. Charlie is active in many industry organizations and has served as a board member of the American Consulting Engineers Council of NY, the New York Building Congress Foundation, and the New Jersey Alliance for Action.

Charlie and his wife Ellen live in Garden City. They feel blessed to have 3 grown children and 7 grandchildren.