Transportation Project Manager

Job Description

CDM Smith currently has an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager with previous experience managing transportation design projects to join and help lead our growing West Transportation Group. In this position, you will manage multi-disciplined project teams, support planning and design activities, develop scopes of work and budgets, and assist with marketing and business development activities of complex transportation road, highway and transit projects for major transportation agencies in the West Pacific region.

• Managing and serving as the Project Manager on major road, highway, transit design transportation projects.
• Support marketing and business development efforts to further expand our clients and opportunities within the West Pacific Region transportation agencies.
• Building teams to match the project needs including selecting internal team members and establishing teaming partnerships with respective industry firms.
• Mentoring staff to enhance our transportation services capabilities.
• Assisting in identifying potential new staff to help expand our transportation practice.
• Developing the scope, schedule and budget for transportation design projects.
• Monitoring and controlling projects to ensure financial performance.
• Ensuring project deliverables meet quality standards for the firm and the client.
• Implementing quality analysis/control of key deliverables related to projects managed and assisting on projects managed by others.
• Overseeing adherence to the firm’s quality procedures at the project level.

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• 4 years of related experience.
• PMP (PMI), CCM or DBIA certification required (within 12 months of hire or promotion onto the Approved Project Manager list).
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required. Frequency of travel contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and essential functions.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience considered in lieu of a degree.

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, transportation, or structural engineering.
• Extensive professional transportation engineering experience for a private consulting firm.
• California and Nevada Professional Engineering (PE) license or ability to obtain within 12 months of hire.
• Previous experience managing roadway, highway, BRT, and/or light rail transportation engineering projects for state, county, and municipal clients (including Caltrans and NDOT) strongly preferred.
• Previous experience assisting with the proposal process and presenting/meeting with state, county, and municipal transportation clients, including Caltrans and NDOT.
• Excellent communication, networking, and team building skills.

10% of travel required.

We attract the best people in the industry, supporting their efforts to learn and grow. We strive to create a challenging and progressive work environment. We provide career opportunities that span a variety of disciplines and geographic locations, with projects that our employees plan, design, build and operate as diverse as the needs of our clients. CDM Smith is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, pregnancy related conditions, childbirth and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression), national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.