Senior Program Director, Transportation Engineering

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Job Description:

Ready to take your engineering and management experience to the next level to work on complex construction problems that will have a huge impact on the local community? Ready to support our growth in the Texas transportation market? Ready to build and strengthen your approach to client service? If so, then we are ready for you.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Parsons seeks a Senior Program Director to play a key role in growing and delivering our traditional transportation design services with TxDOT and other transportation clients throughout Texas. The successful candidate, working with our management team will be a key contributor driving this growth, increasing our win rate, and building our sales pipeline. The Program Director role will include participating in the Texas strategy development working with our leadership team, client outreach especially for major North Texas TxDOT districts and other clients, and, as assigned, serve as capture manager for priority pursuits.

Additionally, our Program Director will create innovative, practical solutions to various projects that enhance the fabric of our community.
For assigned projects you will be responsible for the scope development, scope management, delivery and commercial performance of the project to meet project goals and objectives. This job is based in our Richardson, TX office.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing. Experience in preparing correspondence, written reports, presentations, for the Government and in briefing senior personnel.  Project scheduling and coordination.

Ability to manage interdisciplinary teams of professionals.

Ability to integrate competing and/or conflicting elements into the planning and execution processes so that project requirements flow smoothly.

Experience and familiarity with TxDOT and Local Government infrastructure projects, and related procedural, review, and approval requirements.

Mobilize company resources, through liaison with support departments, other offices, or subsidiaries, to create project teams capable of completing effective, quality work. Acts as the Company representative with the client and selected subcontractors during the program execution. Negotiate changes to the scope of work with the client and key subcontractors. Collaborate with business development to market and secure additional work with client.

Responsible for following up on instructions and commitments associated with the project. May participate in negotiations with regulatory agencies and in public meetings in support of clients.

Oversees establishment of Project Execution Plan, Health and Safety Plan, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan, and other documents as required.

Establish the program requirements for all areas of the project, and monitors the draft and final deliverables for adherence to these criteria. Ability to work with other managers, project engineers, and discipline leads to develop budgets, schedules, and plans for the various elements of a project. Work with the key project individual to devise and execute actions plans to rectify potential cost overruns or delays, or to accommodate significant changes to the scope of work.  

Advises the client and company management of any such changes.  The Project Manager is specifically responsible for maintaining…