Project Manager - Plano

Quiddity•Plano, TX

About The Position

Overview: The project manager is directly responsible for leading teams to design and manage Municipal & Transportation projects for our clients and stakeholders in the Municipal and District Services Practice. Responsible for planning and implementing all project phases from preliminary engineering through to PS&E and construction phases. The project manager is the primary liaison with the client, monitoring the progress of performance against the project plan. This includes identifying, resolving, or escalating operational or client issues to ensure projects deliver within parameters. About Us: Quiddity is an award-winning, full-service civil engineering, planning, surveying, and professional consulting firm assisting public and private sector clients in design, development, implementation, and execution of infrastructure projects. For over 45 years, we have assisted our clients in a variety of projects including water and wastewater treatment plants, storm drainage, transportation, planning, construction management, and surveying. We have 11 locations across Texas: Houston, Katy, The Woodlands, Rosenberg, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Round Rock, Bryan/College Station, San Antonio, and New Braunfels. We currently employ over 550 experienced design professionals and support staff with plans for continued expansion and growth in our future. Quiddity is a leader in the civil engineering community. As we continue to grow and serve new areas, we've made a commitment to hold fast to our original mission: to help our clients be successful.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Civil or related engineering.
Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of Texas.
TxDOT experience and will be required to provide a list of pre-certifications.
Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience with progressively more complex experience managing transportation/roadway projects including federally funded projects.
Proficient in the use of Microstation and Geopak.
Valid TX driver's license and insurable driving record.

Nice To Haves

Client development/sales experience in the Central Texas marketplace highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Conceptualizes the initial project scope, fee and schedule.
Responsible for the planning and delivery of a project or projects of limited scope, managing all aspects of the project from start to finish, to meet quality standards, required specifications and project parameters including schedule and budget.
Designs, communicates, and implements the operational plan for completing a project, holding self and team accountable for project deliverables; monitors progress and performance against the plan.
Works collaboratively with variety of engineering/design disciplines and teams to build relationships and secures specialized resources and contributions for the project.
Prepares proposals (including scope of work, fee and schedule), client agreements and sub-consultant agreements.
Manages contracts and finances of project including contract, budget and cost-estimate reviews, client invoicing and initiates collection if required.
Manages activities, allocates resources, and assigns tasks to ensure task and project targets are met.
Ensures project standards and practices are applied.
Troubleshoots and resolves operational problems.
Prepares or oversees the preparation of engineering designs, specifications, studies, construction documents, analyses, plan sets, drawings, maps, reports, and Quiddity quality processes required for project delivery.
Ensures plans and technical specifications are accurate and aligned to project purpose and need.
Prepares a range of reports related to project work and communicates progress and issues to clients and stakeholders.
Creates review schedules for engineering and if required, construction, to capture changes and makes changes within defined parameters, or makes recommendations.
May prepare supplemental agreements for changes in scope, including fee and schedule.
Working with the construction inspection group, creates construction site inspection schedule, reviews reports and conducts construction site visits.
Collaboratively addresses design issues arising during construction phase.
Communicates with regulatory agencies and may be their assigned point of contact.
Communicates regularly with clients, relaying concerns and issues candidly and tactfully.
Builds strong client relationships and proactively anticipates client needs and may hold and attend meetings.
May act a principle contact for clients for projects and/or programs, with the guidance of a senior engineer or manager.
Assists with business development by cultivating and maintaining excellent client relationships, implementing marketing initiatives, helping with proposals, SOQs, presentations and client meetings.
Responsible for leading and mentoring a project team of engineers, technical and administrative staff through the lifecycle of the project or projects.
May provide direct supervision or support supervisors by providing feedback on performance and assisting with technical development and talent acquisition.