Project Manager I – Design-Build Drainage Engineering

About the role

We are seeking candidates for a Drainage Project Manager with demonstrated experience on fast-paced transportation infrastructure projects. This role is a key member of project leadership teams, responsible for proactively managing budget, schedule, technical requirements, and contractual obligations. You will provide high-level technical tasks while managing and reviewing design elements such as specifications, calculations, reports, and plans. This individual will accomplish HNTB’s 4 for 4 performance: delivery of quality work, on time, on budget, and to the client’s satisfaction on every project through coordination with internal and external partners and cross-discipline teams to address and solve design-related issues or concerns.

Responsibilities

• Develop the project scope and fee quotation and assist in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).
• Serve as the primary client liaison and manage the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction.
• Assist with client project scoping and contract negotiations.
• Perform technical discipline tasks including analysis, reports, design, specification, and production for assigned projects.
• Implement the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project. Lead the development and execution of the project management plan.
• Supervise and mentor the team to meet overall project objectives.
• Coordinate with managers on project staffing, including recruitment, development, retention, and succession of project staff; develop plans for project staff reporting; and support performance and compensation reviews.
• Partner with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships, and pursuit efforts for strategic and mini-mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA).
• Work with the project team and marketing resources to prepare proposal and presentation materials. Lead proposal development and interview presentations for strategic and mini-mega projects.
• May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of staff, including development of plans for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience.
• 2 years of task management or Deputy PM experience.

Skills

• Drainage, Stormwater, Water Quality, and Surface Water Design.
• Lead project teams in the development of hydrologic and hydraulic models, drainage calculations, plans, and specifications.
• Coordinate with other disciplines to assure a fully integrated design.
• Work with project managers, other discipline leads, and contracting partners to provide engineering support, develop cost estimates, and identify risks for job pursuits.
• Develop scopes, fees, and work plans to execute projects on aggressive schedules.
• Assign tasks and direct the design to provide quality, on-time deliverables.
• Act as a subject matter expert and provide senior review of designs, proposals, fee estimates, and scopes of work for projects nationwide.
• Proficient with standard industry software (MicroStation, InRoads Drainage, GEOPAK Drainage, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Storm CAD, HEC-RAS 1D & 2D, SWMM, PondPack, Culvert Master, Flow Master, HydroCAD, etc.).
• Knowledge of, or ability to quickly identify, stormwater and associated permitting requirements of clients, local, state, and federal agencies that may be involved with projects.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering (preferred).
• 15+ years of relevant experience (preferred).
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification, and the ability to obtain PE in multiple states (preferred).
• Excellent communication skills.
• Familiarity with construction methods and the ability to optimize designs accordingly.
• Familiarity with permitting on the federal, state, and local levels.
• California Professional Engineer (PE) license (preferred).

Pay

The approximate pay range for the California San Francisco Bay Area is $158,688.55 - $248,205.18. Actual compensation will be dependent on factors including, but not limited to, the individual’s qualifications, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as physical work location within the state.

Schedule

• Full-time

Locations: Kansas City, MO; Oakland, CA