Transit + Urban Design Project Manager

HNTB Corporation; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced Transit Project Manager to join their Kansas City office. This role involves managing complex transit and municipal design projects, ensuring quality delivery on time and within budget while fostering community development. The ideal candidate will lead a multidisciplinary team, mentor junior staff, and engage with clients to achieve project objectives. With a focus on innovation and excellence, this position offers a unique opportunity to impact the transportation landscape significantly. If you are passionate about urban design and project management, this role is for you!

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in engineering project management.
• Strong background in transit and municipal design services.

Responsibilities

• Manage project lifecycle from scope development to client satisfaction.
• Lead project teams and oversee budget and schedule management.

Skills

Project Management

Transit Design

Municipal Roadway Design

Complete Streets

Bicycle Transportation

Emerging Mobility

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Master’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

What We're Looking For

HNTB is seeking an experienced, organized, motivated Transit Project Manager for our Oklahoma City or Kansas City office to support the Transit - Urban Design Department and elevate the firm’s renowned planning, design, and engineering services. The Transit - Urban Design Department is centered on applying comprehensive engineering solutions to respond to shifts in the transportation industry, foster community development and create new innovations to meet the needs of our clients.

Ideal Candidate

We are seeking an individual well-versed in a range of transit and municipal design services, including but not limited to transit design, municipal roadway design, Complete Streets, Vision Zero, bicycle transportation, and emerging mobility. The ideal candidate shall have experience in managing complex projects and working alongside multiple team members, including primes, subconsultants, and third-party vendors. The candidate should have an interest in mentoring and supervising less experienced staff while helping to grow the T + UD practice regionally.

This opportunity entails being responsible for managing assigned project(s) throughout their full lifecycle including developing the scope and technical sections of proposal and procurement documents to 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. This position proactively manages the budget, schedule, technical requirements, contractual obligations, and client communications in support of the project’s objectives. Provides high level technical tasks while managing and reviewing design related specifications, calculations, reports and plans. Coordinates with internal and external partners including cross-discipline and functional teams to address and problem solve design related issues or concerns. The Project Manager II – Engineering typically manages multi-disciplinary project team(s) for one or more strategic (<$1M) or mini-mega ($1M to <$5M) projects, or may lead and/or work as a discipline lead on a mega ($5M to < $25M) 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). Leads or actively participates in client contract scoping and negotiations.
• 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. Leads client contract scoping and 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.
• Responsible for/oversees 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 mini-mega and 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, mini-mega, and 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 10 years of relevant experience
• 2 years of successful management of engineering projects

What You'll Bring:

• Winning, contracting, and successfully delivering 4for4 (on-time, on-budget, quality, client satisfaction) on multi-disciplined projects. Identifying and handling risk and change management with guidance from more experienced staff.
• Leading a team on mid-sized and/or moderately complex projects inside and outside of HNTB using sub-consultants.
• Using system tools to manage, monitor, and deliver mid-sized and/or moderately complex projects.
• Leading with minimal assistance from the Office Management Team in implementing HNTB Sophisticated processes as applicable to the project.
• Serving as the lead interface with the client on moderately complex projects.
• Developing successors to work with same client on other work.

What We Prefer:

• Master’s degree in Engineering
• 15 years relevant experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification
• Project Management Professional (PMP)

Additional Information

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Locations:

Kansas City, MO, Oklahoma City, OK

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Engineering Group

ReqID: R-24456