Transportation Project Manager at Freese and Nichols in Austin, TX

Transportation Project Manager
Location: Austin, Texas
Be a Driving Force in Central Texas Transportation!
Freese and Nichols is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Transportation Project Manager to play a crucial role in shaping the future of transportation in Central Texas! Are you a passionate civil engineer with a proven track record of successfully managing complex projects and a desire to make a real impact? This is your chance to shine!
Join our growing team in Austin or San Antonio, TX, and become a key player in delivering exceptional transportation projects for a variety of prominent public clients. Imagine the satisfaction of seeing your designs come to life and improving the daily commutes of Texans!
This isn't just a project management role; it's an opportunity to lead and grow. Austin and San Antonio are booming markets, and we're committed to investing in their future and yours. At Freese and Nichols, we're dedicated to developing future leaders and technical experts through comprehensive training and mentorship programs.
Responsibilities:
oNeeds Assessment: Uncover emerging issues or needs, identifying potential causes, barriers, and key stakeholders, as well as related issues.
oEngineering Deliverables and Solutions Design: Oversee details and deliverables of an entire project and delegate tasks to group to execute.
oEngineering Quality: Oversee the quality of work being done on projects. Monitor the QA and QC actives of others to ensure that work is being delivered to the highest technical quality. May sever as QC reviewer or Senior Advisor on projects.
oContinuous Improvement/Innovation: Serve as Senior Advisor on projects. Lead brainstorming meetings to discover innovative ideas and approaches on projects. Help PMs to think with a CI mindset.
oStakeholder Engagement: Develop stakeholder engagement by finding out their needs, issues and concerns; and by reacting to these needs, issues and concerns to support the communication of business information and decisions.
oClient and Customer Management: Manage strategic client and customer relationships.
oSales Opportunities Creation: Develop and strengthen relationships with key client contacts to identify emerging needs and position the firm for future project opportunities.
oCustomer Needs Clarification: Prepare for and lead client-specific conversations to uncover project drivers, technical and strategic priorities, and upcoming needs. Engage technical subject matter experts as appropriate to ensure that insights and client preferences are shared across pursuit teams to inform strategy and positioning.
Qualifications
oBachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (or comparable engineering or applied science degree)
o8+ years of experience in roadway design
o2+ years of progressive project management experience
oTexas Professional Engineering license
oStrong technical skills in roadway and drainage design
oExperience with MicroStation and Open Roads/Open Roads Designer
Preferred Qualifications
oExperience in working on or with the Texas Department of Transportation and understanding their design requirements and/or LGPP Projects
About Freese and Nichols
At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always).  Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.
We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service.  For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need:  developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.
Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at Benefits That Work for You), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina.  We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.
Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at Working at Freese and Nichols.
Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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Additional Locations: San Antonio, Texas