Transportation Department Manager

Are you motivated, energetic and connected with clients, contractors and subconsultants in the A / E / C industry? Is your passion for leading transportation projects contagious?

Do you enjoy executing winning strategies for pursuits? Is work / life balance important to you? If this describes you, we are looking for a talented and ambitious Transportation Department Manager in our Salt Lake City, Utah office to lead our technical staff and project managers.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to lead and grow a transportation design team for an ENR Top 100 Design Firm.

The successful candidate will be well versed in transportation design and project management with entities throughout the state of Utah.

The Transportation Department Manager role will require mentoring young engineers and engineering interns, leading senior level engineers and designers, and growing and developing a passionate engineering team.

Project planning, workload distribution and effective communication skills are essential.

This entrepreneurial individual will provide engineering and project management expertise on highway projects including roadway studies and design, drainage and utility systems, preparation of construction documents, cost estimates, project scheduling, and overall project management.

The successful candidate must be able to work effectively and communicate regularly with internal leadership; municipal clients;

and federal, state and local agencies. This position offers exciting challenges and opportunities for managing all activities related to project scope, schedule, cost, quality, communications, and resource management, leading a team of engineers with varying levels of experience, assisting in transportation market business development, and participating in professional organizations and technical committees.

When You Work at Stanley Consultants You Will Use Your Talents and Skills to :

• Build, develop, mentor, and grow an experienced and passionate team of project managers, transportation engineers, and engineering interns to grow the firm’s Utah transportation market.
• Lead, direct, and mentor transportation members on projects, including plan development for a comprehensive range of transportation design projects such as horizontal and vertical geometry, cross sections, earthwork modeling, 3D roadway modeling, quantities calculations, construction specifications, and utility coordination.
• Determine staffing requirements and makes recommendations for hiring team members.
• Work with leadership to develop and implement strategic growth strategies.
• Develop marketing strategies and proposal writing for transportation project opportunities.
• Participate in project scoping, fee estimating, proposal preparation, interviews, and negotiations.
• Provide department status, performance, and forecasts to the Group Manager on a regular basis.
• Coordinate project priorities and staff member assignments to meet project deadlines and client needs.
• Participate in goal setting and goal achievement process for direct reports.
• Prepare and modify reports, specifications, plans, construction schedules, cost estimates, environmental studies, and designs for projects.
• Perform QA / QC activities on office projects.
• Adhere to company standards for quality assurance and quality control.
• Review department projects after award to collaborate on work procedures / sequences and develops schedules, budgets, staffing, sub consultant involvement, and progress billings.
• Oversee and / or manage department projects.
• Meet with client management as necessary during the term of a project to resolve issues and to obtain approvals at the project’s completion.
• This position offers exciting challenges and opportunities to grow the Utah program while managing all activities related to project scope, schedule, cost, quality, communications, and resources;

mentoring young staff engineers, assisting in transportation market business development, and participating in professional organizations and technical committees.

Skills and Qualifications :

• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.
• Prefer a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience; 5 years of experience at the Project Manager level.
• Transportation design project management experience required.
• Utah Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Proven leadership, communication, mentoring and client liaison skills.
• Established relationships with key clients including Utah DOT, counties and municipalities considered a plus.
• Demonstrated capabilities and success in managing medium to large multi-disciplined projects, multi-office projects, and / or multiple projects.
• Experience in preparing technical approaches and work plans (write ups) to support RFQ’s and technical proposals.
• Business acumen including negotiation skills.

Our Benefits :

• Member-Owned. Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance, and personal reward.
• Work-Life Balance. We realize there’s more to life than just work.
• Paid Time Away. Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave, and professional development leave.
• Health Portfolio. We provide a comprehensive portfolio of health services including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources.
• Financial Health. We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection, and many other benefits.
• Professional Growth. When your skills grow, so do we, which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership, and more.
• Financial Rewards. We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation, and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.

Base Compensation : $125,000 - $175,000

Stanley Consultants is committed to maintaining transparency in our hiring process, including providing information about compensation.

The starting salary for the successful candidate in this position is competitive and will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications and experience, geographic location, internal equity, company policy and practices.