A Project Manager with 10-15 years' experience and responsible for managing the overall client relationship including any technical, financial, or logistical issues that may arise for Highway and Roadway projects. The Project Managers are skilled collaborators who are experts at problem solving and adapting and staying calm under pressure.
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering required; Master’s degree preferred
- Professional Engineer License (PE) required
- Minimum of 10 years progressive engineering experience is required; a minimum of 4 years of project management experience required
- Previous highway background required
- Expert knowledge of the respective engineering discipline with a proven ability to practically apply best practices
- Advanced proficiency with engineering, computational, and modeling software (Revit, AutoCAD, MicroStation, etc.)
- Understands QA/QC procedures and understands basic business practices and laws related to engineering
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills and effectively work in a collaborative environment; proven ability to lead a team
- Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to adapt communication style to suit various audiences
- Proficiency with MS Office software required
- Active role in a professional engineering society/organization preferred
- Experience preparing proposals, project plans, extra work authorizations and project closeout documents for projects required
- Experience managing project accounting processes to include project budgeting, forecasts and cash management required
- Demonstrated experience in managing client relationships
- Experience understanding and interpreting client contract requirements
- Ability to track and oversee multiple projects required
- Knowledge of Deltek Vision preferred
- Knowledge of MS Project and/or Primavera P6 preferred
- Ability to travel as needed required
- Consulting industry experience highly preferred
Job Responsibilities:
- The Project Manager coordinates contracts with the client, subcontractors, purchase orders, daily correspondence, and all other project related documents.
- This individual is responsible for all project financials, manages subcontractor payments, and communicates updates to the client, management, and project team during monthly project review meetings with operations.
- Project Manager develops a specific health and safety plan in coordination with health and safety manager and is responsible for verifying that projects meet required QA/QC compliance as determined by Quality Management Plan.
Pay: $125K - $140K
Competitive salary and benefits: medical, dental, vision, life and 401K
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