Transportation Project Manager

CRANSTON; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Transportation Project Manager to lead a design team and ensure the successful delivery of projects. In this pivotal role, you will oversee project management from inception to completion, maintaining strong client relationships and guiding your team through various challenges. This position offers a unique opportunity to work in a collaborative and entrepreneurial environment, fostering innovation while driving the firm's growth and reputation. If you are passionate about making a tangible impact in the civil engineering sector, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Bi-Annual Profit/Bonus Distributions

401(k) Contribution Match

Entrepreneurial Culture

Collaborative Learning & Career Development

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering design consulting experience.
• 3-5 years of project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design team and oversee project management.
• Prepare proposals and manage project schedules.

Skills

Project Management

Client Relationship Management

Proposal Preparation

Budget Management

Team Leadership

Education

BS in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineering License

Tools

Microsoft Office

Technical Software

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Position Summary

Join Cranston, an HFW partner firm, as a Transportation Project Manager. In this dynamic role, you will lead a design team, overseeing all aspects of project management from pursuing new opportunities to ensuring on-time and on-budget project delivery. You will be responsible for proposal preparation, project staffing, and maintaining strong client relationships. Your expertise will guide the execution of project schedules, scopes, and budgets, while ensuring quality control and compliance with corporate policies. Additionally, you will play a key role in business development, identifying new clients, and fostering a cohesive team environment. Your leadership will be instrumental in delivering successful projects and driving our firm's growth and reputation

• Bi-Annual Profit/Bonus Distributions:
• 401(k) Contribution Match:
• Entrepreneurial Culture: Work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment that encourages innovation and offers growth opportunities for driven professionals.
• Collaborative Learning & Career Development: Enjoy a collaborative atmosphere that promotes multi-disciplinary learning and provides ample career advancement opportunities.
  
  

Position Summary

Join Cranston, an HFW partner firm, as a Transportation Project Manager. In this dynamic role, you will lead a design team, overseeing all aspects of project management from pursuing new opportunities to ensuring on-time and on-budget project delivery. You will be responsible for proposal preparation, project staffing, and maintaining strong client relationships. Your expertise will guide the execution of project schedules, scopes, and budgets, while ensuring quality control and compliance with corporate policies. Additionally, you will play a key role in business development, identifying new clients, and fostering a cohesive team environment. Your leadership will be instrumental in delivering successful projects and driving our firm's growth and reputation

Perks And Benefits

• Bi-Annual Profit/Bonus Distributions:
• 401(k) Contribution Match:
• Entrepreneurial Culture: Work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment that encourages innovation and offers growth opportunities for driven professionals.
• Collaborative Learning & Career Development: Enjoy a collaborative atmosphere that promotes multi-disciplinary learning and provides ample career advancement opportunities.
  
  

Company Overview

Cranston, a proud member of the HFW Companies network, has been a cornerstone in the civil and structural engineering, landscape architecture, planning, and surveying sectors for over half a century. Our expertise spans across municipal, private development, transportation, and water resource projects. We are dedicated to making communities safer, healthier, more accessible, and sustainable. With a legacy of passion and integrity, Cranston has built a reputation on leading transformative changes and guiding our project partners through complex challenges. Our commitment to collaborative excellence ensures that we deliver innovative, cost-effective solutions that enhance the quality of life in the communities we serve

At Cranston, our mission is to empower communities to thrive. We achieve this by leveraging our diverse expertise and fostering a collaborative culture that values trust, respect, and innovation. Our team is dedicated to solving infrastructure problems and improving the quality of life through sustainable and resilient design. We work closely with our clients, ensuring that our projects not only meet but exceed expectations. Through our operations and a cohesive office culture, we continue to build lasting partnerships and make a tangible impact on the regions we serve

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Cranston Core values

• Collaboration - A collaborative culture allows us to leverage our diversity of expertise and experience to achieve superior results.
• Relationships -Trust means everything to us, and we strive to earn it through long-term relationships built on a foundation of respect, reliability, fairness, and honesty.
• Problem-solving - We make it a priority to help guide communities and clients through a rigorous, collaborative process aimed at resolving complex infrastructure design challenges with innovative, cost-effective solutions that promote sustainability and improved quality of life.
• Drive for excellence - We foster a learning culture that leverages a diversity of technical expertise, shared experience, and strong leadership from our team and partner network to drive excellence and achieve the best design solutions possible.
• Entrepreneurial spirit - We take ownership of and responsibility for our work and our collective success, encouraging an employee culture that places a high value on individual creative initiative, exploration of new ideas, innovation, and a bold pursuit of transformative change.
  
  

Essential Responsibilities

• Serve as Senior Technical Advisor and Subject Matter Expert.
• Identify new markets and clients to bring in new projects, while maintaining positive relationships with existing clients.
• Prepare proposals and qualification statements, including estimates and presentations.
• Prepare project schedules, scopes, and budgets, ensuring on-time and on-budget performance.
• Develop and maintain project schedules and budgets, and prepare Project Planning Worksheets.
• Determine project team makeup and assign workloads.
• Conduct project kick-off meetings to communicate and obtain agreement on project schedules.
• Monitor and follow up on client invoicing and payments.
• Oversee the design phase, including conducting design review meetings and providing progress reports.
• Manage participation in the bidding phase and coordinate responses to contractor questions.
• Manage the construction phase according to contract requirements.
• Respond promptly to requests for information or problems, maintaining good communication.
• Ensure quality control procedures are implemented and maintained.
• Provide guidance and training to technical support personnel.
• Coordinate with other groups for project support.
• Ensure project correspondence and design documentation are kept orderly and complete.
• Properly close out projects in accordance with established procedures.
  
  

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Experience: 8+ years of engineering design consulting experience and 3-5 years of project management experience.
• Skills: Strong supervisory skills, excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, and exceptional project management abilities.
• Technical Proficiency: Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and technical software.
• Licenses: Valid Driver's License.
  
  

Education And Experience

• Degree: BS in Civil Engineering or a technical equivalent.
• Certification: Professional Engineering License in GA, or ability to obtain.
  
  

Physical Requirements

• General: Ability to stand, walk, use hands to handle objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear, sit, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Lifting: Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and infrequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Vision: Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  
  

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