Assistant Project Manager - Engineering Technical Delivery

AECOM•Sacramento, CA

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

AECOM is seeking to hire a motivated and experienced Assistant Project Manager to support one of our offices in Sacramento, CA. Under the general direction of the Supervising Transportation Engineer (Sup TE), the Assistant PM Engineering will serve in a technical support role to the Planning and Engineering - Strategic Delivery Office Locally Generated Alternative (LGA) Team. The role is responsible for providing support in overseeing the technical designs for preliminary and advanced engineering documents/deliverables, as well as supporting the management and tracking specific tasks and deliverables within the design contract. This ensures that assigned contracts and agreements are administered and managed in accordance with applicable policies and procedures of the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority), the State Contracting Manual (SCM) and the California Government Code (GC). The role also involves management of assigned contracts in accordance with federal and State of California laws and regulations, contract provisions, and the Authority’s policies and procedures. Additionally, the incumbent will assist the design oversight of utility and local facility relocations impacted by the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) project.

Requirements

BA/BS + 10 years of relevant experience and or demonstrated equivalency of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

Civil Engineering bachelor's degree or equivalent, and 15+ years of civil engineering experience including 5+ years of high-speed rail experience.
Ability to apply engineering judgment in design of high-speed rail projects
Knowledge of various phases and functional responsibility of high-speed rail project development and delivery, federal and state contracting laws and regulations.
Experience in project management and managing multi-discipline teams to meet project milestones.

Responsibilities

Assist in oversight of technical design for engineering plans, calculations, and reports, including performing a programmatic review of technical submittals to ensure product quality and conformance with applicable design criteria, directive letters, specifications, contract constraints, and applicable laws.
Performs required independent quality assurance and verification inspections of deliverables as directed.
May be required to provide technical support as directed for analysis and interpretation of documents such as reports, studies, and plans to conform to structural engineering codes, third party, local agency design, and engineering requirements, amongst other requirements. These documents range from engineering, right-of-way, environmental services, rail operations, planning, and sustainability; also, the candidate will also support the Sup TE to provide Over the Shoulder review, which is a concurrent review that is coordinated with the various functions of the Authority.
Provide assistance and feedback on innovative technical approaches to meet project milestones and to ensure quality deliverables.
Assist with coordination and solicitation of feedback from internal and external stakeholders.
Assist with documentation of meetings, dissemination of information to necessary internal and external partners, filing of documents and certification in designated electronic repositories, etc.
Review and provide feedback as directed on draft changes to configuration documents related to engineering design on project sections.
Coordinates as directed on configuration item changes with internal stakeholders, including Real Property, Infrastructure Delivery, Rail Operations, Engineering Services, Environmental Services, Planning and Sustainability, and Contract Management.
Assist in the identification of project risks and helps to identify mitigation as needed.