Project Manager, Public Infrastructure

Halff; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) plans

ESOP

Health Savings Account (HSA)

529 College Savings Plan

Flexible spending accounts (FSA)

Employee Assistance Plan

Job summary

Halff seeks a Civil Engineering Project Manager in Austin, TX with a Texas PE license and 5+ years of public infrastructure design experience. You will lead municipal roadways, drainage, and pedestrian facilities projects from planning through delivery, mentor staff, and coordinate with public sector clients.

The role offers growth with Halff’s Public Infrastructure team, including proposal support and client relationship management, in a collaborative office environment in North Austin.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in civil engineering (ABET-accredited).
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license in Texas.
• 5–10 years of public infrastructure design experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee design and construction of municipal roadways, trails, and drainage improvements.
• Lead project planning, budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Support proposals and RFQs.
• Ensure QA/QC per Halff standards and industry codes.
• Guide project teams and mentor engineers and technicians.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Communication

Public infrastructure design

Education

ABET-accredited civil engineering degree

Texas PE License

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Job description

Civil Engineering Project Manager, Public Infrastructure, Austin, TX

Halff has an opening for a Civil Engineer, with their Texas PE License, to be a Project Manager on our growing Public Infrastructure team based out of our North Austin, TX office. The ideal candidate will bring at least 5 years of public infrastructure design experience in the consulting industry or experience working with, or for, public sector clients. Municipal roadway, drainage, and pedestrian facility design experience required. The position offers an excellent career development opportunity for someone looking to grow with Halff, with potential for not only business and personal growth, but ownership in the firm.

What You Will Do

• This role will be responsible for managing and overseeing the design and construction of infrastructure projects, including: municipal roadways, trails, and drainage improvements.
• Manage infrastructure projects from planning through delivery, including scope development, budgeting, scheduling, resource allocation, stakeholder coordination, and overall project performance.
• Support in preparation of proposals and RFQs.
• Manage quality assurance and control analysis to ensure projects meet or exceed client expectations and Halff requirements and comply with recognized standards and codes of practice.
• Apply technical expertise appropriately by understanding project specific standards, criteria, deliverables and best practices.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external clients, understanding their needs, and ensuring client satisfaction throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage design and plan production.
• Manage client relationships while supervising, mentoring, and providing technical guidance to engineers, EIT’s, and technical staff.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in civil engineering or ABET accredited equivalent engineering degree.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) License in Texas.
• 5 to 10 years of experience in infrastructure, municipal roadway, drainage, and pedestrian facility design projects
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil3D
• Strong design experience with the ability to manage design teams, plan production, and project delivery; project management experience and knowledge of working with local agencies preferred.
• Proven ability to manage client relationships, supervise technical staff, and collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; experience supporting public sector clients and business development efforts is a plus.
• Experience with project scoping, fee development, and project staffing is a plus.
• Positive, self-directed team player with a commitment to quality, integrity, and success.

The Halff Public Infrastructure Advantage

• Diverse and interdisciplinary teams can manage projects from inception through completion
• Halff’s Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS) experts ensure projects are designed in a manner sensitive to the environment and its context, without cost increases
• Our QA/QC Program is designed to achieve high-quality deliverables

Halff Public Infrastructure Services

• Public Infrastructure
• Transportation/Roadway
• Water and Wastewater Drainage
• Water Resources
• Facilities
• Parks and Trails
• Construction Management and Inspection
• Asset Management
• Traffic and ITS
• SUE/Survey

Company Overview

Halff is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed — and purposed — for people. Since 1950, we’ve been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.

Halff was founded on a core tenet: Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It’s no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.

Our industry-leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways.

Halff has over 30 offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Georgia and Arizona.

We Offer Excellent Benefits, Including But Not Limited To

• Medical, dental, prescription and life insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Paid time off (PTO) and 8 company paid holidays (and Veteran's Day for our veterans)
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 529 College Savings Plan
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Plan

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Halff is a drug-free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.