Job Details

Overview

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We are currently searching for an experienced Senior Traffic Project Manager to support our East Gulf Region group located in Brentwood/Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, or Memphis, TN. Candidates must be willing to relocate to Tennessee if out of state.

To be considered for this position, applicants must have, at minimum, 15 years of relevant traffic engineering and/or transportation planning experience.

Responsibilities

• Project Types: Traffic operations analysis, traffic signal design, traffic signal timing development, corridor planning studies, transportation safety studies, roadway master planning, long range transportation planning, and transportation modeling (micro and macro)
• Project Execution: Prepares a Project Execution Plan (PEP) that identifies the project team organization, identifies each specific task or phase and all work that must be performed to complete the project, outlines a schedule to ensure that the project can be completed on time, and develops an estimate and schedule of the manpower requirements needed to complete the project
• Project Execution: Holds a project kick-off meeting to review the PEP with project team members
• Project Execution: Ensures Quality Control/Assurance reviews are taking place and are documented
• Project Execution: Notifies accounting when the project is ready for the closure cycle and ensures all files and documents are retained in accordance with corporate policy
• Project Monitoring and Review: Is responsive and maintains direct contact with clients on a continuing basis to discuss technical and scheduling issues
• Project Monitoring and Review: Conducts project staff meetings to review progress and further communication and coordination within the team
• Project Monitoring and Review: Participates in the month end project review that coincides with monthly billing and status reports
• Project Monitoring and Review: Prepares and presents a detailed project review for the TN Roadway Leader
• Project Monitoring and Review: Prepares and issues a monthly project progress report
• Project Monitoring and Review: Reviews Revenue Summary Reports monthly, including the status of A/R and WIP
• Project Control: Ensures that all technical design changes are approved to conform to the standards, systems and procedures as prescribed by the requirements of the project
• Project Control: Solicits the help of the Operations Manager and other Project Managers, as appropriate, to solve scheduling or technical problems encountered in the progress of the work
• Project Control: Evaluates the effect of scope changes on project budgets and schedules, then negotiates with the client to increase fees required to accommodate such scope changes as necessary
• Project Control: Reviews, approves, and provides necessary documentation for invoicing in a timely manner
• Project Control: Maintains client accounts including collection of Accounts Receivable (AR's)
• Marketing and Business Development: Provides input and participates in business development efforts
• Marketing and Business Development: Maintain professional relationships with all clients

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Civil Engineering from an accredited four-year college or university
• PE is required (Tennessee PE preferred)
• A minimum of 15-20 years of relevant traffic engineering and/or transportation planning experience (TDOT experience preferred)
• PTOE, PTP, and/or RSP certifications are desired but not required
• Proficient with traffic engineering and transportation planning practices and procedures
• Proficient with Synchro, VISSIM, SIDRA, HCS, and OpenRoads Designer
• Familiarity with CUBE Voyager and TransCAD is desired but not required
• Proficient with MS Office
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening to ensure a safe and productive work environment. Volkert adheres to federal guidelines, which may include testing for substances such as marijuana. Please note that federal regulations may differ from state-specific guidelines
• If applicable to the position, a post offer fit for duty evaluation to ensure the individual can safely perform the essential functions of the role
• Valid driver's license
• A satisfactory motor vehicle report (MVR)

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Medical, Dental, & Vision
• 401(k) retirement savings plan + employer matching
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and holidays
• Employer-Paid Life/AD&D insurance
• Employer-Paid short-term disability and long-term disability
• Wellness incentives
• Student Debt Retirement Match
• Additional voluntary benefits

The words from our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas A. Hand, PE, capture best how you can make an impact while working for Volkert.

"For a century, Volkert has done meaningful work that improves our infrastructure and quality of life throughout our communities. We are proud of our one-hundred-year legacy and humbled by the opportunities ahead of us as we look forward to our next century of service. With our commitment to employee ownership and sustainable growth, you can build a career here that really makes a difference"

- Thomas A. Hand, PE, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

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