Transportation Engineer Project Manager - Roadway

Transportation Engineer Project Manager - Roadway

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We are Olsson. We engineer and design solutions that improve the world around us. As a company, we promise to always be responsive, transparent, and focused on results – for our people, our clients, and our company. We’re a people‑centric firm, so it’s no surprise our greatest asset is our people. The impact this creates is an environment that encourages our people to grow and be creative with their talents.

This approach builds a culture that is uniquely Olsson. It allows us to grow our people as we grow our business. This, in turn, creates a lasting impact on the world around us.

Join Olsson's Roadway team as a Project Manager, making a significant impact on the success of our growth in Missouri as we continue to expand our footprint to St. Louis! Olsson provides multidisciplinary design services for transportation‑related projects including urban and rural highways, interchanges, and municipal roadways.

As a Project Manager, you will be a lead project manager for our Roadway team, ensuring successful project deliverables and completion for complex and high‑priority projects that may span across multiple teams. You will also provide direction to the Roadway team and ensure quality execution of key projects that provide purposeful, high‑quality solutions to successfully solve engineering and design needs.

As a Project Manager, you will take charge of supervising and nurturing the professional and technical growth of team members. Your emphasis on mentorship will contribute to a culture that values skill development, collaboration, and collective success. Together, we can make a positive impact on our communities and play a vital role in shaping the future of transportation infrastructure.

• Develop project scopes, schedules, and budgets and track progress to manage financial success of projects and ensure timely completion.
• Manage complex contract negotiations.
• Lead the execution of project plans by assembling and managing project teams, coordinating availability of internal resources, and assigning individual responsibilities ensuring technical skills, capabilities, and expertise align with project objectives.
• Serve as primary liaison between all parties involved in a project.
• Monitor progress and measure project performance, ensuring deliverables fall within established scope, schedule, and budget.
• Manage change requests, execute risk management techniques, and implement strategies to minimize negative financial impact to the project.
• Coordinate detailed reviews of technical work to ensure high‑quality work is being performed and the terms, conditions, and specifications outlined in the project contract are being fulfilled.
• Maintain an ongoing positive relationship with clients and focus on exceptional client service to secure future work.
• Document all project deliverables and maintain comprehensive records including correspondence, design plans, and other project related files.
• Mentor and supervise staff within the team on project management best practices using Olsson Project Management programs and other project support services resources.
• Adhere to regulations and enforce safety standards.

• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to contribute and work well on a team.
• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
• Project management experience including scope, schedule, and budget control.
• 8+ years of experience in highway or municipal design.
• Must be a registered Professional Engineer (PE).
• Experience with Micro Station and/or AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Connectivity with local municipalities in the St. Louis area strongly preferred.

• Working collaboratively with others.
• Having ownership in the work you do.
• Using your talents to positively affect communities.

Olsson specializes in engineering and design, client advisory services, planning, field services, and environmental. Improving the world has been our mindset from the very beginning, back when Olsson first opened for…