Transportation Project Manager

Freese and Nichols • San Antonio, TX

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Be a Driving Force in Austin and Central Texas Transportation! Freese and Nichols is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Transportation Project Manager to play a crucial role in shaping the future of transportation in Central Texas! Are you a passionate civil engineer with a proven track record of successfully managing complex projects and a desire to make a real impact? This is your chance to shine! Join our growing team in Austin or San Antonio, TX, and become a key player in delivering exceptional transportation projects for a variety of prominent public clients. Imagine the satisfaction of seeing your designs come to life and improving the daily commutes of Texans! This isn't just a project management role; it's an opportunity to lead and grow. Austin and San Antonio are booming markets, and we're committed to investing in their future and yours. At Freese and Nichols, we're dedicated to developing future leaders and technical experts through comprehensive training and mentorship programs. Here's what makes this role stand out: Lead the Way: Take ownership of projects, managing client communication, deadlines, deliverables, budgets, and ensuring top-notch quality. Become a master of project execution from start to finish Mentor and Inspire: Share your expertise and passion by guiding and training junior engineers. Help us build the next generation of transportation professionals. Drive Growth: Contribute to the expansion of our transportation practice by assisting in business development activities. Network, connect, and help us win new projects. Innovate and Design: Leverage your technical prowess to lead the analysis, design, and preparation of plans, specifications, estimates, and reports for our valued clients Build Relationships: Cultivate strong client relationships, becoming a trusted advisor and ensuring client satisfaction. At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values. We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more. Freese and Nichols is a professional planning, consulting and engineering firm serving clients across the United States. With client service and continuous improvement in mind, we plan, design and manage sustainable water and infrastructure projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (or comparable engineering or applied science degree)
• 6+ years of experience in roadway design
• 2+ years of progressive project management experience
• Texas Professional Engineering license (or the ability to become licensed in Texas within 6 months)
• Strong technical skills in roadway and drainage design
• Experience with MicroStation and Open Roads/Open Roads Designer

Nice To Haves

• Experience in working on or with the Texas Department of Transportation and understanding their design requirements and/or LGPP Projects
• Client communication and reporting, management of deadlines and project deliverables, project execution and quality management, agency coordination, scope and fee development along with project scheduling and tracking of activities

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of projects, managing client communication, deadlines, deliverables, budgets, and ensuring top-notch quality.
• Become a master of project execution from start to finish
• Share your expertise and passion by guiding and training junior engineers.
• Help us build the next generation of transportation professionals.
• Contribute to the expansion of our transportation practice by assisting in business development activities.
• Network, connect, and help us win new projects.
• Leverage your technical prowess to lead the analysis, design, and preparation of plans, specifications, estimates, and reports for our valued clients
• Cultivate strong client relationships, becoming a trusted advisor and ensuring client satisfaction.

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package
• paid overtime for salaried employees
• annual bonus
• access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico
• flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work
• alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees