Transportation Project Manager

The Colorado Transportation team is a vibrant group, focused on delivering innovative solutions for today's civic challenges throughout the US West. Building on each other's talents, we collaborate across all disciplines to execute projects of all sizes and complexities - from roadway, traffic, structural, environmental, water, power, digital technologies, and more - to make our communities safer, more resilient, and exciting places to live and work.

We encourage our team to push the limits in an innovative and energetic environment, focusing on developing our team's skillsets while advancing individual careers. We routinely engage with experts throughout North America, making the most of today's technology and being the first to create new ones. With over 34,000 employees worldwide and more than 800 in Colorado, you will have access to global expertise while working alongside our close-knit regional team.

We're driving the future of transportation infrastructure. This is a place to apply your passion and grow with endless opportunities to help advance communities, today and tomorrow. We create great places and connections that get people and goods moving-whether by car, bus, train, plane, bike, scooter, or their own two feet. Working within the context of the communities we serve, we provide planning, engineering, and infrastructure management services that fit the needs of our clients and improve the overall transportation experience.

Join our team and help us keep communities connected.

Your Opportunity

Stantec is seeking a Project Manager to join our growing Transportation practice in Colorado Springs, CO. You will engage with all aspects of our transportation and associated practices around the globe including roadway, traffic, multimodal, transit, planning and design, structural, environmental, hydraulic experts, and more. You will be focused on developing our talented team and project opportunities to provide creative solutions through exceptional project delivery and client communication.

Key clients will be local agencies throughout Colorado and CDOT with an emphasis on City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County and CDOT Region 2. You will work closely with Colorado and regional leadership to implement sound business development and project delivery practices advancing our capabilities in a progressive and entrepreneurial environment. The person in this position will need a strong emphasis in project management and transportation engineering in the areas of roadways, civil, and drainage, highways and roadways/freeways.

Opportunity provides for a hybrid work environment. In office presence is expected based on project needs, client meetings, and team collaboration

Your

Key Responsibilities

* Manage projects, delivery, and QA for the design of roadways/highways, intersections/interchanges and associated facilities to meet local, state and federal requirements.

* Manage the development of scopes of work, level of effort estimates, and project schedules.

* Provide mentorship and quality control for plan, specification, and estimate package preparation and submittal.

* Assist in the leadership and management of an established yet developing regional practice including mentorship of engineering staff.

* Support account management teams in establishing and maintaining relationships with key clients throughout the front range with an emphasis on the City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County and CDOT Region 2.

* Offer creative planning and pursuit strategy solutions that support multi-disciplinary collaboration, client goals and objectives, and support and/or lead the pursuit strategy for projects including proposal development.

* Lead business development efforts in Southern Colorado including client relationship building, opportunity identification, and positioning Stantec for pursuits with target clients.

* Track and develop strategies in conjunction with Colorado Springs, PPRTA, El Paso County and CDOT funding and anticipated project lists.

* Be familiar with alternate forms of project delivery such as design build and CMGC.

* Support the creation of a diverse and driven culture developing tomorrow's engineering solutions.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

* Professional Engineering Registration in Colorado required and knowledge of local conditions and environment.

* Familiarity with local, state and federal and regulatory requirements.

* Ability to manage transportation staff in successful delivery of projects.

* Ability to help develop and implement transportation growth strategy for Colorado Roadway Team.

* Proposal preparation experience; project management; project design experience; contract negotiation.

* Experience with City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County and CDOT methods-processes, and a working knowledge of AASHTO, MUTCD and other transportation design standards.

* Strong leadership, interpersonal, and presentation skills.

* Good verbal and written communication skills.

* High level of proficiency with Microsoft…