Senior project manager - highways

Regular (US only)

Full time

San Diego, CA; Los Angeles, CA; San Ramon, CA; Oakland, CA

Job Description

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Senior Project Manager to support our portfolio of work for transportation clients in California. This position is open to any of our CA locations as you will be supporting projects throughout CA.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential duties satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for various leadership and project management duties on transportation projects. Phases of projects for which management will be required include feasibility analyses; conceptual, environmental clearance, preliminary and detailed design; cost estimating; construction and contract management.

Responsibilities may include:

• Developing and presenting deliverables to clients for status, updates, and reporting to a political board and sub-committees.
• Managing project staff and design consultants to keep projects on budget and schedule and within agreed-upon scope.
• Participating with senior leaders in the establishment of short- and long-term plans for the transportation program.
• Through your project efforts and involvement in industry activities, developing and maintaining client relations.
• Actively participating in and supporting internal and external development and training activities.
• Coordinating with project's sponsors and/or stakeholders including, but not limited to, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), FHWA, county, and cities to resolve issues and obtain consensus on project decisions.
• Working with the Resident Engineer and providing design support during the construction of the projects.

Candidate Specification

The ideal candidate would have the following experiences:

• Has a minimum of 10-15 years of experience in design, project/program management, and project coordination. Construction administration experience is a plus, but not required,
• Is licensed to practice as a professional engineer in California.
• Is technically capable in highway design development, and familiar with Caltrans project development procedures/processes.
• Demonstrates interest in the development and maintenance of client relations.
• Strong written and oral communication skills are required and working as a team player is very important for this role.
• Desires to work with multiple agencies to develop projects in a collaborative fashion.

Salary Range: $160K - $180K
Benefits: 401k, medical, dental, and vision insurance, STD/LTD disability, holiday, PTO, parental leave, and company-paid life insurance.

Job Profile

Here at Mott MacDonald, we are experts in engineering, management, and development services supporting multisector project work in over 150 countries. One of the largest employee-owned companies in the world, we pride ourselves in our ability to deliver exceptional outcomes through the connected thinking of our 16,000+ talented consultants. Sustainability and innovation are at the heart of all of our sectors which, in North America include Advisory, Built Environment, Energy, Transportation, and Water.

Other Information

Equality, diversity and inclusion
We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Equal employment opportunity is the law. English version, Spanish version, Chinese version.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status or disability status.

Hybrid working policy
At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

More about Mott MacDonald
We're a global engineering, management and development consultancy.
Our purpose is to improve society by considering social outcomes in everything we do, relentlessly focusing on excellence and digital innovation, transforming our clients' businesses, our communities and employee opportunities.
A fundamental part of this is respecting each person's differences and striving to meet their needs.
Our values: progress, respect, integrity, drive, excellence

Job Ref

66189BR

Recruiter Contact

Adrienne Grego

Country

United States

Region/State

California

Discipline

Highways

Sector

Transport

Website Region

North America

Website Sector

Transportation