Design Build Project Manager

SYSTRA

$175K — $208K *
Transportation
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Four-year degree in civil engineering
  • 15-20 years of relevant experience in rail infrastructure
  • Experience managing multi-discipline transit and rail design projects
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Familiarity with various project delivery methods
  • Leadership experience with large, multidisciplinary teams

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership for design-build team collaboration
  • Manage schedule delivery for Final Design Documents
  • Oversee contract management, including change order negotiations
  • Conduct monthly project reviews focused on budget control
  • Track financial aspects to ensure project completion within schedule
  • Serve as the client interface during weekly meetings
  • Implement risk management by negotiating out-of-scope requests
  • Ensure quality control across numerous deliverable packages
  • Manage construction activities like RFIs and submittal reviews

Benefits

  • Medical and dental coverage
  • 401k plan
  • Support for health and financial stability throughout career
Full Job Description
Context

We're looking for a new Design Build Project Manager in our Infrastructure Group to help drive the objectives and challenges our valued clients have trusted us to solve for them. This opportunity will be assigned/based at our New York project office.

As a SYSTRA US Design Build Project Manager you will join a world-class team of high-performing engineers, designers, drafters and others who work collectively to ensure client projects continue to thrive while remaining on track and budget.

Missions/Main Duties

Design Build Project Manager

  • Provide technical leadership and facilitate multi-discipline design-build team collaboration. Familiarity with Transit and Rail disciplines such as signal, structures, traction power, track, rail grade crossings, Overhead Catenary Systems, and System Safety and Integration
  • Manage schedule delivery for Final Design Documents
  • Contract Management including change order development and negotiation
  • Conduct monthly Project Reviews including cost reporting, and budget control activities throughout the life of the project with Project Controller and Department Manager.\/Monthly Budget Control including invoicing for construction support activities and design activities.
  • Track financial aspects of projects, coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to schedule
  • Point of client interface and accountability. Attend weekly meetings via Teams or at the field office. Field visits may be needed depending on project needs. Ability to obtain Roadway Worker Protection certification for several NYC Agencies.
  • Risk management by defining and negotiating out-of-scope requests.
  • Quality Control and Quality Assurance for over 50 deliverables packages, which include design drawings, specifications, design exceptions requests, reports, calculations.
  • Managing Construction activities such as RFI's, Directions from Designers, Submittal review.
  • Leadership Abilities to manage dynamic complex design-build environments


Profile/Skills

Required Qualifications:
  • Four-year degree in a civil engineering discipline
  • 15-20 or more years of relevant experience, 15 of which demonstrates experience on multi-discipline rail infrastructure projects
  • Prior work managing/leading multi-discipline transit and rail design projects
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience with different types of project delivery methods
  • Experience leading large groups in multidisciplined specialties

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Advanced degree(s)
  • PE licensing in multiple states
  • Experience with various city and state transportation organizations
  • Member of ASCE, AREMA or APTA


SYSTRA USA provides a benefits package including medical, dental, 401k and other offerings that focus on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Sponsorship assistance is not available for this position.

Salary Range: $175,000-208,000, SYSTRA USA is providing the compensation range that the company believes it might pay and/or offer for this position, based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location.

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