What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Manager - Transportation position at R.R.P. Consulting Engineers?
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Leverage your experience with Texas highway and roadway projects to assist in our growing Texas practice and manage the design and delivery of large projects
- Play a pivotal role in expanding our existing client and project base and in efforts to position the firm to acquire new transportation business with TxDOT, toll agencies, RMA's and various counties and cities
- Responsibility as Project Manager for projects from conceptual planning, schematic design, and PS&E
- Perform a variety of tasks with potentially complex features that will require the application of mature knowledge
- Lead the analysis of proposed projects to ensure reliability, resource efficiency, quality deliverables and cost-effectiveness
- Manage all aspects of highway/roadway projects from conceptual design through schematic and environmental approval and through final design
- Facilitate and participate in public meetings and stakeholder meetings
- Lead and develop transportation staff
- Monitor the quality of design and technical service delivery on transportation projects
- Write and negotiate proposals with clients or reviewing agencies
- Lead and be actively engaged with prospective client's relationship building and maintenance
- Responsible for the review and sealing of projects and supervising the work of other engineers
- Responsible for invoicing, managing and monitoring financial performance of project budgets
- Perform on technically complex projects and acts as a technical resource by providing guidance to other team members
- Liaise with clients, agencies and others to obtain and determine project requirements and approvals
- Stays up to date on regulatory changes and establish working relationships with regulatory officials
- Participate in client functions, trade shows and conferences
Qualifications:
- BS Degree in Engineering
- Professional Engineer licensure in Texas is required
- Certification or ability to certify for work categories in cited TxDOT groups is required
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, project management scheduling and financial tools
- Excellent organizational, verbal and written communications skills
- 10 years of experience with thorough knowledge of current principles and practices of engineering as related to highways and transportation
- TxDOT Transportation Project Management experience is a plus
- Proficient in OpenRoads and all relevant software’s
- Experience and relationships with TxDOT and transit and transportation agencies
- Contributes to a positive and productive team-oriented environment. Offers open communication/feedback within the team. Minimizes conflict and builds collaboration to maintain productive team.
- The candidate must have a State Driver's License, carry state-mandated auto insurance, and have dependable transportation to attend meetings or make field visits on short notice
- Ability to effectively execute and coordinate work of engineering team members/task leaders for transportation schematics and plans, specifications, and estimates (PS&E) for clients such as TXDOT
- Ability to gain and maintain superior technical understanding and implement new methods and technical approaches for projects
- Advanced Degree in Engineering or related field preferred
- Specialty Certification such as PMP preferred
Benefits
- Our comprehensive compensation package includes full-time employment company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, and paid pregnancy disability leave; 401(k)/Roth with company match; paid time off; employee referral and professional license bonuses ETC.