Capital Projects & Infrastructure Management Consultant (Transportation)

Guidehouse•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Guidehouse’s Capital Projects & Infrastructure team seeks professionals with backgrounds in engineering, construction, project delivery, and related fields to apply technical expertise to complex infrastructure strategy and execution challenges, with a focus on transportation and transit capital programs such as rail, BRT/LRT, facilities and stations, guideway, roadway, and bridges. The role requires knowledge of the capital project lifecycle, from planning through maintenance and operations, and a record of success as an individual contributor on active capital projects. The successful candidate is a self-starter who is comfortable with ambiguity and can represent the team in client-facing settings. The consultant supports or leads work in areas such as project governance, risk management and analysis, construction project management and controls, schedule analytics, contract development and management, performance metrics and reporting, project technology, and strategic road mapping. The role also involves developing road maps and strategic plans to help business leaders make informed investment decisions. The position requires travel of up to 25% and the ability to work in a Guidehouse office or client office. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents due to the nature of client engagements.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident due to the nature of client engagements.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Five or more years of post-graduation work experience.
Experience directly leading client relationships and/or project teams.
Experience with federal, state, and local procurement regulations and requirements, including public-sector procurement practices common to DOT and transit agencies.
Engineering or technical expertise in project controls, project management technology, or capital infrastructure, preferably in transportation or transit capital programs.
Experience drafting documents, memos, letters, and other formal client communications, including board-ready or stakeholder-facing materials.
Ability to travel.
Ability to work in a Guidehouse office or client office location.

Nice To Haves

Reside within 50 miles of a Guidehouse office listed in the posting.
Master’s degree, such as an MBA, MPP, or MPA.
Project Management Professional (PMP), AICP, EIT, or PE credential.
Experience with federal grant funding environments, including FTA, FHWA, or USDOT transportation funding programs, and related grant administration, reporting, compliance, and oversight requirements.
Experience managing PMIS deployment across multiple industries, including transportation and transit capital delivery organizations.
Experience with capital planning and program/project management technologies, including Primavera P6 and PMIS platforms such as Aurigo Masterworks or Kahua.

Responsibilities

Support or lead project governance, including organizational and process matters, boards and committees, interagency coordination, and third-party stakeholder coordination.
Support or lead risk management and analysis, including risk registers, quantitative risk modeling, root-cause analysis, issue management, prudency reviews, and assessment of service impacts, permitting, right-of-way, utility, and systems-integration risks.
Support or lead construction project management and controls, including schedule and cost control, budgets, accruals, forecasts, earned value, and change management in operating environments with complex interfaces.
Perform complex schedule analytics, including critical path method, float, schedule compression and time-cost trade-offs, and change-impact analysis for staged construction and outage planning.
Support or lead contract development and management, including procurement processes, contract administration, and scope control.
Develop performance metrics and project reporting, including dashboards aligned with capital delivery and operational readiness.
Support or lead project technology work, including project and portfolio management applications used to quantify causes and effects of delays and project management information systems, document controls, and scheduling toolsets.
Develop road maps and strategic plans to support informed investment decisions by key business leaders.
Lead client relationships and/or project teams and prepare formal client communications, including board-ready or stakeholder-facing materials.
Travel as required and work in a Guidehouse office or client office location.