Senior Transportation Project Manager (Public Works)
- Project Management
- Project Planning
- Mentoring & Coaching
- Hiring & Training
- Project Tracking & Evaluation
- Communication & Coordination
- Manage multiple project teams in all aspects of project management and planning to achieve project goals and objectives.
- Provide a big-picture perspective to project managers to attain project goals and strategic business objectives.
- Work with project managers and stakeholders to set project goals and objectives, identify necessary resources, estimate project budgets, set project scopes, and schedules, and create project plans.
- Set and continually manage project expectations while delegating and managing deliverables with project managers.
- Monitor, track, and control outcomes, facilitating project team meetings to ensure performance and progress and resolve issues or conflicts.
- Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues, and communication across departments and leadership.
- Follow up with clients as needed to clarify project goals, ensure the design meets their needs and specifications, and represent the client in public meetings.
- Assess the project's overall success and team performance.
- Provide clear direction on tasks and expectations on deliverables and establish clear deadlines with team member affirmation.
- Responsible for contract management, including change orders or additional services.
- Own project financials, including billing, budgets, and accounts receivable collections.
- Manage ongoing quality control and participate in quality issue resolution. Ensure projects are delivered to QA/QC standards.
- Assist in dispute, negotiation, arbitration, or litigation, as needed.
- Build and train project teams to expand their capabilities by establishing best practices, policies, tools, methodologies, quality assurance and control, tools, and templates.
- Balance staffing and workload through collaboration with the PM and team.
- Advocate for learning, process improvement, and project management in the company.
- Collaborate with People Operations to develop onboarding processes and other essential training needs.
- Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project managers, including performance reviews.
- Provide on-site and/or remote leadership for the project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals and adhere to their responsibilities and project milestones.
- Advocate and model “I am EPS” culture and instill firm, department and team culture and values.
- Responsible for completing personal timecards accurately and reviewing and approving associate timecards on time.
- May require attending project team and public meetings after hours.
- Communicate effectively (written and verbal) internally (interdepartmental and intradepartmental) and externally (inclusive of clients, sub-consultants, municipalities).
- Lead the execution of strategic initiatives.
- Evaluate company practices and processes to provide input for continuous improvement.
- Be an ambassador for EPS at industry events and conferences. May require attending project team and public meetings after hours.
- Actively involved in developing future business and building relationships with existing clients.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Achieve a 50-60% Billable Utilization Rate. Non-billable activities include company & team meetings, professional development, community involvement, innovation time, culture & engagement activities, learning, and training.
- May manage $600k-1.5M+ in projects and 4+ staff members, including Assistant Project Managers, Project Managers and staff.
- Bachelor's degree in Civil, Environmental, or related Engineering field.
- Professional Engineer License.
- Minimum of 15 years experience in managing public work projects on schedule and within budget.
- Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Professional knowledge of Civil 3D, Bluebeam, and Pipe Networks.
- Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills, including leading up, across, and down the organization with various team sizes internally and externally.
- Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence.
- Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas to achieve a common business objective.
- Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods, and techniques.
- Build and maintain relationships by engaging business leaders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus, and achieve objectives.
- Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions, and identifying priorities.
- Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance within a cross-functional environment.
- Valid driver's license and automobile insurance.
- Required to stand, walk, and sit.
- The position may require a visit to project sites occasionally.
- The position requires a normal range of hearing.
- The employee must be able to lift 40 lbs. occasionally.
- Requires prolonged sitting with 15% of the time spent bending and reaching.
- Must have manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard and calculator.
- Noise levels are consistent with a standard office environment.
- Health, life, 401(k), dental and vision insurance
- Short-term, long-term disability insurance and leave
- Paid holidays
- Paid Time Off
- Bereavement leave
- Discretionary bonuses, if applicable
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