Highway Project Manager

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At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.

Job Description:

Our Parsons Chicago office is now hiring an experienced Highway Project Manager to join our transportation team! In this role you will get the opportunity to market, manage and oversee IDOT, Tollway and various transportation projects in the greater Chicagoland area in addition to projects across the Midwest Region. Join our expanding Chicago transportation team to lead and support the planning, and design, for these types of capital improvements. This is a key role on our engineering team and the successful candidate must have a strong background in highway planning and design of major urban and rural interchanges, highway and arterial widening and major river crossings. Parsons’ extensive experience in this field, combined with your management and technical guidance, will propel your career forward with opportunity for advancement with top performance. We need our Project Managers to be versatile as well as have exceptional communication, analytical and management skills. In this role you will provide management and direction for one or more infrastructure improvements at any given time. Must be a team player to fit within an experienced group of professionals.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as Project Manager/Director for large scale engineering projects and directs the overall project development activities and client coordination for those projects.
• Develops scope, design budget estimates, schedules and staffing requirements for the major projects and assists other PM’s in the development of similar activities for various other projects.
• Monitors progress and reports to senior management on financial and schedule issues that may arise.
• Oversees the assignment of staff to maximize efficiency, maintain schedules, and to meet budget goals. Keeps alert to possible problem areas and takes preventative action to ensure that critical milestones are met for each phase of the project. Works with other PM’s to balance workload across multiple disciplines.
• Ensures the use of sound engineering practices to attain required quality control at the maximum efficiency and minimum cost.
• Prepares periodic reports summarizing progress of project development activities for management
• Ensures effective implementation of all Client policies and procedures.
• Maintains strong working relationships with various transportation clients and project stakeholders to advance project progress.
• Desire to lead Client management teams
• Strong leadership skills in capture management and proposal development
• Attend and engage in industry functions on and off hours. i.e. ACEC, WTS, IRTBA, ASCE, etc.
  
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (or related field); Masters Degree preferred
• 20+ years of related work experience, including supervisory/managerial experience
• Significant managerial experience of a large group of Engineers, Designers, and technical support personnel
• Demonstrated experience serving in a role of project management on major road and highway project with IDOT and/or IDOT; City, County, regional and national projects a plus.
• Professional Illinois Engineer registration; Iowa and Wisconsin a plus
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Thorough knowledge of industry practices and regulations is required
• Must also possess a thorough knowledge of current technology and the capabilities and efficiencies of specific engineering software for use in completing engineering assignments
  
  
  

Security Clearance Requirement:

None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resilie In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!

At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.

Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Procurement Specialist to join our team! In this role you will get to the procurement of Infrastructure in accordance with applicable industry standards and ensuring compliance with applicable governance.

What You'll Be Doing;

• Perform the day-to-day procurement activities for the Infrastructure delivery programme and meet performance targets against Key Performance Indicators (Tender Event Schedule, etc.), in compliance with the client’s objectives, strategies, policies, plans, procedures, and applicable regulations / standards templates.
• Familiar with various forms of contract (lump sums, unit rates / re-measurable, early contractor involvement, design & build) to deliver a wide array of Infrastructure (roads, railway systems, power substations, district cooling plants, telecoms, water supply, reservoirs and pumping stations, firefighting systems, irrigation systems, drainage, wastewater treatment plants…).
• Develop Tender Event Schedules, Procurement Plans, Pre-Qualification Questionnaires, Pre-Qualification Evaluation Reports, Tender Plans, Award Recommendations, etc., as required.
• Manage the procurement processes, including vendor selection, negotiation, and contract award.
• Implement best practices, methodologies and strategies, as required.
• Identify opportunities for improvements and innovations.
• Coordinates procurement activities with the client, within the Infrastructure programme management team, and with other stakeholders.
• Coordinate the registration of potential vendors and engage the local / international markets, as applicable.
• Manage and maintain procurement records.
• Ensure compliance with the client’s Local Content policy.
  
  
  

What You'll Be Doing;

• Graduate degree required (such as BSc, BA, LLB, or similar); post-graduate degree preferred.
• 5 years of relevant experience required.
• Prior experience on the client’s and/or PMCM consultant’s side preferred, with knowledge of PIF Development Companies’ operating models highly desired.
• Prior experience on Airport / Infrastructure projects highly desired (but not mandatory).
• Ability to independently perform day-to-day procurement activities.
• Extensive knowledge in the Procurement function and industry practices and regulations.
• Conversant with technologies and systems (Microsoft Office Suite, ACONEX, Oracle, etc.) required to perform daily duties.
• Fluent in English, with excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Skilled in prioritization, multi-tasking, attention to detail, and follow-through to meet deadlines.
  
  
  

Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels no matter the race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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