Senior Transportation Engineer/Project Manager

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive work culture

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Omaha seeks a Senior Transportation Engineer/Project Manager to oversee complex roadway projects. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years in roadway design and project management, with a strong focus on client relationship building and team leadership. This role involves managing large multidisciplinary teams and ensuring project delivery on time and within budget. Offering a collaborative work environment and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years experience in roadway engineering design.
• Experience in task lead/project management for highways and local roads.
• Proven ability to manage large multidiscipline teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of large multidisciplinary teams or medium projects.
• Coordinate work of engineers and designers throughout project development.
• Build and maintain client relationships.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Project management

Roadway engineering design

Client relations

Education

Professional engineering license

Tools

Bentley (Microstation, Open Roads)

Autodesk (AutoCAD, Civil 3D)

Job description

Senior Transportation Engineer/Project Manager

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Our Omaha team is looking for a success-oriented Roadway Project Manager to work on projects from small intersections and corridor improvement projects to multimodal municipal roadway improvements.

If you’re motivated to deliver quality project work on-time and on-budget for major transportation clients, we want you on our team. As project manager and/or engineering task lead, you will participate in pre-marketing and project pursuits, build and maintain client relationships, staff projects, manage design efforts, QA/QC, monitor projects, and report progress.

In the role of Senior Transportation Engineer/Project Manager, we'll count on you to:

• Plan and manage all aspects of large multidiscipline teams or medium sized projects with high degree technical complexity.
• Plan and prepare scope of services/fee proposals.
• Independently coordinate work of engineers and designers and balance staffing needs throughout entire project’s development.
• Establish client relations and be involved with marketing, including identifying potential opportunities and supporting pursuit and interview efforts.
• Support the growth and development of transportation engineers, EITs and designers through mentoring and project assignments.
• Conduct internal work sessions for design development and contract documents in conjunction with other disciplines.
• Plan and monitor workload needs throughout the entire project development to fully meet project needs.
• Serve as the primary client liaison to successfully complete a project to the client’s satisfaction and build effective client relationships.
• Proactively track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work efforts with the team as needed to provide on-schedule and on-budget project delivery.
• Work with Business Group Manager, Project Controller and Department Manager for project reviews.
• Implement QA/QC procedures.
• Be open to opportunities to work with a variety of clients, projects and staff through HDR’s collaborative work sharing efforts across North America and beyond.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in marketing including preparing presentations and technical proposals.
• Experience in pursuit and development of alternative delivery projects.
• State DOT and local agency experience and relationships.
• Model-based digital delivery experience in Bentley (Microstation, Open Roads) or Autodesk (Autocad, Civil3D)
• Work cooperatively with other team members, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers.
• Minimum of 5 years of task lead/project management experience for highways and local roads projects.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, communication skills and ability to work with various teams
• Experience should include urban and rural highway interchanges, intersection design, traffic management, transportation planning, site planning, preparation of concept alignments, geometrical layout and CAD base alignment plans
• Must have coordinated survey, grading, drainage and utilities and layout of various site items is a plus
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

HDR is committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.