Senior Project Manager - Highway / Roadway

a Civil Engineering client is seeking a Senior Project Manager - Highway / Roadway Design for Orange County, CA who is eager to support our Highway Design group and continue growing their career with our firm. The successful candidate will have the ability to assist and lead the design and development of roadway design tasks and plans preparation. We are specifically looking for candidates that specializes in design of roadway geometry, roadside protection, ADA, site work, utilities, development of contract documents (specifications, plans, cost estimates, etc.), Maintenance and Protection of Traffic, cost / benefit alternative analyses, stakeholder coordination, and technical proposal contributions.

Responsibilities

• Work on a team of engineers with design and production of highway construction drawings
• Performs and / or reviews project bid documents, including preparation of plans, cost estimates, and specifications. Specific civil engineering tasks include horizontal and vertical geometric design, 3D corridor modeling, preparation of design calculations, quantity calculations, construction specifications, and preparation of construction cost estimates.
• Holds responsibilities of a Task Lead and communicate with the Project Managers on key issues and project progress.
• Prepare moderately complex studies, construction documents, drawings, maps, reports, and supporting documentation
• Occasionally visit work site(s) and report findings to other experienced engineers and / or project managers
• Communicate with clients regarding project issues, holds and attends meetings
• Defines scope of work and staff-hour requirements for client proposals
• Assist project managers in ensuring that project / task schedules and budgets are met
• Assists in technical aspects of proposal production
• Ensure work efforts for assigned tasks fall within established budgets
• Mentor technicians and less experienced engineers and engineers-in-training to ensure timely and accurate document or drawing preparation
• Maintain knowledge through completion of various training initiatives : attending seminars, reviewing professional publications, attending in-house systems / management training
• Reviews shop drawings for conformance with Contract Plans.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Professional Requirements