Design Build Transportation Manager jobs at Jacobs in United States, Austin

At Jacobs, we’re not just building structures, we’re helping our clients innovate and grow by managing, designing, engineering, and executing the development of their various facilities that shape our world. We're looking for experienced and collaborative Healthcare Facilities Senior Project Managers who thrive when people are in sync and projects are running not just on time but within budget. Based out of one of our several Texas offices, reporting directly to our Manager of Projects and working alongside other professionals, you will be responsible not only for overall project delivery, but also for the management of the project development from conception through completion in accordance with program objectives. You will manage and provide design and construction oversight, and resolve complex development project related issues, identifying not only challenges but opportunities.

As an onsite Owners Representative, you will be responsible for ensuring not only the progress and technical performance of a project, but also the materials management, schedule, cost, scope, and safety of the team … and most importantly client satisfaction and team development.

Your role keeps our company connected, and we will support you with what you need to be successful.

You’ll use your design expertise and professional experience to lead and mentor junior staff. Your leadership of the team and technical knowledge of transportation design will be vital as we continue to build and deepen relationships with our clients.

In this role, you’ll be:

• Responsible for the overall coordination and delivery of design on large complex alternative delivery projects to include Design-Build and PPP projects.

• Effectively maintain diverse relationships with the Contractor, Owner Representatives, and any number of project stakeholders and influencers.

• Responsible for the Planning, direction, coordination of multi-discipline staff in a high intensity environment, often including multi-office execution.

• Works directly with project controls and scheduling staff to manage the project, analyze Earned Value and Schedule performance, and effectively work with various team interfaces to ensure that goals or objectives of these projects are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters.

• Responsible for the overall quality and coordination of the work performed, client interface, utilization of staff, reputation and reflection of the Team and Jacobs, contract management, billing collection, and control of project profitability

• Establishes work plan and multi-disciplinary staffing for each phase of project, and arranges for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.

• Directs and coordinates activities of Project Engineers, Engineers, and Technicians to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.

• Participates in interviews and presentations as applicable for support and growth of the Design-Build Practice Nationally.

• Maintains positive relationships with current and past clients as assigned.

• Serves as a representative of Jacobs at meetings, presentations, and public hearings/reviews relative to assigned projects.

• Develops, reviews and obtains confirmation of financial and project delivery schedule activities of design and construction as they relate to all disciplines involved.

• Identifies causes for revisions to projects and whether such changes are billable to the client.

• Assures that project team complies with the contract agreement as well as exercises rigid cost control to implement the approved design within established budget restraints.

• Responsible for the leadership, interpretation, organization, execution and coordination of project assignments and managing projects that are larger in scope and complexity

• Assist Group Manager in the development of new business, marketing to potential and existing clients

• Work within other subgroups and may interact with clients, contractors, regulatory agencies, other consultants, and professional organizations

• Work will involve attending meetings, making presentations, and responding to questions

• Work closely with other staff in other departments which may not be within the same office

• Other duties as assigned

As a Senior Transportation Project Manager, you will perform oversight of planning, analysis, design and engineering support for all phases of the project development process. This position will give you the chance to work on exciting transportation projects that will require your expertise, experience, and leadership as you proactively identify and solve complex problems; take a broad perspective to identify, develop and analyze innovative solutions; and guide others in solving complex issues.

In this role, other activities that you will be directly involved with and/or interface with include:

• Conceptual and Geometric Schematic Design development

• Review of environmental studies

• Plans, Specifications, and Estimate (final design) development

• Development of documents in support of funding and/or Federal Highway Administration guidelines/approvals

• Advanced planning

• Public involvement

• Toll system and Intelligent Transportation Systems planning, design, and implementation

• Surveying

• Right of way and utility support

• Hydraulic studies

• Geotechnical Services

• Program implementation including design and construction oversight as well as maintenance transition oversight

• Cost estimating

• Support in the development of procurement documents and tasks

Responsibilities:

Perform traffic analysis tasks from data collection, reporting analysis results and writing technical reports. Perform civil design calculations, sketches, drawings, technical comparisons and similar technical work as required by assignments. Maintain effective communication with project team members and with clients. Research transit, traffic analysis, traffic operations, traffic safety and intelligent transportation design. - work with city, state, county, and regional authority officials. Research design options and documents findings for project engineers and/or project managers. Assist with duties assigned by project engineers and/or project managers. Planning, budgeting, and executing traffic engineering projects. This covers a wide range of tasks such as traffic operational analysis, traffic microsimulation models, safety studies, signal design, ITS design, signing and marking, and constructing traffic control plans. Perform transportation/traffic engineering planning and design including leading project tasks. Perform civil design calculations, sketches, drawings, technical comparisons, and similar technical work as required by assignments. Develop solutions to complex problems that require a high degree of innovation and ingenuity. Demonstrate proficiency in design software (such as AutoCAD, MicroStation, Openroads, etc.), traffic simulation software like Synchro, Vissim, and other office production software.

Telecommuting / Hybrid schedule is allowed