Sr. Project Manager - Major Bridge Lead

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you 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.

• Lead and manage assigned project(s) through full lifecycle, including developing the scope and technical sections of proposals and procurement documents, participating in contract negotiations, and delivering the project plan to achieve HNTB’s 4 for 4 performance: quality work, on time, on budget and to the client’s satisfaction on every project.
• Proactively manage the budget, schedule, technical requirements, contractual obligations, and client communications in support of the project’s objectives.
• Provide high level technical tasks while managing and reviewing design related specifications, calculations, reports and plans.
• Coordinate with internal and external partners including cross-discipline and functional teams to address and problem solve design related issues or concerns.
• The Sr Project Manager – Engineering typically manages multi-disciplinary project team(s) for one or more mini-mega ($1M to < $5M) projects or mega ($5M to < $25M) projects, or may lead or serve in a key discipline lead role on a super mega (> $25M) project management team.
• Develop project scope and the development of 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. Leads client contract scoping and 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.
• Responsible for/oversees project staffing, including 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 mega and super 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, mini-mega or 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.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 12 years of relevant experience
• 4 years of successful management of engineering projects

• Winning, contracting, and successfully delivering 4for4 (on-time, on-budget, quality, client satisfaction) on multi-disciplined or large/complex bridge projects. Identifying and handling risk and change management independently.
• Leading large interdisciplinary teams inside and outside of HNTB using subconsultants.
• Using system tools to manage, monitor, and deliver complex bridge projects.
• Leading HNTB Sophisticated processes as applicable to the project.
• Serving as the lead bridge practice lead on various client service teams.
• Developing and mentoring successors to work on technically challenging bridge projects.
• Leading complex, major bridge projects as project manager or technical lead.
• Connecting with leaders at various U.S. state departments of transportation, especially in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Nebraska.