Sr. Program Manager - Rail and Transit

Hill International is seeking a Sr. Rail & Transit Program Manager to support multiple pursuits and programs throughout the Western Region

• Drives growth by positioning and capturing key opportunities, including new business as well as the renewal and extension of existing opportunities within the account.

• Organizes heavy/complex workloads, establishes/adjusts priorities and accomplishes objectives within established scopes, budgets, and schedules.

• Organizes heavy/complex project management workloads, establishes/adjusts priorities and accomplishes objectives within established scopes, budgets and schedules.

• Oversees consultants/contractors and facilitates communication/coordination between these entities.

• Partners with Client Account Manager and pursuit team to support management of Capture Plan.

• Leads development of compelling PM content for persuasive/compliant proposals/presentations that incorporate project management best practices.

• Develops and oversees regular preparation of project status reports, including monthly reports for leadership/member agencies, as well as required quarterly reports for client executive staff/BOD.

• Ensures project compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, regulations, codes and standards.

• Applies PM best practices that address project management principles/practices, construction regulations/standards, civil engineering, architectural/systems design/construction, project budget/estimating and contractual compliance/administration.

• Sets schedules with milestones for short/medium/long-term goals, including reviews, deliverables and delivery of the bid/proposal, while managing the budget.

• Ensures communication between members of multi-disciplinary project management, using excellent technical/procedural writing, verbal/presentation, and numerical/graphic skills.

• Provides guidance, coaching and mentoring for assigned project managers throughout the project.

• Motivates project managers and pursuit team, demonstrating a determination/desire to succeed.

• Creates innovative approaches to work-related issues.

• Monitors performance to assure successful delivery of KPIs and client contractual requirements.

• Champions ethical and safe working practices while focusing on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (IDE) endeavors, striving to align Hill initiatives with those of the client.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or construction management preferred.

• Approximately 15 years of senior-level project management experience in construction management of heavy civil engineering projects.

• Approximately 5 years of project management/construction management experience on light rail transit projects of at least $500 million.

• Professional Engineer License preferred.

   

• Alternative delivery experience (progressive design-build, CM/GC, P3) preferred.

• Exhibits excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as a strong user skill level with project management information system (PMIS) software programs.

• Possesses exceptional communication/interpersonal skills, establishing/maintaining strong multidisciplinary working relationships with pursuit team, subconsultants and clients.

• Possesses excellent technical/procedural writing skills and professional verbal/presentation skills.

• Understands contract elements and negotiation of commercial contracts to successful close out.

• Has strong market, marketing and technical knowledge relevant to rail and transit within the US.

• Willing to travel throughout the United States.