What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Project Manager - Transportation Planning/Traffic Operations position at Kimley-Horn?
Overview
At Kimley‐Horn, one of the nation's premier planning and design consultants, our professionals are experts in many disciplines yet share one passion: making our clients successful. Looking for a terrific place to grow your career? Ranked consistently as one of Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For,” Kimley‐Horn and Associates, Inc. prides itself on hiring high‐achieving, dedicated, and reliable professionals. We are looking for a motivated Senior Project Manager to join our Transportation Planning and Traffic Operations (TPTO) team in our Memphis office.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will perform traffic engineering and project management tasks to deliver a wide variety of transportation planning, transit, traffic engineering, safety, and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) projects for many, diverse clients. In addition to serving our existing clients, this Senior Project Manager will have an entrepreneurial spirit, creating a vision for growth in their personal practice while contributing to the growth of our well-established transportation engineering practice in the Memphis area and throughout Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi. Our Senior Project Managers manage their projects profitably, engage in hands-on practice and delivery of projects, transition work to qualified staff, and act as a positive leader and mentor. They contribute significantly to marketing and business development efforts and have the autonomy to pursue their own passions, leads, and clients.
Qualifications
- 8 years of relevant, diversified experience in transportation planning, traffic engineering and design, traffic operations, and/or ITS planning and design
- BS or MS in the field of Civil Engineering, Urban Design or related degree
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work in a team environment, balance priorities among multiple projects, and effectively communicate and collaborate at all levels of the organization
- Ability to manage and mentor staff, and direct resources effectively in a positive manner
- Ability to provide high-quality deliverables with exceptional client service
- Business development and marketing experience including writing proposals, developing scopes of work, and assembling budgets for projected work.
Why Kimley-Horn?
At Kimley-Horn, we do things differently. People, clients and employees, are at the forefront of who we are. Clients know we prioritize achieving their goals and growing their success. Employees know our culture and approach to business are built on a desire to provide an environment for everyone to flourish. Our commitment to quality is only as good as the people behind it— that’s why we welcome and develop passionate, hardworking, and proactive employees. We take pride in how our employee retention, robust benefits package, and company values have led to Kimley-Horn’s placement on the Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work” list for 16 years!
