Transportation Manager jobs in Orem, UT

Civil Science is currently seeking a qualified Senior Transportation Project Manager to join our team in one of our Utah offices. As a Senior Transportation Project Manager, your role involves overseeing and managing transportation projects from conception to completion. You will play a crucial role in coordinating various aspects of project initiatives, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. In this role, you will work collaboratively with your team to coordinate and manage both engineering projects and grow our regional presence. We are looking for someone who is passionate, driven, innovative and who will enjoy being involved in the leadership of our successful team. Key engineering projects are focused on large scale transportation design, construction management, and municipal infrastructure projects of all sizes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the analysis and design of urban and rural roadways, freeways, interstate highways, and interchanges.
• Coordinate project activities, ensuring alignment with project objectives.
• Maintain regular communication with internal teams, clients, and external stakeholders.
• Provide updates on project progress, milestones, and potential issues.
• Prepare reports summarizing project status, key performance indicators, and other relevant metrics for transportation projects.
• Oversee quality control measures.
• Work with financial teams to ensure accurate and timely invoicing.
• Ensure that transportation projects adhere to all applicable standards and policies.
• Work closely with multi-discipline teams, including engineers, planners, and other project stakeholders.
• Identify and address project-related challenges in a proactive manner.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related field
• 10 Years Transportation Experience
• Technical knowledge of civil engineering related services including roadway design, land surveying, environmental regulation, right-of-way acquisition, construction oversight, and public involvement
• Experience managing mid-level size transportation projects ($5 million – $20 million)
• Existing client relationships within the Utah transportation sector such as UDOT, UTA, and local municipalities
• History of managing project teams while mentoring a staff of engineers and designers
• Experience writing proposals, contract management, and client management.
• Previous experience with identifying, marketing, and securing DOT design projects.

What We Offer

• Real Ownership in the Firm: While most companies offer you the option to purchase stock at some undisclosed time in the future, Civil Science is an employee-owned firm that maintains an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) which provides significant opportunities for career growth and savings for retirement.
• Growth: Since Civil Science is an agile firm, it allows our employees the freedom to own their projects, and step into new, exciting roles without the red tape of large corporations.
• Work-Life Integration: At Civil Science, our priority is to make sure your work is compatible with your life outside of the office, allowing you time to enjoy with your family or engage in hobbies.
• PTO/Holidays: Civil Science offers an annual three weeks of paid time off, six holidays, and two floating holidays to use at your convenience.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability: In an effort to prepare for the unexpected, we offer 100% employer covered Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
• Tuition Reimbursement: We maintain a culture focused on individual development and believe in continuing to perfect our craft.
• Additional Retirement Benefits: In addition to our ESOP, Civil Science offers a 401K plan.

About Civil Science

Civil Science is a full-service civil engineering firm established in 2002 through an employee buyout of a local firm which has been continuously providing consulting engineering services since 1978.  Civil Science provides services through the expertise of highly qualified professional engineers, licensed surveyors, planners, and a support pool of technicians to a wide array of both public sector and private clientele in multiple states.  In 2015, Civil Science transitioned to a 100% Employee-Owned company in order to benefit our employees and clients through increased collaboration and commitment.

In addition to employee ownership in our firm, we will provide you with continued career growth by combining your technical expertise, work ethic, and ability to market/manage projects, with our 30 plus years of experience, world class professionals, and long-term vision as we continue our growth. If joining a firm that offers employee ownership, leadership and mentoring opportunities, established client relationships, and a vision towards growth piques your interest then we look forward to hearing from you!

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