Project Manager - Planning

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a meaningful career while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country.

With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

As a Project Manager, you would work with key public-sector transportation clients in Wisconsin to implement complex transportation projects and lead corridor studies, environmental documents and design plans for roadway, transit, and rail projects.

This position would proactively manage the project budget, schedule, technical requirements, contractual obligations, and client communications in support of the project’s objectives.

Active coordination with multiple disciplines within HNTB offices and management of sub-consultants would be required.

This position would manage and successfully deliver projects for HNTB's foundation clients.

What You'll Do :

Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assists in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).

Serves as the primary client liaison and manages the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction.

Assists with client project scoping and contract negotiations.

Performs technical discipline tasks including analysis, reports, design, specification, and production for assigned projects.

Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project. Leads the development and the execution of the project management plan.

Supervises and mentors team to overall project objectives.

Performs coordination with managers on project staffing, including, but not limited to; recruitment, development, retention, and succession of project staff;

development of plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews.

Partners with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships, and pursuit efforts for strategic and mini-mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA).

Works with the project team and marketing resources to prepare appropriate proposal and presentation materials. Leads proposal development and interview presentations for strategic and mini-mega projects to the client as well as general presentations within the industry and community.

May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.

Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need :

2 years task management or Deputy PM experience

What You'll Bring :

Winning, contracting, and successfully delivering 4for4 (on-time, on-budget, quality, client satisfaction) on smaller projects.

Identifying and escalating risk and change management issues, with oversight from more experienced staff.

Using system tools to manage, monitor, and deliver projects or task orders.

Leveraging the Office Management Team to assist in implementing HNTB Sophisticated processes as applicable to the project.

Interfacing with your client-level peer on a smaller project or task order.

Providing technical guidance to team and task leads as well as performing portions of the technical work.

What We Prefer :

Experience Managing and Delivering Complex Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act (WEPA) and Nation Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Studies including Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements

Experience managing Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) and Corridor Planning Studies

10 or more years relevant experience

Professional Engineer (PE) certification

Professional Traffic Operations Engineer (PTOE) certification