Design Manager - Transportation, APD - National
Apply NowCompany: Stantec
Location: Miami, FL 33186
Description:
We create the connections that get people and goods moving - whether by car, bus, train, plane, or their own two feet. Working within the context of the communities we serve, we provide planning, engineering, and infrastructure management services that fit the needs of our clients and improve the overall transportation experience. Join our team and help us keep communities connected.
By managing capital programs and projects as if they were our own, our project management business, and technical experts work with clients to strategize, plan, and implement projects that help them achieve their organization's objectives. Our award-winning team has managed thousands of projects across all sectors - airports, transit and rail, ports and marine, highway and bridge, including complex bridges, interchanges, and managed toll projects.
Join our Major Projects Team of APD project management specialists that are passionate to bring transformational project solutions to life.
Your Opportunity
The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of transportation design build projects across North America for large and mid-size construction. May manage technical employees, work planning, technical design management and oversight, project delivery, quality management, contract administration, change management, and risk management. This position can be based in any US location and will require the ability to travel either regionally or nationally as needed.
Your Key Responsibilities
Contribute to initiatives to help advance our project design, operations, and business development
Work in a manner to protect the health and safety of Stantec employees, clients, and the public by following company health, safety and security guidelines and policies
Maintain and enhance our reputation with clients, approval agencies and industry professionals as an outstanding service provider
May manage multiple projects simultaneously
Establish project objectives, procedures, and performance standards
Lead multi-disciplinary teams on major alternative project delivery (APD) projects from positioning to proposals, planning studies, feasibility through final designs, and construction services
Be the key person and point of contact, performing design, deputy design, or quality manager roles on major APD projects
Represent Stantec and the project design team as a technical leader on major APD projects
Identify appropriate resources and skill sets to achieve project objectives. Manage contract tasks, track, and manage costs and schedule, and implement measures necessary to stay on schedule and within budget
Lead by example with active support of internal policies and practices, including risk management, project management, and quality management
Grow internal and external networks to enhance Stantec reputation and identify additional talent to join our team
Develop Client relationships to facilitate project activities
Establish, maintain, and promote partnerships in project pursuits
Your Capabilities and Credentials
Experience with APD projects across a region or nationally
Experience with the role of deputy design manager, design manager, and or quality manager on APD projects
Experience leading the design and construction support of complex transportation projects
Experience in the preparation of presentations utilizing PowerPoint
Experience developing, negotiating, and managing project scopes, schedules, and budgets
Business development and marketing skills experience required
Ability to lead, motivate, mentor, and develop a team of technical and professional staff
Ability to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues in a dynamic and energetic environment
Education and Experience
Minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressive engineering and project management experience on large transportation projects, including at least three APD projects
Completion of a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree at an accredited institution
Professional Engineer (P.E.) licensed or ability to get within 6 months, and the ability to get licensed in states as needed to support the assigned pursuit
PMP is preferred
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.
By managing capital programs and projects as if they were our own, our project management business, and technical experts work with clients to strategize, plan, and implement projects that help them achieve their organization's objectives. Our award-winning team has managed thousands of projects across all sectors - airports, transit and rail, ports and marine, highway and bridge, including complex bridges, interchanges, and managed toll projects.
Join our Major Projects Team of APD project management specialists that are passionate to bring transformational project solutions to life.
Your Opportunity
The successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of transportation design build projects across North America for large and mid-size construction. May manage technical employees, work planning, technical design management and oversight, project delivery, quality management, contract administration, change management, and risk management. This position can be based in any US location and will require the ability to travel either regionally or nationally as needed.
Your Key Responsibilities
Contribute to initiatives to help advance our project design, operations, and business development
Work in a manner to protect the health and safety of Stantec employees, clients, and the public by following company health, safety and security guidelines and policies
Maintain and enhance our reputation with clients, approval agencies and industry professionals as an outstanding service provider
May manage multiple projects simultaneously
Establish project objectives, procedures, and performance standards
Lead multi-disciplinary teams on major alternative project delivery (APD) projects from positioning to proposals, planning studies, feasibility through final designs, and construction services
Be the key person and point of contact, performing design, deputy design, or quality manager roles on major APD projects
Represent Stantec and the project design team as a technical leader on major APD projects
Identify appropriate resources and skill sets to achieve project objectives. Manage contract tasks, track, and manage costs and schedule, and implement measures necessary to stay on schedule and within budget
Lead by example with active support of internal policies and practices, including risk management, project management, and quality management
Grow internal and external networks to enhance Stantec reputation and identify additional talent to join our team
Develop Client relationships to facilitate project activities
Establish, maintain, and promote partnerships in project pursuits
Your Capabilities and Credentials
Experience with APD projects across a region or nationally
Experience with the role of deputy design manager, design manager, and or quality manager on APD projects
Experience leading the design and construction support of complex transportation projects
Experience in the preparation of presentations utilizing PowerPoint
Experience developing, negotiating, and managing project scopes, schedules, and budgets
Business development and marketing skills experience required
Ability to lead, motivate, mentor, and develop a team of technical and professional staff
Ability to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues in a dynamic and energetic environment
Education and Experience
Minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressive engineering and project management experience on large transportation projects, including at least three APD projects
Completion of a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree at an accredited institution
Professional Engineer (P.E.) licensed or ability to get within 6 months, and the ability to get licensed in states as needed to support the assigned pursuit
PMP is preferred
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.