Senior Project Manager - Transportation

GHA's VISION- NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE
GHA will be the premiere consultant partner in the Midwest, providing high-quality services and designs for our clients and community.

GHA will be forward looking, working toward a common vision that includes diversity and inclusion, a feeling of belonging, and built upon strong internal and external relationships.

GHA will be a world-class place to build a career, focused on staff development and training at all levels, creating challenging and rewarding opportunities for all staff.

GHA will build and maintain a strong culture, one built upon trust and growth, and our common values of Integrity, Dedication, and Passion.

What is in it for you:

• PTO (Paid Time Off)
• 7 paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Floating Holidays
• Educational Assistance
• Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision) FSA and HSA spending accounts
• Voluntary Life and AD&D, and Short-term and Long-term disability
• 401k Profit Sharing and Bonus
• ESOP- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• *Much More

What you can expect:

An exciting opportunity is available to join Gewalt Hamilton Associates, an employee-owned, multi-faceted civil engineering and land surveying company that has built a reputation of civil engineering with a personal approach. We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to join the Transportation Division team to join our growing team located in Vernon Hills, Illinois. This is an exempt position and will be reporting to the Division Director.


The Senior Project Manager position will report to the Division Director and will play a critical role within the Transportation division, which includes a variety of roadway improvement projects for Local, County, and State agencies. This position supervises the delivery of Phase I Studies and Phase II PS&E, as well as maintaining client relationships to secure future projects. The individual should possess a thorough understanding of roadway design, horizontal and vertical alignments, grading, drainage, and/or traffic analysis disciplines.

How you will make an impact:

• Partnering with the Division Director to strategize and implement the growth and development of the Transportation Division.
• Leading and overseeing the delivery of projects utilizing technical support staff for a variety of clients including Local, County, and State projects. Projects typically include any of the following scopes: roadway rehabilitation or reconstruction, intersection improvements, traffic signal improvements, pedestrian and bicycle facilities design, and master planning.
• Client management and project team coordination to perform project work, with ultimate project budgeting and scheduling responsibilities.
• Manage communication with clients including actively leading project meetings and external agency coordination.
• Business development and marketing efforts with both clients and other teaming partners. This includes preparation of proposals and presentations for project pursuits.
• Providing guidance and mentorship to other junior-level staff as necessary to assist them in task completion in a hybrid-style team setting, including assisting the Division Director in establishing training programs for building a growing team.
• Comply with Division's Quality Management Plan and actively contribute to the continuous improvement of the Quality Management Plan.

What you will bring to Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc

Required Knowledge, Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license in the State of Illinois.
• Minimum of 15 years of transportation engineering experience preferred.
• Familiarity with Bentley CAD Software (Microstation/OpenRoads Designer) and/or AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Proficiency in several transportation design disciplines such as transportation design, environmental regulations, funding requirements, and Traffic Studies.
• Advanced proficiency in several transportation design disciplines (ie. transportation design, environmental regulations, funding requirements, Phase I Planning Studies, Traffic Studies, etc.) sufficient to provide guidance on the project development to both the project team and the client.
• Valid Illinois Driver's License and registered insured personal vehicle.

Required Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effective guidance to the project team and recommendations to the client.
• Ability to work independently without supervision and as part of a larger team specifically as related to directing and scheduling project tasks.
• Self-starting, detail-oriented individual, with organizational and interpersonal skills capable of keeping track and reporting on multiple assigned tasks.
• A solid work ethic with the desire and willingness to develop the skillset and knowledge base to complete design tasks of select, low-complexity project disciplines.
• Efficient self-initiative to understand and meet client deadlines.
• A creative mindset suitable for strategizing the growth of the practice.

ADA SPECIFICATIONS
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be honored to enable individuals with different abilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work is performed in both an office environment and outdoors including sites with exposure to inclement weather or extreme weather conditions.
• Moderate physical demands, including sitting, standing, or walking for prolonged periods of time. Strength sufficiently to lift and move items weighing up to sixty (60) pounds.
• Vision should be sufficient to see and read plan specifications with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and printed documents and to operate survey equipment. Hearing sufficient to converse in the normal audio range with or without correction.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT:
Decisions and criteria governing the employment relationship with all employees at Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc are made in a non-discriminatory manner, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, age, FMLA status, or any other factor determined to be unlawful by federal, state or local statutes.