Project Manager I - Engineering

HNTB Corporation; West Virginia; On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

HNTB Corporation seeks a Project Manager I – Engineering in Scott Depot, WV (Charleston) to manage project lifecycles, ensuring quality delivery on time and budget. The candidate will oversee technical sections of proposals and contracts, and serve as the primary client liaison.

The ideal applicant will have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, including 2 years in a management role. Applicants with a Master’s degree and PMP certification will be preferred.

Qualifications

• 8 years of relevant experience in engineering.
• 2 years task management or Deputy PM experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage project scope and fee quotations.
• Serve as primary client liaison and manage project team.
• Perform technical discipline tasks including analysis and design.
• Implement HNTB's project delivery plan on each project.
• Supervise and mentor team to meet overall project objectives.

Skills

Project management

Client relations

Technical analysis

Team leadership

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

Job description

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity involves managing assigned project(s) throughout their full lifecycle, including developing the scope and technical sections of proposals and procurement documents, participating in contract negotiations, and overseeing the delivery of the project plan to successfully accomplish HNTB’s 4‑for‑4 performance: delivery of quality work, on time, on budget, and to the client’s satisfaction on every project. The Project Manager I – Engineering typically manages project team(s) for one or more strategic (<$1M) projects or may lead and/or work as a discipline lead on a mini‑mega ($1M to <$5M) project management team.

What You’ll Do:

• Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assists in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).
• Serves as the primary client liaison and manages the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction. Assists with client project scoping and contract negotiations.
• Performs technical discipline tasks including analysis, reports, design, specification, and production for assigned projects.
• Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project. Leads the development and the execution of the project management plan. Supervises and mentors team to overall project objectives.
• Performs coordination with managers on project staffing, including, but not limited to, recruitment, development, retention, and succession of project staff; development of plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews.
• Partners with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships, and pursuit efforts for strategic and mini‑mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA). Works with the project team and marketing resources to prepare appropriate proposal and presentation materials. Leads proposal development and interview presentations for strategic and mini‑mega projects to the client as well as general presentations within the industry and community.
• May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience.
• 2 years task management or Deputy PM experience.

What You’ll Bring:

• Winning, contracting, and successfully delivering 4for4 (on‑time, on-budget, quality, client satisfaction) on smaller projects. Identifying and escalating risk and change management issues, with oversight from more experienced staff.
• Leading a team for a smaller project or task order with no or few subconsultants.
• Using system tools to manage, monitor, and deliver smaller projects or task orders.
• Leveraging the Office Management Team to assist in implementing HNTB Sophisticated processes as applicable to the project.
• Interfacing with your client-level peer on a smaller project or task order.
• Providing technical guidance to team and task leads as well as performing portions of the technical work.

What We Prefer:

• Master’s degree in Engineering.
• 10 years relevant experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
• American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification.
• Project Management Professional (PMP).

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Locations: Scott Depot, WV (Charleston)