Senior Project Manager-Transit/Track

HDR is seeking a highly motivated Senior Transit Project Manager to support HDR's Transit Market Sector. This individual will work to pursue, manage, and deliver transformative projects and respond to client needs related to the transit industry. This position requires strong project management and leadership skills and the ability to work with different facets of rail and public agency staff and capital projects. The ideal candidate will have broad experience working with Transit public agencies. Valuable experience includes the delivery of capital projects of all sizes, including concept design, environmental review, preliminary engineering, final design, construction and commissioning. Experience with state of good repair projects and an understanding of operations and maintenance for transit systems is also beneficial. Navigating the Federal grant programs is often critical to successfully delivering transit capital projects, experience developing technical documents from FTA Capital Investment Grant and other Federal funding programs is required. The successful candidate must demonstrate knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and Local standards and requirements associated with railway projects, design, operations, and maintenance and an understanding of project delivery processes for various phases of project development such as planning, conceptual design and feasibility, environmental documentation, preparation of Plans, Specifications, and Estimate (PS&E), and providing Design Support During Construction (DSDC) and Construction Management (CM). The ideal candidate will also act as a seller-doer project manager that leads project pursuits and helps grow market share, through cooperation with the Transit Market Sector Leader and the business development and marketing team. The position may require travel to participate in client projects, marketing pursuits, and internal meetings and events. In the role of Senior Project Manager, we'll count on you to: • Take responsibility for all aspects of client and design-team management of commuter and rail transit projects. • Plan, direct, supervise, and monitor all aspects of multidisciplinary projects with a high degree of technical complexity and involving a large project staff of professionals and technicians; manage the assembly of design, plans, specifications, construction estimate packages, and other deliverables. • Produce and coordinate several projects concurrently. • Serve as Project Manager on small, medium, and large transportation projects. • Serve as a point of contact between the client and HDR and help to enhance client relationships and be involved in contractual, design, and production meetings. • Participate in proposal development and other marketing activities as a seller-doer pursuit champion or support role, as appropriate. • Implement QA/QC procedures and perform detailed QC reviews of transit projects. • Work with Transit Market Sector Leader and other area managers to coordinate staffing and workload through the entire project development to complete deliverables on schedule. • Work with Transit Market Sector Leader and other area managers to supervise project staff, act as mentor for less-experienced Project Managers, and execute training for personnel as established by strategic plans. • Perform other duties, as needed Preferred Qualifications • Minimum 15 years of experience within the transit / rail engineering industry and managing multidisciplinary railway projects and teams in office and field environments • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification • Ability to manage large Transit Program/projects • Ability to handle multiple assignments • Ability to travel for client meetings, site visits, field assessments, and construction management, as required • Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Office software (i.e., Word, Excel, Project), engineering software (e.g., AutoCAD, MicroStation, OpenRoads/OpenRail), estimating and scheduling software (e.g., Primavera P3 or SureTrak), and project management software (e.g., Prolog) • Local candidates are preferred #LI-CA1 Qualifications Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Engineering • 10 years related experience • A minimum 5 years project management experience • Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license. • MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus) • Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills • An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must