Project Manager-Planner​/Landscape Architect​/Engineer

At HCTRA, we’re more than just roads and tolls — we’re a dynamic agency committed to improving mobility and enhancing the quality of life for millions across the region. No matter your area of expertise your skills can make a lasting impact.

At HCTRA, we’re more than just roads and tolls — we’re a dynamic agency committed to improving mobility and enhancing the quality of life for millions across the region. No matter your area of expertise your skills can make a lasting impact.

We offer diverse career paths, competitive benefits, and a supportive workplace culture where safety, innovation, accountability, and public service are at the core of everything we do. If you're ready to build your future while helping shape the future of transportation in Harris County, we want to hear from you.

As a department of Harris County, HCTRA employees receive access to the County’s competitive benefits package designed to support their health, well-being, and financial security. Each full-time employee is provided basic life, medical, dental and vision insurance coverage at no cost, with coverage beginning after about 45 days of employment. Additional benefits include a strong retirement plan (TCDRS), paid time off, life insurance, and more.

HCTRA is seeking to fill a role within our Capital Planning Division for planning, landscape architecture, engineering, or similar position. You will have the opportunity to manage multiple disciplines to deliver complex solutions that further the organization’s vision and goals. We are looking for someone who can bring innovative ideas to solve some of HCTRA’s biggest transportation challenges. The role requires an understanding of how all modes of transportation work with surrounding land use, placemaking, economics, and environmental issues to deliver multidisciplinary solutions that meet the needs of the community.

The responsibilities listed below represent key aspects of the role, but are not all-inclusive. Additional duties may be assigned as needed to support the team and department objectives.

Being in a public role, you’ll be guiding consultants to deliver projects using a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to integrate human experience, environmental context, and community priorities. This requires thinking outside of the box, pushing the envelope, and strong project management skills:

• Managing and monthly reporting of scope, schedule, budget, and project goals
• Ensuring quality deliverables
• Constant communication with consulting teams, internal and external stakeholders, and the general public
• Implementing best practices for risk management to minimize impact of potential issues

This role requires top-notch communication skills, not only within the project, but internal and external communication, as well:

• Coordination with consulting teams to ensure quality deliverables that further HCTRA’s vision
• Internal coordination to provide planning expertise for other project phases and general organization needs
• External coordination – project-related with stakeholders and the general public, but also with partner agencies to ensure regionally coordinated efforts

You’ll be encouraged and expected to stay up-to-date with relevant topics and solutions – not just on transportation topics, to ensure holistic solutions are being provided. You’ll be representing HCTRA as subject matter expert.

• Attending and presenting at related conferences
• Researching and reporting on relevant topics and issues
• Pushing the envelope on projects to come up with implementable out-of-the-box ideas

• Attending and presenting at…