AtkinsRéalis

Project Director – Roadway

AtkinsRéalis

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Edison • New Jersey • New York • United States

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Salary

💰 $180,000 - $220,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Be a dedicated business builder who will utilize existing relationships to identify and pursue business opportunities as well as recruit top technical staff
  • Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with clients, both public and private, as well as representatives of local, state and federal regulatory agencies
  • Work with leadership to promote design excellence, provide leadership and mentoring while driving the strategic plan for the office
  • Leverage existing and develop new NJDOT and NJTA relationships to identify and pursue business opportunities
  • Play a key role leading pursuits and writing proposals for NJDOT and NJTA
  • Coordinates and participates in contract negotiations with clients and subcontractors
  • Conducts QCAP reviews of less complicated professional services agreements
  • Directs project team compliance with contract terms, monitors subcontractors' progress, performance, and compliance with contractual commitments
  • Participates in contract dispute resolution and litigation concerning project performance, administration, and other liability issues
  • Reviews and approves subconsultant and vendor invoices, and resolves payment disputes
  • Develops, communicates, and manages project quality assurance, administrative procedures, communication guidelines, project deliverable formats, and specifications, and progress reporting requirements
  • Monitors schedules, billings, and reports; ensures appropriate charging of manhours, costs, and expenses to projects; assists in obtaining payment from clients; resolves client disputes and adjusts billing records as required
  • Communicates project progress/status to senior management and alerts them of project production, quality control, or financial performance problems
  • Identifies new business opportunities for the firm, coordinates and participates in project presentations to clients and other external groups, and promotes firm's capabilities
  • Participates in project opportunity evaluation, consultant selection, and in the preparation of the firm's qualification/experience statements
  • Maintains frequent contact with clients and regulatory agency personnel to determine their respective needs and requirements
  • Serves as an expert witness at project hearings and judicial proceedings if necessary
  • Supervises other project managers, technical professionals, and other design staff including managing weekly project workload and manpower forecasting
  • Conducts project management training workshops and serves as a mentor to associate project managers and project managers.
  • Monitors and reports the financial status of projects to technical managers
  • Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering
  • Graduate degree preferred
  • New Jersey P.E. license at minimum required
  • Extensive experience leading transportation design projects for the New Jersey Department of Transportation and New Jersey Turnpike Authority
  • 15 years of engineering experience in project production and technical professional activities
  • Must have significant highway/roadway design experience with all ranges of projects.
  • Strong project financial management and team management skills.
  • Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills, public speaking and persuasive ability.
Benefits
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • company-paid life
  • short- and long-term disability benefits
  • employer-matched 401(k)
  • employee stock purchase plan
  • Paid Time Off
  • leaves of absences options
  • flexible work options
  • recognition and employee satisfaction programs
  • employee assistance program
  • voluntary benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
project managementtransportation designhighway designcontract negotiationquality assurancefinancial managementproject schedulingproposal writingcompliance monitoringdispute resolution
Soft skills
relationship buildingleadershipmentoringcommunicationpublic speakinginterpersonal skillspersuasive abilityteam managementproblem solvingclient management
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in engineeringNew Jersey P.E. licenseGraduate degree (preferred)