Project Manager- Transportation

Title: Project Manager/Civil Engineer - Transportation Services
Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Duration: Long Term
Employment Type: Fulltime

Position Purpose:
We are seeking a Civil Engineer with extensive experience and proven track record partnering with transportation clients. Candidates must have excellent business development skills, a passion for people, and be dedicated to exemplary work for our communities. This opportunity builds on Wightman s strategic commitment to growth and the development of client focused teams.
This role will include project management responsibilities.

Essential Functions:

• Maintain and foster good relationships with current and potential transportation clients
• Strong technical skills for road, storm sewer, culvert, trail, or traffic projects.
• Perform AutoCAD Civil 3D design/drafting in support of civil engineering design projects
• Provide training, guidance, and review engineering designs and reports which include design calculations, project specifications, and plan preparation
• Oversee team performance and workload; facilitates work sharing with other locations and practices to deliver best in class projects to our clients
• Manage projects including client communications, public input and feedback, financial performance, and internal support
• Ability to identify engineering and surveying services needed by the client and the ability to draft proposals and estimate fees
• Familiar with, identifies and pursues funding mechanisms to support our transportation clients

Required Traits & Characteristics:

• Experience consulting or working with local, regional, and state government.
• Strong interpersonal skills required.
• Mentoring capability.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Passionate about organizing and leading others; drives results by planning, prioritizing, and meeting tight deadlines required.
• Ability to work independently with a self-motivated attitude; capable of overseeing multiple projects simultaneously.

Organizational Relationships

• Reports directly to Senior Project Manager
• Supervises direct report project engineers and designers

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor s degree in Civil Engineering or a related field
• PE licensure in Michigan
• 8+ years of experience managing transportation projects; roads, culverts, trails, traffic
• 8+ years of experience in A/E/C industry with record of transportation client retention/attraction

Preferred Education/Experience

• 5+ years of experience in developing business
• 5+ years of experience managing direct reports

Travel

• Position based in Kalamazoo with 10-15% local travel