Senior Public Involvement Strategist - Transportation (Nort Texas Region)

DescriptionThe Senior Public Involvement Strategist leads communication and public outreach services for moderately complex to large‑scale permitting, planning, design, and construction projects. The Senior Public Involvement Strategist role provides strategic leadership for public involvement programs, manages stakeholder relationships, mentors less experienced staff, and supports consistent application of engagement standards while addressing escalated concerns in coordination with clients and project leadership.What you will doLead engagement strategies for moderately complex and large‑scale projects, establishing functional goals, communication approaches, and outreach tactics that align with client objectives and regulatory requirements.Manage programmatic and project‑level public involvement efforts, ensuring consistency with engagement standards, commitments, and best practices.Manage stakeholder relationships with public officials, agencies, property owners, business owners, and community representatives.Address escalated stakeholder concerns at a strategic level, providing guidance on resolution approaches and communication sensitivity.Lead development and management of strategic outreach plans, which may include: public meetings, workshops, information sessions, surveys, feedback mechanisms, fact sheets, newsletters, mailers, web content, social media, video.Develop detailed workshop agendas, conceptualize content, and facilitate complex or contentious meetings involving opposing viewpoints.Conceptualize graphic and visual communication strategies and direct graphic designers in the production of infographics, presentations, and webinars.Manage presentation development, client interviews, engagement scoping, and cost estimating.Maintain compliance with client public involvement, monitoring quality and consistency across projects.Mentor and provide direction to less experienced public involvement staff.Lead development of business planning efforts for the division and execute those plans.Prioritize project objectives and manage allocation of funds to support engagement goals.Track performance against financial, utilization, and profitability targets.Participate in government briefings, executive‑level presentations, and client advisory discussions.Produce and oversee weekly and monthly reporting on public involvement activities and outcomes.Comply with company and site safety policies and procedures.QualificationsBachelor Degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Marketing, Environmental Sciences, Environmental or Urban Planning, or a related field from an accredited program and 8 years strategic communication experience required. Or,Master Degree in a related field and 7 years strategic communication experience required.Previous experience successfully communicating complicated technical, political, public policy, and/or work issues to the public through a variety of channels, including TV, print, web and town hall meetings RequiredExperience in developing and editing content for proposals, articles, collateral, technical reports, high level messaging, speech writing, and presentations RequiredStrong media-relations skills and previous experience working with media outlets to develop and deliver key messages and manage content (news, events, crises, etc.), a plus.Must have previous experience successfully developing, implementing, and directing conceptual design and strategy for communications plans and/or public outreach campaigns, including branding, message and content.Experience in managing social media strategy preferred.Excellent verbal and written communication skills.Ability to understand and assist with the management of communications processes on large-scale permitting and construction projects.Must be proficient in the use of computer software (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).Strong analytical and problem solving skills.Demonstrated ability to manage in a dynamic team environment.Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.Related consulting experience preferred.High level of attention to detail with ability to perform quality reviews.Valid driver’s license required.Job Field: Public RelationsJob Type: ExperiencedSchedule: Full-timeTravel: Yes, 25 % of the Time