Sr. Project Manager, Highway

GFT. • Schaumburg, IL

21d • $150,000 - $180,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

GFT is seeking a Senior Project Manager, Highway to join our Transportation Team in Schaumburg, IL!
GFT's Transportation team offers the opportunity to engage in transformative projects that enhance transportation infrastructure and improve community connectivity. Whether working on highways and bridges or traffic engineering, our team excels in resilient, sustainable design and construction, delivering innovative solutions that address the complexities of modern, multimodal roadway systems and ensure safe, efficient, and reliable travel for all​. Explore some of our signature Transportation projects here.
What you’ll be challenged to do:
This is a growing office of roadway, highway, structural, transit, rail, and intermodal designers and construction inspectors. This role will primarily act as the Agreements Unit Lead at the Illinois Department of Transportation District 1.
This individual will be a member of our highway division and an embedded employee at the Illinois Department of Transportation as a Sr. Project Manager. The person will manage projects in the Agreements Unit in the Bureau of Design at IDOT District One Office in Schaumburg. This is a full-time (40 hours a week) working in the IDOT office.
The successful candidate will lead coordination of various tasks including coordination with assigned consultants in the preparation local agreements with Project Support Section.
The successful candidate should have a background in preliminary engineering, plan development or construction engineering with the Illinois Department of Transportation. The individual must be able to communicate verbally and written at a high level. The individual may also be called on to work closely with other teams on multi-disciplinary projects. The individual will need to work independently and lead projects and work with other Section in the Bureau of Design and Bureaus within the Department of Transportation. The candidate will work with engineers and other technicians to achieve completion of various tasks.
In this capacity, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following:
Analyzes information and data to perform routine design tasks.
Makes decisions independently on engineering problems and methods.
Manages workload and any changes in project schedule or scope or additional services.

Requirements

• Minimum of 15 years of related experience, including work directly or as a consultant for IDOT, the Illinois Tollway, Chicago DOT, Cook County Department of Transportation & Highways, local counties and municipalities, and with Federally funded projects is expected.
• Significant experience in project management.
• Candidates must possess strong technical skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to work well in a team environment on multi-disciplinary projects.
• Previous experience leading projects, coordination and inspection of roadway work in the field or design is essential.
• Individuals are required to possess an Illinois Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes information and data to perform routine design tasks.
• Makes decisions independently on engineering problems and methods.
• Manages workload and any changes in project schedule or scope or additional services.

Benefits

• Hybrid (in-person and remote) work environment.
• Comprehensive benefits package including wellness programs, parental leave, and pet insurance, in addition to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Tax-deferred 401(k) savings plan.
• Competitive paid-time-off (PTO) accrual.
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education.
• Commitment to professional development, access to internal and external training programs, and support of active participation in professional organizations
• Incentive compensation for eligible positions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed