Project Manager

About the role

We are seeking a Project Manager to join our team in Lake City, FL. An early career Project Manager who supports the delivery of transportation, infrastructure, and professional-services programs. Working under general supervision and within established program objectives, the Project Manager I serves as a daily point of contact for clients, contractors, consultants, and internal technical staff. The position exercises independent judgment in coordinating routine project matters, resolving issues within delegated authority, and maintaining progress on scope, schedule, budget, records, deliverables, and required reporting. The position may also include project administration, monitoring, reporting, document control, financial tracking, stakeholder communication, and day-to-day operational needs throughout the project lifecycle. Although the role supports the Senior Project Manager, it is expected to independently manage assigned workstreams and carry routine matters through completion. This is an embedded role and will report to the client's office, daily.

Responsibilities

• Under supervision, develops project work plans and schedules.
• Assist in creating, maintaining, and revising project execution plans, schedules, work plans, risk logs, and action trackers.
• Monitor project activities, milestones, deliverables, and controls throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify emerging issues and elevate them for direction and resolution.
• Assist the Senior Project Manager in tracking project budgets, expenditures, forecasts, and invoicing.
• Monitor and help address internal and external billing issues or anomalies.
• Review consultant invoices for completeness and accuracy before routing them to the manager.
• Follow up with consultants, as directed, regarding invoice questions or required clarification.
• Assist with processing completed and signed project legal and contractual documents.
• Serve as a daily point of contact for the client, contractors, consultants, and project team members.
• Support the Senior Project Manager in responding to routine requests, coordinating decisions, and resolving project-level questions.
• Attend project meetings and assist with agendas, presentation materials, meeting minutes, and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate across technical staff and project stakeholders to maintain alignment on priorities and deliverables.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary technical staff and consultants on assigned activities.
• Track responsibilities, due dates, and deliverables and communicate status to the manager.
• Support onboarding, file organization, and consistent use of project procedures and templates.
• May provide work direction to support staff assisting with specific assignments.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• General understanding of project management practices, project controls, document control, and contract administration.
• Ability to organize information, maintain accurate records, track multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Clear and analytical approach to problem solving, with sound judgment and appropriate escalation of issues.
• Strong verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
• Ability to work effectively with technical staff, consultants, contractors, and clients.