Project Manager - Transportation
Barge Design Solutions Hoover, Alabama, United States
Design Services · 501-1,000 employees
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About the role
The Project Manager will oversee transportation projects by managing contracts, ensuring quality program execution, and providing technical guidance. They act as the primary liaison between the client and the project team to facilitate meetings and ensure successful project delivery.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and have at least 6 years of related design or project management experience. A Professional Engineer (PE) license is highly preferred, though PMP certification with equivalent technical skills will be considered.
Benefits
Full description
What We're Looking For: Barge Design Solutions, Inc. is seeking an experienced and talented Project Manager to join our State Department of Transportation Client Center. The main function of PM role is to provide project management services on a variety of projects while maintaining Barge PM procedures, business goals, and objectives. Time is spent developing and managing projects, leading project post-mortem reviews, as well as, executing administrative pieces defined in each contract in a way that results in positive business impact and a great employee experience. This role is expected to establish and build positive client relationships.
Responsibilities:
- Responsibilities include working with office leadership executing proper PM procedures.
- Develops contracts including subcontracts to comply with Barge terms.
- Prepares comprehensive Project Management Plans.
- Leads and facilitates a collaborative work environment and advances initiatives that support a positive workplace culture.
- Ensures Quality Program implementation and execution.
- Reviews project reports and findings. Makes modifications to project as needed.
- Provides technical guidance and resolves project problems.
- Acts as primary agent between client and project team coordinating events, leading client meetings & internal project meetings, and delivery of final project to client.
- On occasion may function as a technical lead on projects.
- Develops and maintains positive relationships with clients, customers, officials, contractors, and others.
- Attends various leadership meetings.
- Supports and implements strategic and business planning activities.
- Performs other duties as requested.
Education & Experience Qualifications: • Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from an accredited program.
- PE candidates are highly preferred, but PMP candidates without a PE but with the same technical skills will also be considered.
- 6 years of related experience in design/project management.
- Experience working with the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT).
- Strong design and technical credibility.
- Excellent oral, written, and graphical communication skills.
- Ability to effectively manage concurrent projects and deadlines.
- Strong teambuilding skills.
- Able to collaborate with other design disciplines
Why join us?
Barge Design Solutions, Inc., is an engineering and architecture firm with diverse in-house multidisciplinary practice areas. The employee-owned company is more than 650+ people strong and serves clients nationwide from multiple U.S. locations. Barge is ranked on Engineering News-Record (ENR)’s Top 500 Design Firms and Architectural Record’s Top 300 Architecture Firms and is a certified Great Place To Work®.
Our primary purpose for being in business is ultimately to create a better life by unleashing the potential of our people, clients and communities. This purpose is supported by our company’s core values because at the end of the day, Barge CARES:
- Collaborate – Help and expect help. Teamwork is essential in what we do.
- Authentic – Honesty, integrity and trust are at the heart of everything we do. We are who we say we are.
- Responsible – We are accountable for our work, our attitude, and our actions. We make Barge better.
- Excellence – We go all in and expect more of ourselves than others expect of us.
- Service – We are humble. We use our gifts in service of others.
We believe that if we are living out our purpose for being in business and integrating our values into everything we do, we will ultimately achieve our vision to be the firm best known for being selected when it matters most.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Agency Submissions
No unsolicited agency submissions. Barge Design Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or staffing agencies. Any unsolicited resume becomes the property of Barge Design Solutions, and no fee will be paid for resulting hires. Only agencies with a signed agreement are authorized to submit candidates.
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