Senior Project Manager

D'Leon Consulting Engineers is seeking a Senior Project Manager in Seattle, WA.

DLCE is seeking a Senior Project Manager to help lead the next stage of our Pacific Northwest transportation practice.

This is an opportunity for an established transportation leader who wants more than responsibility for another project portfolio. You'll lead major transit and transportation assignments while helping determine how our Seattle practice grows: which opportunities we pursue, how we assemble teams, how we serve our clients, and how we develop the next generation of project leaders.

Importantly, you won't be starting from zero. DLCE has an established firm behind the Pacific Northwest practice and active transportation-contract platforms in the region. We are looking for a PM who can help turn that foundation into sustained project delivery and growth.

The right person is first and foremost an excellent project manager: trusted by clients, capable of leading complex multidisciplinary teams, commercially disciplined, and credible in front of an agency. But this person will also bring the relationships and judgment to identify opportunities, support or champion pursuits, and help grow DLCE's presence in the Pacific Northwest.

Responsibilities

Lead projects and clients

• Serve as Project Manager on major transit and transportation design assignments
• Lead multidisciplinary teams through planning, design and project delivery
• Own project scope, schedule, budget, quality and client communication
• Lead task-order development, negotiations, work planning and execution
• Coordinate technical disciplines, subconsultants, partner firms, clients and stakeholders
• Provide senior technical and project-delivery guidance without needing to be the primary design producer
• Develop younger engineers and emerging project managers through active mentorship and project leadership

Help grow the Pacific Northwest practice

• Work directly with DLCE's regional and executive leadership to identify and pursue strategic project opportunities.
• Leverage established client and industry relationships to deepen our understanding of upcoming needs and position DLCE to respond.
• Champion and contribute to bench contract task-order pursuits, RFQs, proposals and interviews.
• Help expand work through existing but underutilized transportation contract vehicles and relationships.
• Participate in teaming and pursuit strategy and help identify the people and capabilities needed for future opportunities.
• Have meaningful input into the projects we pursue, the teams we build and the culture we create as the Pacific Northwest practice grows.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of transportation engineering and project-management experience preferred.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required, with Washington licensure or ability to obtain Washington licensure within 2 months strongly preferred.
• DBIA, PMP, LEED AP and other additional certifications preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, multidisciplinary transportation or transit projects.
• Prior experience as a Project Manager for Sound Transit strongly preferred. Similar leadership experience with another major transit agency will also be considered.
• Experience managing work packages, on-call assignments and/or task orders.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project scope, schedule, budget, staffing, quality and client expectations.
• Strong client relationships and knowledge of the Pacific Northwest transportation market.
• Ability to credibly serve in senior/key-personnel PM roles on Sound Transit and comparable agency assignments.
• Experience contributing to project pursuits, proposal development and interviews.
• Ability to operate effectively in a growing regional practice where senior leaders remain close to clients, projects and teams.

Why DLCE?

For the right person, the attraction isn't simply the next PM assignment. It's the opportunity to help build something without having to start it from scratch.

You'll join a growing Seattle team backed by an established firm and work alongside DLCE leadership to expand our Pacific Northwest transportation portfolio. You'll have the latitude to bring your judgment to pursuit decisions, team development and project delivery while continuing to do the client-facing PM work that established your reputation in the first place.

We're especially interested in people who enjoy the entrepreneurial side of consulting but still want to lead and deliver excellent projects, not step away from them.

This could be a strong fit if you've built a successful career inside a larger transportation organization and are ready for greater influence over the direction of the practice around you.