Public Involvement Lead

What We're Looking For

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. This opportunity entails planning, developing, and leading public involvement strategies and programs for clients to facilitate communication and acceptance of projects and initiatives.

• Manage day to day operations and oversee the creation of marketing and communications collateral to ensure consistency with client brand guidelines and quality standards, including fact sheets, presentations, press releases and reports.
• Implement public involvement, communications, and outreach strategies and programs for clients to facilitate communication and acceptance of projects and initiatives and monitor their success.
• Develop content to provide consistent, targeted, and impactful messages.
• Direct the development of and approve speeches, presentation materials, correspondence, digital media (such as social media, email newsletters, and websites) and other media for client review.
• Engage with client to develop, recommend and determine appropriate communications vehicles to disseminate project or program information with stakeholders as directed by the communications plan and the client.
• Identify stakeholder perceptions of the initiative and its services, and make recommendations necessary to improve perceptions, build support and advance project or program goals.
• Define and report key performance indicators (KPIs) to indicate a campaign's level of effectiveness.
• Plan and coordinate community meetings, including scheduling, determining location, and ensuring proper setup and materials are present.
• Oversee compliance with rules and laws specifically outlined by state and federal regulations and those that may be requested by clients.
• Implement quality control procedures to ensure team is producing high quality programs.
• Contribute ideas for new initiatives through research and recommend innovative communications and outreach techniques.
• Responsible for the recruitment, hiring, mentoring, development, and retention of staff, including performance and compensation reviews.
• Contract with and manage sub-consultants for public/community relations, graphic design, and other outside work when needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Political Science, Marketing, Communications, English, Journalism or related field and 8 years of relevant experience;
• In lieu of education, 12 years of relevant experience.

• UDOT, UTA, Salt Lake City Airport, and other transportation-related agency PI experience.
• Demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor and develop junior or mid-level PI staff, providing clear expectations, coaching, and growth pathways.
• Deep understanding of state and federal PI requirements, including NEPA and transportation project outreach.

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Locations:
Salt Lake City, UT

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Job Type: Regular
Full/Part Time:
Full time
Job Category:
Public Engagement and Communications Group
ReqID: R-29378