Senior Project Manager, Transportation

Westwood Professional Services; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join its transportation service team in Houston.

The role requires leading multidisciplinary roadway design and PM efforts for public sector infrastructure projects, with strong emphasis on client engagement and business development. The candidate should hold 10+ years in transportation design and project management, have PM leadership experience, and be capable of coordinating with TxDOT and other agencies.

Qualifications

• Manage multidiscipline projects profitably
• Supervise project managers and engineers
• Plan work, budgets, and resource deployment
• Monitor metrics: utilization, backlog, AR
• Coordinate schedules for multiple projects
• Track milestones for on-time delivery
• Oversee monthly invoicing
• Implement QA/QC procedures
• Lead bids, RFIs, and site observations
• Resolve design and field issues
• Represent clients with agencies
• Write proposals and lead interviews
• Mentor staff and grow team
• Drive business development
• Negotiate with TxDOT and others
• Uphold company values and policies
• Lead by example

Responsibilities

• Coordinate transportation design projects and ensure profitability
• Lead teams of PMs and engineers and supervise staff
• Develop plans, budgets, and schedules across multiple projects
• Monitor business metrics and billing
• Oversee QA/QC and project delivery
• Support contract bidding and client relations
• Engage with governmental agencies and stakeholders
• Drive marketing and business development initiatives
• Travel to project sites and Westwood offices as needed

Skills

Outgoing personality

Verbal & written skills

MS Office proficiency

Staff management

Cross-functional communication

Complex transportation projects

TxDOT delivery process

Geometric design knowledge

Lifecycle in roadway design

Construction phase awareness

Proven project wins

Marketing pursuit experience

Relationship building

Coaching & mentoring

Detail oriented, big-picture

Education

BS in Civil Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking an ambitious and talented professional to join our transportation service team as a Senior Project Manager. This is an opportunity to join Westwood’s highly experienced and dynamic team dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. Our ideal candidate will have 10+ years of diverse roadway design and project management experience supporting public sector infrastructure transportation design projects. This position is responsible for complex engineering design tasks as well as marketing, business development, client contact and sustained growth of a transportation design team.

Job Type

Full-time

Requirements

• Manage the design and delivery of multidiscipline projects in a profitable manner
• Supervise the work of project managers and engineers
• Develop project work plans and budget projections and effectively deploy resources
• Review, interpret and act on business metrics, including utilization, backlog, work in process and account receivables
• Prepare, maintain and coordinate schedules of multiple concurrent projects and complex long term projects
• Develop and track milestones to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery
• Complete monthly project accounting and invoicing
• Implement and maintain QA/QC procedures
• Participate in contract bidding, provide limited observation during construction, review submittals and RFIs
• Resolve design conflicts and field construction issues
• Represent clients and firm in meetings with governmental agencies
• Write proposals, prepare qualification packages and lead interviews
• Recruit, grow, mentor and train staff
• Build relationships internally and externally with clients and strategic partners
• Lead business development activities
• Negotiate contract terms and conditions with TxDOT and other governmental entities
• Ensures division, regional, and company values, policies and practices are consistently followed within the survey service
• Lead by example – display solid judgment, good values, trust, honesty, openness, and professionalism

Required Skills

• Outgoing, friendly, approachable
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to manage staff and direct resources effectively
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex transportation design projects in a profitable manner
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects under the TxDOT delivery process
• Extensive knowledge of geometric design and other related design elements
• Knowledge and experience with the full roadway project lifecycle from preliminary studies through final design
• General knowledge of construction with experience providing construction phase services
• Track record of successfully winning and delivering projects
• Experience developing and implementing marketing pursuit strategies
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with peers, clients, and public agency staff.
• Ability to coach and motivate others
• Detail-oriented but also flexible enough to be big picture/conceptual

Required Experience

• BS in Civil Engineering
• Licensed Professional Civil Engineer (PE) in TX
• 10+ years of progressive experience in transportation design and project management
• This position may require travel to project sites and other Westwood offices throughout the United States