Transportation Project Manager

Company Description

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Job Description

AECOM is actively seeking a Transportation Project Manager to support our exciting projects in the Chicago, IL office. The appropriately qualified applicant will have demonstrated experience in project and client management of multi-disciplinary transportation projects.

The candidate will have various management, leadership, and people accountability responsibilities for a specific technical group / department.

Job Responsibilities:

• Builds strong relationships and interacts regularly with existing and new clients, teaming partners, industry groups and stakeholders
• Continue and strengthen client relationships within the Surface Transportation Industry, specific to public sector clients.
• Identifies, pursues, and wins Surface Transportation and infrastructure design projects.
• Coordinates and collaborates with other leaders within AECOM’s U.S. West Transportation Group.
• The Project Manager serves as lead engineer, approves, and signs off on work on local, state, and federal projects.
• Provides technical expertise for studies and design efforts.
• Performs technical reviews of work developed by others.
• Continuously interacts with clients assuring satisfaction with AECOM services and interacting with project delivery personnel to ensure any service issues are identified and addressed in a proactive manner.
• Drives project performance and is responsible for the performance of a portfolio of projects
• Collaborates with peers/leaders in the AECOM U.S. West department to leverage technical expertise, ensure client satisfaction and implement best practices.
• Participates in development of technical proposals.

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• BA/BS + 6 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience or education

 PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
• IL PE license, or ability to obtain within 6 month
• 8+ years of experience delivering transportation project
• 3+ years of experience as a project and client manager
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary transportation projects
• Client relationships, business development, and pursuit capture experience
• Experience managing a team or group
• Roadway, traffic, drainage, or structures design background
• Must be able to thrive in a team environment
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• Ability to track and manage project scopes, budgets, and schedules

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.