What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at NR Consulting?
Title: Project Manager/Civil Engineer - Transportation Services
Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Duration: Long Term
Employment Type: Fulltime
Position Purpose:
We are seeking a Civil Engineer with extensive experience and proven track record partnering with transportation clients. Candidates must have excellent business development skills, a passion for people, and be dedicated to exemplary work for our communities.
Essential Functions:
- Maintain and foster good relationships with current and potential transportation clients
- Strong technical skills for road, storm sewer, culvert, trail, or traffic projects.
- Perform AutoCAD Civil 3D design/drafting in support of civil engineering design projects
- Provide training, guidance, and review engineering designs and reports which include design calculations, project specifications, and plan preparation
- Oversee team performance and workload; facilitates work sharing with other locations and practices to deliver best in class projects to our clients
- Manage projects including client communications, public input and feedback, financial performance, and internal support
- Ability to identify engineering and surveying services needed by the client and the ability to draft proposals and estimate fees
- Familiar with, identifies and pursues funding mechanisms to support our transportation clients
Required Traits & Characteristics:
- Experience consulting or working with local, regional, and state government.
- Strong interpersonal skills required.
- Mentoring capability.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
- Passionate about organizing and leading others; drives results by planning, prioritizing, and meeting tight deadlines required.
- Ability to work independently with a self-motivated attitude; capable of overseeing multiple projects simultaneously.
Organizational Relationships
- Reports directly to Senior Project Manager
- Supervises direct report project engineers and designers
Required Education/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field
- PE licensure in Michigan
- 8 years of experience managing transportation projects; roads, culverts, trails, traffic
- 8 years of experience in A/E/C industry with record of transportation client retention/attraction
Preferred Education/Experience
- 5 years of experience in developing business
- 5 years of experience managing direct reports
Travel
- Position based in Kalamazoo with 10-15% local travel
Salary : $100,000 - $120,000