ROW Project Manager - Transportation

What Lja Has To Offer

LJA is offering an exciting opportunity that will allow you to reach your full career potential. The structure of our organization is designed to amplify your capabilities while gaining the benefits of being an employee‑owner. What truly sets this opportunity apart is the chance to collaborate every day with dedicated, skilled, and supportive leaders. Whether you are in the office, in the field, or behind the scenes, working at LJA gives you the chance to grow through hands‑on experience and exposure to a broad range of clients and services.

At LJA, our employee‑owners take pride in their work and their workplace. We’re guided by leaders who foster a culture of respect, collaboration and a shared vision of success. Our difference is evident in the experiences and opportunities we provide:

• Employee‑owned. Client‑focused
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Consistently ranked as a Top Workplace
• Internal recruitment team, in‑house training, and a marketing department specific to our industry
• We celebrate flexibility, allowing every team and office to lead with their proven approach
• Our culture champions continuous learning and personal growth
• We believe success comes through constant evolution and communication
• We are passionate about having fun and making money, all while creating impact

As a Project Manager at LJA Transportation
, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of a large, complex real estate acquisition program for a major transit project. The position functions as a day‑to‑day extension of the Project Manager, with a strong emphasis on detailed execution, technical review, quality control, and Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisitions Policies Act of 1970, as amended (Uniform Act) compliance.
In addition to supporting daily coordination and issue resolution, this role contributes to development and strategic planning activities, including refinement of procedures, workflows, schedules, and risk mitigation approaches. The position is designed to offload day‑to‑day coordination from the Project Manager while strengthening quality, consistency, and forward‑looking planning across the program.
Experience on large, federally funded programs is ideal. Familiarity with Federal Transit Administration (FTA) processes is beneficial.

• Supporting day‑to‑day delivery of a large real estate acquisition transit project
• Managing subconsultants, assuming responsibility for invoicing/payments
• Reviewing subconsultant submittals to ensure completeness and documentation of submittal
• Providing detailed technical review and quality control of acquisition and relocation work products
• Serving as a technical lead for Uniform Act compliance, including interpretation of requirements and consistency across documentation
• Assisting with implementation of client’s real estate acquisition management plan, acquisition procedures, relocation procedures, and internal workflows
• Participating in short‑term and long‑range planning related to parcel sequencing, staffing needs, and schedule risk
• Coordinating acquisition and relocation activities across multiple parcels, disciplines, and consultants
• Reviewing schedules, trackers, and dashboards to ensure accuracy, completeness, and usability
• Coordinating with appraisal, appraisal review, negotiation, relocation, legal, environmental, survey and engineering teams
• Participating in internal and external project meetings, occasionally leading meetings or work sessions as delegated
• Assisting the Project Manager with issue identification, risk management, and resolution of day‑to‑day challenges
• Helping prepare for agency reviews, audits, workshops, and coordination meetings
• Providing technical guidance and leading/mentoring project staff
• Preparing presentations and reports and effectively communicating in a variety of mediums
• Assisting the Project Manager with financial analysis to track the project’s profitability
• Tracking the project team’s workload and evaluating potential staffing needs

• 4‑year college degree
• International Right of Way…