Bridge Project Manager
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. · Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Civil Engineering · 1,001-5,000 employees
About the role
The Bridge Project Manager will lead and mentor engineering teams to deliver projects from concept through completion while managing scope, schedules, and budgets. They will also coordinate multidisciplinary teams, manage subconsultants, and build strong relationships with clients to ensure high-quality project outcomes.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or a related field from an ABET-accredited program and possess a Professional Engineer License. A minimum of 10 years of experience is required, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office and strong communication and presentation skills.
Benefits
Full description
Job Description
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals, providing a full range of multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. JMT is currently ranked #45 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 Design Firms.
Position Summary: Lead and mentor a team of engineers to successfully deliver impactful projects from concept through completion. In this role, you will drive project success by guiding planning efforts, defining scope, managing schedules and budgets, and coordinating multidisciplinary teams. You’ll serve as a key communicator with stakeholders, proactively manage risks and resources, ensure high standards of quality, and keep projects on track through clear reporting and leadership.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Manages project(s) in accordance with scope, schedule, and budget.
- Collaborates with disciplines and subconsultants to develop a risk adverse project scope and fee.
- Develop project specific project plans, Project Management Plans/quality management plan.
- Create and maintain project schedules.
- Manage subconsultants.
- Monitor and execute project progress, including identifying and mitigate risks, developing extra work order requests and open-end contract task proposals.
- Communicate project status, updates, and issues to internal and external stakeholders.
- Participate in office’s project financial status meetings.
- Build relationships with client(s) to understand preferences and requirements to set-up and execute a quality project.
- Prepare progress reports and review invoices.
- Develop and lead in project status and presentations
- Assist Section Heads, Office Leaders, and Practice Leaders with the marketing process including, SMART Go/No Go decisions, proposal development, and interviews.
- Coordinate and guide all technical resources within the project team to ensure delivery of a high-quality outcome.
- Providing coaching and mentorship to the project team through one-on-one check-in meetings and various project debriefs to acknowledge achievements, identify areas for improvement, and share lessons learned.
- Lead and manage team members by providing leadership and continuous performance management (setting expectations, goals, feedback, 1:1 meeting, coaching) that supports the growth and development of team.
Nonessential Functions and Responsibilities
- Perform other related duties as assigned