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This position requires the ability to understand the technical requirements and perform management of the full life cycle of multi-disciplined projects to meet client and Hanson’s expectations, as directed by the Senior Project Manager. These expectations may include: technical aspects of various engineering disciplines, surveying and environmental compliance, and scope, budget/financial performance, schedule, quality, communications, risk management and health and safety of project staff. The successful candidate will work directly or indirectly with clients and senior project managers. He or she will coordinate with Practice Areas to staff each project and subcontractors as needed to fulfill project and client needs. The right individual will be creative and dedicated and will fit with our collaborative project-team culture. The job generally requires some overtime hours, especially around end-of-month accounting deadlines and when there are overlapping project schedules.

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities:

A Project Manager (PM) position precedes the Senior Project Manager positions at Hanson. PMs typically manage smaller, less complex, and/or single technical discipline projects and may assist Senior Project Managers with their projects.

A project manager is responsible for the planning, organizing, directing, executing, and controlling/monitoring of the scope of services, budget, schedule, deliverables, and resources to accomplish the project objectives in a profitable manner for Hanson while meeting the clients’ objectives for the project. Additionally, the PM’ technical ability must be adequate to understand the client’s needs, and ensure the various Practice Areas are providing technically defensible deliverables that satisfies those needs.

The responsibilities of the Project Manager (PM) include:

• Implement a culture of safety, quality, and collaboration on projects.
• Meet with clients and others to define deliverables into discrete work tasks and delegate to technical staff.
• Understand project scope, budget and schedule and develop work plans to accomplish scope to meet project objectives and profitability.
• Utilize the change management process to adjust budget, schedule and deliverables based on changed project conditions or scope.
• Identify necessary skills and assign individuals to perform work on a project in collaborate with Practice Areas.
• Manage technical staff to successfully complete deliverables on schedule and budget.
• Assist in preparing project contractual documents with clients, agencies, subcontractors, and others as required.
• Prepare agendas; lead project meetings in reviewing progress, budget, and schedule; write minutes and action items; and follow up on issue resolution.
• Utilize existing processes to control project scope, identify issues and problems, communicate with client and internal project members, and provide summary reports of project progress.
• Prepare deliverables in format required by project and submit to client.
• Attend meetings at client offices and at project sites as required.
• Review engineering plans and documents to ensure they satisfy the client’s needs.
• Other duties as required by project or client.

Qualifications Technical Skills:

• Demonstrated knowledge of project controls, accounting, and scheduling processes.
• Demonstrated ability to break a project scope of work in finite deliverables or work breakdown structure.
• Demonstrated ability to identify out of scope work, document it, and develop change orders.
• Demonstrated ability to clearly and concisely convey information in client, agency, and internal communications.
• Ability to manage others in the development and successful completion of deliverables.
• Ability to utilize, and improve, project control, contractual, and communication tools.
• Ability to develop winning proposals and budgets for new work.
• Demonstrate understanding of earned value methodology, project accounting, schedule development, and updating of these on a periodic basis.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare project meeting agendas, conduct meetings, preparing meeting minutes, develop action items, and show project progress through organized minutes and action item conclusion.
• Demonstrated commitment to quality assurance and controls, by scheduling appropriate review tasks and timeframes
• Demonstrates understanding of billing, accounts payable, and accounts receivables procedures.

Soft Skills:

• Must be committed to a continual learning environment where skills development through new challenges will be constantly emphasized.
• Must be able to work in an environment where determining the profitability of a project requires balancing the constantly changing priorities of clients, project deliverables, and staffing
• Must be able to communicate verbally and in writing technical concepts to engineers, clients, and public stakeholders.
• Must be able to build effective relationships with internal and external client bases.
• Must be able to work independently, as well as a team member, to resolve issues while learning new technical skills.
• Must have proven ability to comfortably speak publicly and interact positively with clients, regulatory agencies, and contractors.
• Interest in variety of assignments.
• Must be able to remotely collaborate and manage staff in other offices
• Must be willing to accept up to 40% out-of-town travel assignments
• Must be willing and able to work overtime to meet project demands and deadlines

Education/Experience:

• Degree in Engineering, natural science or other discipline with the ability to understand the technical requirement of the project; graduate degree preferred.
• 10-15 years’ experience in technical task management or acting as an assistant project manger
• Familiarity with collaboration and time management software tools ( SmartSheet, iAccess, Vision Resource/Project Planning) or ability to learn them
• Experience with project process workflow
• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) a plus
• Advanced time management and analytical skills
• Proficient knowledge and demonstrated ability to utilize Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Visio, and Project
• Excellent project team and client-facing communication skills

Benefits

Our focus on people means we offer a generous benefits program to help you create a solid foundation for health and security throughout your career, including:

• Competitive compensation
• Performance bonuses
• 401(k) with matching contribution
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Comprehensive health & well-being plans
• Financial wellness plans
• Work-life balance programs

Want to know more? Visit our benefits page for all the details.

Culture

We understand that selecting a job is about more than the day-to-day tasks. It’s important to feel like you belong and safe to grow and progress along your career path. You’ll find that at Hanson. We have an inclusive, diverse workforce awaiting to connect with you and numerous opportunities to cultivate your career, including:

• Monthly educational webinars
• Leadership training
• Lunch & learn development sessions
• 24/7 access to thousands of skill-building courses
• Mentorship opportunities
• Award-winning internship program
• Employee recognition
• And so much more!

As employers/governmental contractors, we comply with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities where they apply. To assist us in meeting our affirmative action goals, employees are encouraged to refer minorities, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY — AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER

EEO / MINORITY / FEMALE / INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES / VETERAN

We do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies/staffing firms. Resumes are only accepted from recruiters and agency/staffing firms if a signed agreement is in place at the inception of the recruiting effort and authorized for a specified position.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $101,325.86 - $160,940.81 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Corpus Christi, TX: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person