Project Manager - Urban Mobility
About the role
Our Twin Cities Metro team is growing and we are seeking a highly motivated and technically proficient Project Manager to help us deliver quality design projects to the communities we serve. As a member of our Urban Mobility team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of professionals to find new ways of improving the transportation experience for communities in our backyard, across North America, and around the globe.
Responsibilities
- Develop project management plans and establish project goals and objectives
- Interface directly with clients and manage many aspects of a project autonomously to meet contractual obligations, schedule, and budget
- Manage established program
- Provide day-to-day leadership for team members
- Provide technical engineering analysis and oversight of design concepts, Preliminary Geometric Layouts and Final Design construction plan sets
- Manage projects to meet design standards, funding requirements and client preferences for State DOT, County, and local practices and procedures
- Apply and manage project specific quality management plans for deliverable accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budget and schedule
- Collaborate with staff from local offices and greater Stantec to provide support, access expertise, and secure assistance on projects as needed
- Stay abreast of market trends and client concerns and develop responsive solutions
- Engage directly with existing and prospective clients, guiding projects from concept through delivery and helping reinforce our position as a leading transportation engineering firm
- Your work may include collaboration with the Transportation and Community Development teams on projects throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, and beyond
Requirements
The ideal candidate brings a strong passion for urban transportation, traffic calming, and multimodal safety, with the ability to translate those values into high-quality engineering solutions. As a design-focused project manager, you will ensure projects are delivered within scope and budget, produce technically sound and compliant designs, mentor and manage project resources, proactively build internal relationships, and cultivate strong, sustained partnerships with external clients.
Qualifications
- Proficient with MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, OneNote, and OneDrive
- Experience and knowledge working on and managing preliminary and final design and planning projects with efficient project management expertise of multiple concurrent projects
- Demonstrate initiative and attention to detail and accuracy
- Detail oriented self-motivated individual with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought
- Takes initiative on tasks and in coordinating with other members of the design team
- Ability to effectively discuss project issues with clients and reviewing agencies
- Has the skill and knowledge to create, suggest, and introduce innovative and effective client solutions and integrated deliverables that are aligned with the Sector business objectives
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, along with excellent interpersonal abilities and willingness to work in a team atmosphere and assist with M&BD activities for positioning and pursuits of new opportunities
- Participation in professional associations
Skills
- Ability to perform and/or review CADD design in MicroStation/OpenRoads and/or AutoCAD Civil 3D as it relates to roadway design, including 3D corridor models
- Prepare transportation related reports including design memos and feasibility reports
- Prepare project cost estimates and specifications
- Absorb and prepare shop drawings and submittals, respond to requests for information, prepare site observation reports, and perform other contract administration tasks
- Supervise and manage design engineer(s) performing roadway CADD design
- Mentor staff to develop each to their full potential
Benefits
- Paid holidays
- Vacation
- Paid sick leave
- 401(k) plan
- Employee stock purchase program
- Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- Short-term/long-term disability plans
- Emergency travel benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Professional membership fee coverage
- Paid family leave