Project Manager I - Federal Programs
About The Position
The Project Manager I – Federal Programs leads assigned projects throughout their full lifecycle on a major federal planning, architecture, and engineering program. The role coordinates multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders and helps drive project delivery from concept through construction documents. The Project Manager is accountable for project scope, budget, schedule, technical requirements, contractual obligations, and client communications, with the goal of delivering quality work on time, on budget, and to the client’s satisfaction. The position develops project scopes and fee quotations, supports proposals and contracts, serves as the primary client liaison, and leads the project management plan and its execution. It also performs technical discipline work and oversees design-related specifications, calculations, reports, and plans. The Project Manager coordinates internal and external partners to resolve design issues, mentors and supervises teams, and may support staffing, recruitment, retention, and staff development. The role also contributes to business development, client relationships, proposal development, and presentations for strategic and mini-mega projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
- At least 8 years of relevant experience.
- At least 2 years of task management or Deputy Project Manager experience.
- Experience winning, contracting, and successfully delivering smaller projects to on-time, on-budget, quality, and client-satisfaction objectives.
- Ability to lead a team on a smaller project or task order with no or few subconsultants.
- Ability to use system tools to manage, monitor, and deliver smaller projects or task orders.
- Ability to interface with a client-level peer on a smaller project or task order.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Engineering.
- 10 years of relevant experience.
- Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
- American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certification.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Responsibilities
- Develop project scope and fee quotations and assist with technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB’s Sophisticated Contracting Approach.
- Serve as the primary client liaison and manage project teams to complete scope, schedule, and budget objectives to the client’s satisfaction.
- Assist with client project scoping and contract negotiations.
- Perform technical discipline tasks, including analysis, reports, design, specifications, and production.
- Implement HNTB’s Sophisticated Delivery Approach and lead development and execution of the project management plan.
- Supervise and mentor team members toward overall project objectives.
- Coordinate with managers on project staffing, including recruitment, development, retention, succession, staff reporting plans, and support for performance and compensation reviews.
- Partner with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions on business development, client relationships, and pursuit efforts for strategic and mini-mega projects.
- Work with project teams and marketing resources to prepare proposal and presentation materials.
- Lead proposal development and client interview presentations for strategic and mini-mega projects, as well as general presentations to industry and community audiences.
- Identify and escalate risk and change-management issues with oversight from more experienced staff.
- Provide technical guidance to team members and task leads and perform portions of the technical work.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- HNTB Total Rewards benefits information is referenced; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
