Senior Project Manager - Transportation Design

Senior Project Manager

Join Parsons as a Senior Project Manager and lead transformative transportation projects in North Carolina!

Parsons is seeking a seasoned project manager with a passion for delivering complex transportation projects. This role requires excellence in team leadership and a commitment to creating innovative solutions that enhance community infrastructure. As a Senior Project Manager, you will join our dynamic transportation design team in North Carolina, overseeing the development, management, and commercial performance of projects to ensure they meet ambitious goals and objectives.

Your expertise will be instrumental in planning and defining program goals, understanding client objectives, and navigating contract terms and corporate policies.

What You'll Be Doing

• Communicating effectively, both orally and in writing, including preparing correspondence, written reports, and presentations for government entities, as well as briefing tenants and senior personnel.
• Scheduling and coordinating project interactions among existing and occupied facilities.
• Managing interdisciplinary teams of professionals and supporting labor categories.
• Integrating competing and/or conflicting elements into the planning and execution processes to ensure smooth project requirements flow.
• Working with Federal and Local Government office building projects, understanding procedural, review, and approval requirements.
• Mobilizing company resources by liaising with support departments, other offices, or subsidiaries to create project teams capable of completing effective, quality work.
• Discussing the qualifications required for key project positions in detail with profit center and department managers.
• Collaborating with office facilities staff to address project space requirements.
• Acting as the company representative with the client and selected subcontractors during program execution.
• Negotiating changes to the scope of work with the client and key subcontractors.
• Marketing and securing additional work with clients.
• Following up on instructions and commitments associated with the project.
• Participating in negotiations with regulatory agencies and in public meetings in support of clients.
• Overseeing the establishment of Project Execution Plan, Health and Safety Plan, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan, and other required documents.
• Establishing program requirements for all areas of the project and monitoring draft and final deliverables for adherence to these criteria.
• Developing and distributing a one to two-page description of the project to all members of the project team for reference.
• Working with other managers, project engineers, and discipline leads to develop budgets, schedules, and plans for various project elements.
• Ensuring that the project meets or exceeds goals established in these plans.
• Working with key project individuals to devise and execute action plans to rectify potential cost overruns or delays, or to accommodate significant changes to the scope of work, and advising the client and company management of any such changes.
• Promoting technical and commercial excellence on the project through the application of Quality Assurance processes.
• Monitoring and reporting to management on the progress of all project activity within the program, including significant milestones and any conditions that could affect project cost or schedule.
• Establishing weekly meetings to review project status and formulate action items.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management or Civil Engineering related technical/business field
• 15+ years of related engineering management experience on large scale programs
• Incumbent should have a broad general technical and business background.
• Professional Engineer license is required.
• NCDOT/SCDOT project delivery experience is required
• Must have the ability to manage projects, interface with clients and enjoy being hands on technically in the project.
• Comprehensive knowledge of industry standards Incumbent must meet Parsons' project management certification requirements.
• Proven ability to perform in a management capacity, excellent written and oral communications.

Salary Range: $ - $

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.