Transportation Project Manager

About the role

Are we the road to your future? We are currently searching for an experienced Transportation Project Manager to support our Gulf Region located in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

“For a century, Volkert has done meaningful work that improves our infrastructure and quality of life throughout our communities. We are proud of our one-hundred-year legacy and humbled by the opportunities ahead of us as we look forward to our next century of service. With our commitment to employee ownership and sustainable growth, you can build a career here that really makes a difference.” – Thomas A. Hand, PE, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Responsibilities

• Provide project management and plan review for Volkert clients in Alabama
• Organize activities, schedules, and reports in support of transportation projects
• Lead or assist in developing project designs and direct designers to successfully execute and deliver project work while implementing client-focused strategies
• Provide technical design and guidance on projects that may include roadway design, traffic operations analysis, traffic signal design and timing, corridor and safety studies, temporary traffic control and traffic management plans, signing and pavement marking plans, and transportation planning and modeling
• Prepare engineering studies, documents, and reports
• Prepare, issue, and track project documentation such as contracts and change orders for all phases of assigned work
• Manage project budgets to meet financial metrics
• Prepare correspondence and documents with clients, subconsultants, and regulatory agencies as required
• Attend project meetings and interact with clients and the public about your work and the context of the plans you develop
• Market to new and existing clients and participate in business development activities
• Assist in the development of junior engineering staff and Engineering Interns
• Adhere to company standards for quality assurance and quality control as defined in the quality manual
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in Civil Engineering from an ABET-accredited program
• 5+ years of transportation engineering experience with a history of progressive growth in project responsibilities
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