Senior Program Director, Transportation Engineering

Parsons•Richardson, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Parsons seeks a Senior Program Director to help grow and deliver traditional transportation design services for TxDOT and other transportation clients throughout Texas. Working with the management team, the Director will contribute to Texas strategy development, client outreach—particularly with major North Texas TxDOT districts—and capture management for priority pursuits. The role also includes developing practical, innovative solutions for projects that benefit local communities. For assigned projects, the Director is responsible for scope development and management, project delivery, and commercial performance in support of project goals and objectives. The position is based in Parsons’ Richardson, Texas office and is part of the Critical Infrastructure team, which plans, designs, builds, and modernizes infrastructure to improve communities, mobility, economic growth, sustainability, and resiliency.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (four-year degree) in engineering or a related technical or business field.
20 or more years of related work experience.
Professional registration in Texas.
Successful project-management experience on similar or related large-scope project types.
Proven successful management of highway design projects for TxDOT.
Successful seller/doer business-development experience.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Strong relationships with TxDOT personnel and other key clients in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
Extensive knowledge of TxDOT PEP procurement and contract-management processes.
Proven experience in key roles on large, complex transportation projects, including TxDOT design-build projects.
Thorough understanding of current technology applicable to engineering design development.

Responsibilities

Contribute to Texas transportation strategy development and business growth, including building the sales pipeline and improving the win rate.
Conduct client outreach, particularly with major North Texas TxDOT districts and other transportation clients, and build trusted relationships with key stakeholders.
Serve as capture manager for assigned priority pursuits, leading teams and helping develop proposals for TxDOT RFPs; support other pursuits in review, advisory, technical, or project-management capacities.
Manage assigned projects’ scope development, scope, delivery, and commercial performance to meet project objectives.
Communicate effectively orally and in writing, including preparing correspondence, reports, and presentations and briefing senior personnel and government clients.
Schedule and coordinate projects and manage interdisciplinary professional teams, integrating competing requirements into project planning and execution.
Mobilize company resources and form project teams with support departments, other offices, or subsidiaries.
Represent Parsons with clients and selected subcontractors during program execution and negotiate scope changes with clients and key subcontractors.
Collaborate with business development to market and secure additional client work; follow up on project instructions and commitments.
Participate in negotiations with regulatory agencies and public meetings in support of clients, as needed.
Oversee preparation of Project Execution Plans, Health and Safety Plans, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plans, and other required project documents.
Establish program requirements and monitor draft and final deliverables for compliance.
Work with managers, project engineers, and discipline leads to develop project budgets, schedules, and plans.
Develop and execute action plans to address potential cost overruns, delays, or significant scope changes; advise clients and company management of changes and maintain timely change orders.
Promote technical and commercial excellence through quality assurance processes.
Monitor and report project activity, milestones, and conditions affecting cost or schedule; hold weekly status meetings and formulate action items.
Balance resources with project needs in coordination with Texas management and provide performance input for assigned project staff.
Mentor, coach, and teach assigned staff and support continuous improvement of the transportation design team with regional leadership.
Work with West Sector design-build leadership to support winning and delivering upcoming TxDOT design-build projects.