Bridge Project Manager I

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country.

With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

Join HNTB as a Bridge Project Manager I! Our office has an extensive history delivering exciting and complex transportation projects for area clients like TxDOT, ARDOT, DART, NTTA, and major airports in Dallas / Fort Worth and Little Rock.

Our 125+ professionals located throughout the Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, and Little Rock areas create an office dynamic rich in diversity and development, backed by leadership committed to sustaining an equitable and inclusive culture.

HNTB North Texas also offers many exciting employee and community engagement opportunities through our employee led people committee dedicated to community involvement, employee development and social engagement.

What You'll Do :

Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assists in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).

Serves as the primary client liaison and manages the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction.

Assists with client project scoping and contract negotiations.

Performs technical discipline tasks including analysis, reports, design, specification, and production for assigned projects.

Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project. Leads the development and the execution of the project management plan.

Supervises and mentors team to overall project objectives.

Performs coordination with managers on project staffing, including, but not limited to; recruitment, development, retention, and succession of project staff;

development of plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews.

Partners with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships, and pursuit efforts for strategic and mini-mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA).

Works with the project team and marketing resources to prepare appropriate proposal and presentation materials. Leads proposal development and interview presentations for strategic and mini-mega projects to the client as well as general presentations within the industry and community.

May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.

Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need :

2 years task management or Deputy PM experience

What You'll Bring :

Serves as Project Manager on bridge design and rehab projects, managing scope, schedule, staffing, budget, etc.

Winning, contracting, and successfully delivering 4for4 (on-time, on-budget, quality, client satisfaction) on projects. Identifying and escalating risk and change management issues, with oversight from more experienced staff.

Leading a multi-disciplined staff on multiple projects.

Assisting with developing a growing design staff while delivering projects.

Using system tools to manage, monitor, and deliver smaller projects or task orders.

Leveraging the Office Management Team to assist in implementing HNTB Sophisticated processes as applicable to the project.

Providing technical guidance to team and task leads as well as performing portions of the technical work.

What We Prefer :

TxDOT or ArDOT Bridge Design / Management Experience

Master’s degree in Engineering

10 years relevant experience

Professional Engineer (PE) certification

Must be able to work independently and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Experience coordinating with local, state and Federal agencies in Texas or Arkansas.