Kleinfelder

Transportation Project Manager

Kleinfelder$90K — $120K *
Transportation
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering (BSCE) from an ABET-accredited program.
  • 10+ years of experience in structural or highway and transportation design.
  • Registered Professional Engineer (PE) required.
  • Proven experience leading design teams and managing complex projects.
  • Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and guide teams.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for effective client and team interactions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage the design of highway and transportation structures, ensuring timely delivery and client satisfaction.
  • Provide expert technical guidance to project teams, overseeing the development of calculations, specifications, and plans.
  • Oversee project scheduling, cost management, and resource allocation to ensure successful project completion.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, enhancing long-term partnerships.
  • Mentor junior engineers, supporting their technical and career development while ensuring deliverable quality.
  • Contribute to proposal presentations and identify new business opportunities for service expansion.
  • Coordinate with various specialists to complete multi-disciplinary project deliverables.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Life insurance and 401(k) plan offerings.
  • Paid holidays and other time-off benefits.
  • Investment in professional development, including reimbursements for continuing education and certification expenses.
  • Access to a mentoring program for career development.
Full Job Description
Job Description

 

 

Step into Your New Role

 

As a Transportation Project Manager, you will lead and manage complex transportation infrastructure projects, ensuring successful delivery through expert technical guidance, client management, and team leadership. Collaborating with a skilled team of engineers, designers, and construction professionals, you will provide innovative solutions and drive operational excellence. You will apply relevant design criteria, standards, and processes to deliver high-quality engineering tasks in the transportation and structural engineering field. This hybrid role is available in our , Sewickley, PA office, offering significant career growth opportunities for the right individuals.

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

Project Leadership: Lead and manage the design of highway and transportation structures, such as bridges, culverts, and retaining walls, ensuring timely delivery, within budget, and exceeding client expectations.

Technical Direction: Provide expert technical guidance to project teams, overseeing structural design efforts, including developing calculations, specifications, and plans, while ensuring compliance with all relevant standards and regulations.

Project Delivery: Oversee project scheduling, cost management, and resource allocation, ensuring the successful completion of transportation infrastructure projects.

Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, fostering long-term partnerships and expanding our market share throughout Pennsylvania.

Team Leadership and Development: Mentor and support the professional growth of junior engineers, guiding them in their technical and career development while ensuring the quality and accuracy of all deliverables.

Business Development: Contribute to proposal presentations and scoping activities, identifying new business opportunities and expanding the range of services offered to clients.

Cross-disciplinary Collaboration: Coordinate with architects, bridge engineers, environmental professionals, water engineers, geotechnical experts, survey teams, and traffic engineers to complete multi-disciplinary project deliverables.

Thought Leadership: Contribute to industry technical conferences, committees, and internal development programs. Serve as a design lead and technical advisor for junior engineers and CAD staff.

 

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering (BSCE) from an ABET-accredited program.
  • 10+ years of experience in structural or highway and transportation design.
  • Registered Professional Engineer (PE) required.
  • Proven experience leading design teams and managing complex projects.
  • Ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and guide teams.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for effective client and team interactions.
  • In-depth knowledge of Federal, State, and local jurisdiction permitting regulations.
  • Proficiency in MicroStation and MS Office Suite.
  • Valid driver's license with a safe driving record.

Following an offer, candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete employment reference checks, verification of professional licensure and/or educational credentials, a motor vehicle report (MVR), and a comprehensive background check.   

 

Benefits: Kleinfelder offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays. 

 

Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.

 

About Kleinfelder

Kleinfelder is an engineering consulting firm that provides services in the areas of construction management, environmental consulting, geotechnical engineering, and more. The company was founded in 1961 by Bill Kleinfelder and is headquartered in San Diego, California. Kleinfelder has more than 70 offices across the United States, Canada, and Australia and employs over 2,000 people. The company has worked on a number of high-profile projects, including the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the Hoover Dam Bypass. Kleinfelder is committed to sustainability and has been recognized for its efforts in this area by organizations such as the U.S. Green Building Council.
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