Transportation Practice Leader​/Project Manager - Hybrid

Transportation Practice Leader/Project Manager

Enhance your career at ra Smith as a Transportation Practice Leader/Project Manager in our Transportation Services division and discover why we're ranked #5 as a Top Workplace.

ra Smith is a growing multi-disciplinary consulting civil and structural engineering and land surveying firm with over 45 years of experience. We work with clients on projects nationwide from our six office locations in Wisconsin, Illinois, and California.

Are you ready to contribute your talents to a variety of projects that positively impact communities across the state? Consider this opportunity:

Primary Responsibilities:

• Developing, maintaining and managing a portfolio of clients.
• Managing transportation projects, including negotiating contracts with clients/sub-consultants, setting and maintaining project budgets, managing project teams and overseeing projects.
• Business development tasks such as attendance at client and peer events, participation in professional organizations, writing proposals, winning business, strengthening existing client relationships and developing new client relationships.
• Building and retaining a team of transportation professionals to support their growth initiatives.
• Functioning as the main point of contact with clients, sub-consultants and project team members. The successful candidate will utilize exemplary communication and leadership skills when working with other internal Project Managers and Project Engineers to manage the technical teams for successful project completion.
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits:

ra Smith has a strong history of maintaining a people-oriented culture that provides a great work-life balance and a highly competitive compensation and benefit package. We support and encourage professional development opportunities and provide career growth charts for our supervisors and employees.

Specific benefits include:

• Hybrid home/office-based environment with flexible work schedules
• Generous paid time off and 8 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Medical/prescription drug, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
• Wellness programs for health insurance savings
• Identity Shield and Legal Shield programs
• Life assistance programs
• Corporate wear reimbursement
• Employee referral bonus
• 401K plan with immediate employee participation and generous company match
• Tuition and professional licensure/certification reimbursement program
• Paid memberships to professional organizations
• Paid seminars and conferences
• A variety of mentoring and training programs
• Company picnics, seasonal events, social, team-building and sporting opportunities

Skills and Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from a U.S. accredited college or university
• Minimum of ten (10) years' progressive experience in WisDOT and local government transportation engineering, including a minimum of two (2) years of project management and business development experience.
• A professional engineering license from the State of Wisconsin is required.
• Applicable U.S. based work experience.

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