Transportation Project Director
- Cities & development, Transportation
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Atkins seeks an energetic, highly motivated, detail-oriented, self-starter to join our Ft. Lauderdale, FL office as a Transportation Project Director. Under direction, provides professional and project management expertise in the direction of highly roadway and highway design projects requiring multiple technical units and/or subcontractors, heavy regulatory agency involvement or extremely complex technical requirements. Functions as mentor to project managers and technical professionals to assist in their training and development. Also performs the basic project functions of production coordination, planning, organizing, directing, controlling, financial management and marketing.
Typical duties and responsibilities of this position are:
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Coordinates and participates in contract negotiations with clients and subcontractors, and drafts complex professional service agreements and addenda for review by senior management.
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Directs project team compliance with contract terms, monitors subcontractors' progress, performance and compliance with contractual commitments; participates in contract dispute resolution and litigation concerning project performance, administration and other liability issues; reviews and approves sub-consultant and vendor invoices, and resolves payment disputes.
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Develops, communicates and manages project quality assurance, administrative procedures, communication guidelines, project deliverable formats and specifications, and progress reporting requirements.
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Monitors schedules, billings and reports; ensures appropriate charging of man hours, costs and expenses to projects; assists in obtaining payment from clients; resolves client disputes and adjusts billing records as required; communicates project progress/status to senior management and alerts them of project production, quality control or financial performance problems.
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Identifies new business opportunities for the firm, coordinates and participates in project presentations to clients and other external groups, and promotes firm's capabilities, marketing its services among existing and prospective clients.
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Participates in project opportunity evaluation, consultant selection, and in the preparation of firm's qualification/experience statements.
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Coordinates communications between internal and external associates and client, and between firm and regulatory agencies. Maintains frequent contact with clients and regulatory agency personnel to determine their respective needs and requirements, and serves as expert witness at project hearings and judicial proceedings if necessary.
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Supervises other project managers, technical professionals and other design staff including managing weekly project workload and manpower forecasting.
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Conducts project management training workshops and serves as mentor to associate project managers and project managers.
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Monitors and reports financial status of projects to technical managers.
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Participates in project opportunity evaluation, consultant selection, and the preparation of firm's qualification/experience statements.
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Performs such other duties as the supervisor may from time to time deem necessary.
Education and Experience:
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Bachelor's degree in field of practice. Graduate degree preferred. Management coursework and/or MBA a plus.
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This level may be achieved by technical professionals or managers with twelve years of experience since B.S. or eleven years since M.S., with at least three of these years in the Senior Project Manager position with highly complex project management responsibility.
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Excellent technical and interpersonal skills, public speaking and persuasive ability; very strong financial management, team management, and leadership skills; ability to manage and coordinate efforts of various projects to produce budgeted profits and overall results.
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Possesses specific expertise to the extent that the individual is regarded as a regional or potentially national expert in a specific discipline, contract delivery method, particular type of project, planning process, design method, or modeling technique.
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Personal computer proficiency is required
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Professional registration in field of practice is required, if available, e.g., P.E., A.I.C.P., R.A., or R.L.A. Certification as a “Project Management Professional” (PMP) or “Certified Construction Manager” (CCM) required within one year of assuming this position
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