Senior Transportation Engineer/Project Manager

HDR • Omaha, NE

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About The Position

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Our Omaha team is looking for a success-oriented Roadway Project Manager to work on everything from small intersections and corridor improvement projects to multimodal municipal roadway improvements. If you’re motivated to deliver quality project work on-time and on-budget for major transportation clients including State DOTs, regional planning authorities and local agency and municipal clients, we want you on our team. As project manager and/or engineering task lead, you will actively participate in pre-marketing and project pursuits, build and maintain client relationships, staff projects, manage design efforts, QA/QC, monitor projects, report progress and keep up to date with the industry by attending staying involved in conferences and actively participating in industry organizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• A minimum of 10 years experience in all aspects of roadway engineering design.
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, communication skills and ability to work with various teams.
• Project management skills desirable.
• Experience should include urban and rural highway interchanges, intersection design, traffic management, transportation planning, site planning, preparation of concept alignments, geometrical layout and CAD base alignment plans.
• Must have coordinated survey, grading, drainage and utilities and layout of various site items is a plus.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in marketing including preparing presentations and technical proposals.
• Experience in pursuit and development of alternative delivery projects.
• State DOT and local agency experience and relationships.
• Model-based digital delivery experience in Bentley (Microstation, Open Roads) or Autodesk (Autocad, Civil3D).
• Work cooperatively with other team members, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers.
• Minimum of 5 years of task lead/project management experience for highways and local roads projects.

Responsibilities

• Plan and manage all aspects of large multidiscipline teams or medium sized projects with high degree technical complexity.
• Plan and prepare scope of services/fee proposals.
• Independently coordinate work of engineers and designers and balance staffing needs throughout entire project’s development.
• Establish client relations and be involved with marketing, including identifying potential opportunities and supporting pursuit and interview efforts.
• Support the growth and development of transportation engineers, EITs and designers through mentoring and project assignments.
• Conduct internal work sessions for design development and contract documents in conjunction with other disciplines.
• Plan and monitor workload needs throughout the entire project development to fully meet project needs.
• Serve as the primary client liaison to successfully complete a project to the client’s satisfaction and build effective client relationships.
• Proactively track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work efforts with the team as needed to provide on-schedule and on-budget project delivery.
• Work with Business Group Manager, Project Controller and Department Manager for project reviews.
• Implement QA/QC procedures.
• Be open to opportunities to work with a variety of clients, projects and staff through HDR’s collaborative work sharing efforts across North America and beyond.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees