Highway Design Engineering Project Manager CM

GAI Consultants, Inc.; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 75,768 - 96,432; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities for career advancement

Continuous learning and mentoring

360 reviews for performance feedback

Job summary

GAI Consultants, Inc. seeks a Highway Project Manager in Syracuse, NY to serve as a fully competent engineer. Responsibilities include managing client relations, staffing, project scheduling, and ensuring QA/QC. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in engineering, 10 years of relevant experience, and a Professional Engineering license. The position offers a competitive hourly rate ranging from $55 to $70 depending on experience, along with opportunities for career advancement in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in a similar engineering role.
• Professional Engineering (P.E.) licensure strongly desired.
• Active member of a professional practice organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage client relations for individual projects.
• Oversee staffing and project scheduling.
• Act as project manager for multiple projects.
• Review project documents for conformity and QA/QC.
• Train project engineers and staff engineers.
• Manage project schedules and budgets.

Skills

Client relations

Project scheduling

QA/QC

Proposal development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

About This Position

The Highway Project Manager functions as a fully competent engineer in all aspects of the subject matter of the assignments. Develops and evaluates plans and criteria for a variety of projects and activities to be carried out by Engineer I, II, III and IV’s (Junior Engineers, Assistant Engineers, and Project Engineers). Assesses the feasibility and soundness of proposal preparation. Generally serves as a staff advisor and consultant as to a technical specialty or a program function. Typical projects include highway design, traffic signal design, long range transportation planning, traffic impact studies, client budget, business development, and transit planning. This position often requires efforts outside normal business hours to meet client requests and/or attend meetings.

Responsibilities Include

• Responsible for the day-to-day client relations for individual projects.
• Responsible for the day-to-day staffing and project scheduling.
• Act as a concurrent project manager of many basic projects, a few intermediate projects, and one or two complex projects.
• Review complete project documents for conformity and QA/QC.
• Represent the organization in communications and conferences pertaining to broad-aspects of engineering assignments.
• Train and provide technical guidance to project engineers and staff engineers.
• Manage project schedules and budgets.
• Lead project/public meetings in complex projects.
• Responsible for QA/QC.
• Provide coordination for multidiscipline projects.
• Assist in developing intermediate and complex proposals and attend proposal interviews.
• Prepare bills for projects.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an ABET/EAC accredited program or an approved equivalent.
• 10 years of experience in a similar engineering role.
• Professional Engineering (P.E.) licensure strongly desired. Engineering experience may be substituted for PE licensure.
• Active member of a professional practice organization.

Hourly Rate Pay Range

Albany/Syracuse, NY: $55/hour – $70/hour

Poughkeepsie, NY: $60/hour – $75/hour

White Plains, NY: $65/hour – $80/hour

Pay is based on applicant’s ability/experience and will be rated accordingly.

EXTRAs

At Creighton Manning, continuous learning and mentoring are part of our DNA. There are opportunities to advance your career, either on the technical track towards Project Manager or into various corporate leadership positions. Team members get 360 reviews with input from peers and managers, to get a broad picture of their contributions.