Transportation Project Manager

Position Summary

Join Cranston, an HFW partner firm, as a Transportation Project Manager. In this dynamic role, you will lead a design team, overseeing all aspects of project management from pursuing new opportunities to ensuring on-time and on-budget project delivery. You will be responsible for proposal preparation, project staffing, and maintaining strong client relationships. Your expertise will guide the execution of project schedules, scopes, and budgets, while ensuring quality control and compliance with corporate policies. Additionally, you will play a key role in business development, identifying new clients, and fostering a cohesive team environment. Your leadership will be instrumental in delivering successful projects and driving our firm's growth and reputation.

About the Role

Perks And Benefits
Bi-Annual Profit/Bonus Distributions: 401(k) Contribution Match: 4%
Entrepreneurial Culture: Work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment that encourages innovation and offers growth opportunities for driven professionals.
Collaborative Learning & Career Development: Enjoy a collaborative atmosphere that promotes multi-disciplinary learning and provides ample career advancement opportunities.

Company Overview

Cranston, a proud member of the HFW Companies network, has been a cornerstone in the civil and structural engineering, landscape architecture, planning, and surveying sectors for over half a century. Our expertise spans across municipal, private development, transportation, and water resource projects. We are dedicated to making communities safer, healthier, more accessible, and sustainable. With a legacy of passion and integrity, Cranston has built a reputation on leading transformative changes and guiding our project partners through complex challenges.

Essential Responsibilities

• Serve as Senior Technical Advisor and Subject Matter Expert.
• Identify new markets and clients to bring in new projects, while maintaining positive relationships with existing clients.
• Prepare proposals and qualification statements, including estimates and presentations.
• Prepare project schedules, scopes, and budgets, ensuring on-time and on-budget performance.
• Determine project team makeup and assign workloads.
• Conduct project kick-off meetings to communicate and obtain agreement on project schedules.
• Maintain and follow up on client invoicing and payments.
• Oversee the design phase, including conducting design review meetings and providing progress reports.
• Manage participation in the bidding phase and coordinate responses to contractor questions.
• Manage the construction phase according to contract requirements.
• Respond promptly to requests for information or problems, maintaining good communication.
• Ensure quality control procedures are implemented and maintained.
• Provide guidance and training to technical support personnel.
• Cover coordination with other groups for project support.
• Ensure project correspondence and design documentation are kept orderly and complete.
• Properly close out projects in accordance with established procedures.

Qualifications

• Experience: 8+ years of engineering design consulting experience and 3-5 years of project management experience.
• Skills: Strong supervisory skills, excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, and exceptional project management abilities.
• Technical Proficiency: Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and technical software.
• Licenses: Valid Driver's License.
• Education And Experience: Degree: BS in Civil Engineering or a technical equivalent. Certification: Professional Engineering License in GA, or ability to obtain.

Physical Requirements

• General: Ability to stand, walk, use hands to handle objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear, sit, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Lifting: Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and infrequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Vision: Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.