Senior Project Manager - Transportation

The Opportunity

Ulteig has an opportunity to hire a Senior Project Manager to work specifically with Civil transportation projects for the various states' Department of Transportation offices, ideally TXDOT, CDOT, SDDOT, or NDDOT.

The candidate will develop client relationships and play an active role in business development for the Civil Department. You will play an important role in the growth of our Civil Transportation Department. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for the successful initiation, planning, execution, control, and close-out of complex, civil engineering projects in the Transportation market.

The desired candidate must have exceptional leadership skills and possess the ability to successfully navigate through and resolve complex and oftentimes multi-functional challenges associated with large projects. Additionally, this position will work closely with the civil transportation team members and leadership while providing mentorship and training to junior staff. Qualified candidates can work from any Ulteig office location. Remote locations will be considered. 

What You'll Do

• Provide strategic project management leadership for multiple projects of varying size and complexity
• Develop and maintain client relationships and participate in proposal development
• Responsible for the overall management and execution of the projects’ scopes, schedules, and costs
• Manage and lead a collaborative project team to ensure each key functional project discipline is meeting the planned project scope, schedule, and cost
• Collaborate with Technical Manager(s) regarding mentoring, training, and skillsets
• Work with Project Technical Leaders to lead meetings between the project team and clients
• Point person for contract negotiation and management
• Develop, update, and manage the project execution plans
• Coordinate communication and provide status updates to stakeholders as required
• Assess project risk and proactively develop mitigation plans
• Proactively manages project requests for information and action items
• Work collaboratively with the Project Controls team to ensure project schedules and costs are managed and tracked to plan
• Responsible for coordinating projects through all internal and external processes
• Ensure availability or seek out adequate resources to support the projects
• Proficient in analyzing problems, identifying alternative solutions, project consequences of proposed actions and implementing recommendations to support project scope, schedule, and cost objectives
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work
• Demonstrates excellent leadership, verbal/written communications, time management, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Consistently produces results that meet goals, has high work standards, and understands the business environment and processes
• Achieves results by problem solving, setting priorities, and organization
• Maintains customer focus to meet or exceed expectations and represents Ulteig professionally and courteously
• Build and maintain positive relationships with clients
• Strives for individual excellence by seeking challenges and self -development, demonstrating high levels of expertise, and showing commitment, self-confidence, and integrity  

What We Expect from You

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or relevant field required, Master’s degree preferred
• Professional Engineering licensure required
• PMP Certification preferred
• Combination of 20+ years of DOT design and project management experience preferred
• Demonstrate the ability to independently be organized and work on multiple projects and meet deadlines by setting priorities
• Demonstrated experience with successful project delivery
• Excellent communication, leadership, planning, and mentoring skills
• Must be able to prepare clear and concise status updates and reports as required
• Superior interpersonal and organizational skills
• Must be willing to travel
• Must have permanent authorization to work in the US
• Pass pre-employment substance abuse screening and background check

As you consider applying for a position at Ulteig, we encourage you to think outside the box – because we do! You might not meet 100% of the skills listed in a description, but we are committed to hiring people with exceptional talent, ability and potential, and then creating an environment where they can become the best versions of themselves. We don’t want to miss out on the possibility of speaking with the next outstanding Ulteig team member, so please apply if you think this role is a great match for your unique skills and strengths. And, yes, relevant military experience is absolutely considered for transitioning service members.

What You Can Expect from Ulteig

Ulteig is a purpose driven organization that has built a culture focused on people – both our clients and our employees –for over 80 years. Working at Ulteig is more than a job, opening opportunities to make an impact by creating and solving for a sustainable future. We recognize our success relies heavily on the dedication and focus of our workforce; this is why we make investing in our employees a top priority. We prioritize flexibility and staying connected to meet your needs and help you achieve your goals. We value your unique perspective, respect your individuality and celebrate your contributions. At Ulteig, we take our own success and the success of our clients personally.

We offer our team members:

• Flexible Workplace
• Employee Ownership
• Competitive Pay
• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Collaborative Environment
• Innovative Culture

Our vision is to be the most trusted partners transforming our world’s critical infrastructure. Ulteig connects people and resources to develop compelling, integrated solutions across multiple Lifeline Sectors®, including Power, Renewables, Transportation and Water. Ulteig is a trusted partner in engineering North America’s essential infrastructure and leverages its expertise with a wide range of public and private clients. 

At Ulteig, we care deeply about our team, listening to their needs and ensuring they have the tools necessary to be productive whether they choose to work remotely, hybrid or in office. Regardless of where you work, you are empowered to build a workday that best suits your strengths. We strive to ensure a balance and separation between home and work life. We support a flexible working schedule so employees are able to focus on what's important to them.

If you would like to be a part of a company that empowers their employees, apply today! 

Ulteig is a Drug Free Workplace

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Additional Opportunity Details:
Target Base Compensation Range for this role is $125,400 - $169,600
* Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your job specific skills, education, training, job location, number of years of experience related to this role and comparison to other employees already in this role

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 60 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

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