Traffic Project Manager

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For over 110 years, we have delivered solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee‑owners. As the Traffic Project Manager, you will lead HNTB’s traffic analyses, traffic forecasts, and traffic modeling efforts for our clients in South Carolina.

You will manage projects, tasks, budgets, and client engagement and expectations for traffic engineering tasks and deliverables. The role will also include leveraging technical expertise and leadership experience to deliver quality projects on time, within budget, and to the client’s satisfaction. HNTB’s strengths lie in leading complex, multi‑disciplined projects, which requires strong leadership from and collaboration among our discipline managers.

This opportunity also includes leading, mentoring, training, and reviewing the work of members of our current team of professionals.

• Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assist in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB’s Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).
• Serve as the primary client liaison and manage the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction. Assist with client project scoping and contract negotiations.
• Perform technical discipline tasks including analysis, reports, design, specification, and production for assigned projects.
• Implement the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB’s Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA). Lead the development and the execution of the project management plan. Supervise and mentor the team to overall project objectives.
• Perform coordination with managers on project staffing, including recruitment, development, retention, and succession of project staff; development of a plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews.
• Partner with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships, and pursuit efforts for strategic and mini‑mega projects in accordance with HNTB’s Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA). Work with the project team and marketing resources to prepare proposal and presentation materials. Lead proposal development and interview presentations for strategic and mini‑mega projects to the client as well as general presentations within the industry and community.
• Possibly be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of staff, including development of a plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience
• 2 years of task management or Deputy PM experience

• Successfully delivering 4for4 (on‑time, on‑budget, quality, client satisfaction) on all projects. Identify risks and mitigation measures with oversight from more experienced staff.
• Using system tools to manage, monitor, and deliver projects or task orders.
• Leveraging the Office Management Team to assist in implementing HNTB Sophisticated processes as applicable to the project.
• Interfacing with your client‑level peer on projects and task orders.
• Providing technical guidance to team and task leads as well as performing portions of the technical work.

• 10 years of relevant experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification
• Proficiency in Traffic Analysis tools like Synchro, HCS, VISSIM, Trans Modeler, Trans Cad, and Sidra
• Previous project management or task management experience

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Locations:
Columbia, SC;
North Charleston, SC.

HNTB provides a fair and equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy status, sexual orientation,…