Senior Project Manager-Highways Roads

Senior Project Manager-Highways Roads

Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transportation in the communities you live and work!

GHD is looking for a proactive Senior Transportation Project Manager to support our Highways, Roads, and Bridges practice throughout California and the U.S. West. You will help deliver highways, interchanges, local roads, roundabouts, trails and active transportation projects and bridge improvements for Federal, State, Regional, County, and Municipal agencies and private sector clients.

• Project Governance:
  Clarify roles and responsibilities within the project team and ensure project compliance with the organization’s wider program and/or portfolio management decision-making structures and processes.
• Portfolio Management:
  Plan and manage the delivery of projects within an area of professional expertise, using an appropriate project management methodology to give assurance that intended outcomes are achieved.
• Project Team Management:
  Lead large project teams (or multiple small- to medium-sized teams); define the project vision, communicate the necessary outcomes, and provide guidance to achieve these outcomes; coordinate team actions across project activities; coordinate the flow of additional team members on and off the team, as needed; and build the capability of the team through training, coaching, and mentoring.
• Project Risk and Issue Management:
  Manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating these matters where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these concerns.
• Project Resource Management:
  Negotiate and manage deployment of project resource budgets, providing forecasts and presenting variances with narrative at appropriate review points to ensure effective utilization.
• Culture of Innovation:
  Drive a culture of innovation by creating multistakeholder solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration across business units, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons.
• Leadership and Direction:
  Communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
• Personal Capability Building:
  Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Transformational Change Management:
  Manage projects or substantial work streams within a transformational change program, ensuring integration with related projects; use structured change management methodologies to build acceptance of change and to embed desired culture and behaviors.
• Stakeholder Management:
  Develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans for projects to identify relevant stakeholders, to develop positive stakeholder relationships, and to ensure that each stakeholder has an appropriate share of voice.
• Project Scope Definition:
  Plan and lead the delivery of a range of information gathering, analysis, and stakeholder consultation activities and specify, negotiate, and agree on project deliverables.
• Project Assurance:
  Manage the delivery of assurance reviews within a project, enable the delivery of assurance reviews by independent third parties, and take appropriate action to resolve any issues identified, to give senior stakeholders confidence that the project can deliver according to time, budget, and quality.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related field, master’s degree preferred

• 12+ years of experience with solid technical knowledge and skills across the transportation & municipal engineering, including a strong background in planning & design; construction experience a plus.
• Registered Civil Engineer in the State of California required.
• Experience in transportation project management, specifically in highways and roads.
• Experience with project management software and tools.
• Ability to lead the development of project/client proposals and participate in interviews as needed.
• Knowledge of Caltrans and AASHTO guidelines and standards and a strong foundation and understanding of PS&E package development.
• Experience with local agency, state and federally funded transportation projects including projects delivered in partnership with Caltrans through their oversight process.

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