What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transportation Project Manager - Civil Engineering position at Chastain & Associates LLC?
About Us
Chastain specializes in building and enhancing infrastructure, offering comprehensive services ranging from the design and construction inspection of transportation highways, roadways, and bridges to the engineering of civil site developments. Our mission is to unite communities by creating sustainable, innovative, and well-crafted environments where people can live, work, and play. Through our commitment to excellence, we contribute to the seamless integration of infrastructure that serves the functional needs of communities and fosters connectivity and quality of life. We offer competitive salaries and benefits according to individual education and work experience. We promote work-life balance for our employees by offering flexible work hours, a hybrid work plan, and paid time off. Our company culture aims to sustain and grow each of us professionally and individually to further serve YOU and our valued clients.
What a day in the life of our Transportation Project Manager looks like:
You will oversee a variety of projects, including street, site, highway, and bridge developments that involve federal, state, and local infrastructure funding. Additionally, you will build and nurture strong client relationships, engage with agencies and professional organizations, and foster business connections.
- Supervise geometric, traffic, drainage, and site development initiatives.
- Ensure accurate interpretation of plans, drawings, and specifications while providing essential coordination and maintaining quality control and assurance throughout the project's duration.
- Manage subconsultants and lead field operations, including surveys, studies, construction observations, and comprehensive project documentation.
- Effective oversight of contracts, budgets, and schedules will be vital, along with your ability to identify opportunities for collaboration with a team in preparing and submitting proposals, statements of interest, and qualifications.
- Manage, develop, and expand a team of technical staff, promoting collaboration and professional growth.
What you will need to thrive in this role:
Education: A Bachelors degree in Engineers (Civil Engineering is preferred)
Licensure: Ability to obtain PE license in Illinois (current license preferred)
Experience: 10 years of hands on experience with transportation projects at a civil engineering firm based in the United States with a focus on infrastructure planning, design, and/or construction
Management: Experience managing, leading, and mentoring teams
Location: Schaumburg or Rockford offices; hybrid schedule is available.
Software skills: Microsoft 365, MicroStation and AutoCAD
Adaptability: excel at building, maintaining and adapting to a diverse client based
Align with our core values: We do what we say, we do what it takes, we have an outward mindset, we operate with integrity.
What we offer you:
- We provide four types of medical insurance plans, along with medical reimbursement and dependent care benefits
- We pay for dental insurance, and short-term/long-term disability insurance
- Employee and employee plus family life insurance options
- 401K plan with generous company match
- 7 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday
- Annual pay increases
- Relocation assistance
- Annual boot allowance
- Cell phone reimbursement plan
- Sam's Club and Costco membership reimbursement
- Verizon wireless employee discount program
- Paid-time off based on total industry tenure
- Flexible work hours and a hybrid work schedule
This position will be open until filled
Chastain and Associates LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.