Project Manager – General Civil/Municipal Services

RPS North America

Austin, TX

Full-Time

RPS North America provides engineering, environmental, and scientific advice across the US and Canada. We offer a comprehensive range of consulting services and technology solutions to support our clients in all sectors of the economy. We serve as the North American platform of RPS Group, one of the world's preeminent consultancies.

Description:

Our Austin office is looking for a project manager with a strong background in general civil/municipal services such as street, sidewalk, bikeway, trail, drainage, water, and wastewater reconstruction with Central Texas Municipalities. Our preferred candidate will have 8+ years’ experience with an interest in managing project production, design, client management and budget oversight.

A project manager should have experience in the following aspects of project management:

Financial: The PM must demonstrate experience in managing project financials including proposal development, work planning and budgeting, end of month billing and guiding a project to successful completion within given budgetary constraints.

Client: The PM must have experience in effectively managing clients and maintaining good client relationships. Additionally, the ideal candidate will be able to procure new clients with the support of the team.

Technical: The PM must have technical expertise and demonstrate experience in "thinking on their feet" to solve problems. Furthermore, the project manager must assist in all areas of project design and production including the management and mentoring of production staff.

As a project manager, you will be part of plan production, design administration, project financials and client interactions. You will be expected to manage project details from conception to completion in all aspects of municipal projects, including project scoping and proposals, conceptual design, site layouts, storm water analysis and design, grading and utility design, regulatory permitting process, project closeout and financial project management. Candidate is expected to establish project criteria and standards consistent with the firm's general standards to include the supervision and control of all project activities. Excellent communication and public presentation skills are required. As a project manager you will be expected to lead by example, and mentor staff.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design management including the management of multidiscipline engineering teams, meeting project schedules, budgets, and quality objectives, assisting with financial forecasting, assignment of tasks and staff mentoring.

• Individual should be team and detailed oriented, with experience in managing the overall and comprehensive design and engineering design production process, design calculations and drawings, and accustomed to producing high quality work and lead the coordination of work with engineers and other disciplines.

• Will assist with client management but be the lead with clients in areas of engineering products and deliverables.

• Oversee the project design and quality assurance.

• Has a track record of significant involvement in the successful delivery of civil projects for the City of Austin and other Central Texas clients.

Qualifications:

• 8+ Years of experience

• BS Civil Engineering

• Licensed professional engineer (PE) in Texas or ability to quickly obtain

• Experience managing a team of engineers and designers

• Effective communication and writing skills

• Experience working with the City of Austin

What RPS Offers in Return:

RPS is an industry leader, and we pride ourselves on our ability to attract and retain exceptional talent by treating our employees well. In addition to competitive compensation packages, we offer:

• Medical, dental, disability, and life insurance coverage for employees and families, with no waiting period and generous contributions to monthly premiums.

• 401(k) Plan, with a dollar-for-dollar Company match of employee contributions, up to 5% of eligible compensation

• Share Purchase Plan, which enables employees to purchase shares via payroll deductions at 85% of market value, with the Company matching employees’ shares 1:1

• Flexible Spending Accounts for health care and dependent care costs

• Performance-based bonus program

• Generous vacation and sick leave policies in addition to company-wide paid holidays

Working at RPS:

RPS is a dedicated team of talented scientific and technical individuals working together to provide our clients with cutting edge solutions to meet their evolving needs. Our global footprint enables us to work with a variety of government and private client through diverse projects.

RPS North America provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or other protected characteristics. RPS complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and requirements governing nondiscrimination in every location in which we operate.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Mindful that a truly inclusive organization must make appropriate use of talent on a global basis and without unnecessary barriers, we are committed to embedding diversity and inclusion principles in all People processes in order to be as diverse as the communities and clients we work with, thereby securing, developing, and retaining the best available talent for the company’s future.

Our approach to Diversity and Inclusion
Our people live our purpose, deliver our promise, and demonstrate our behaviours every day. Our behaviours define who we are. Developed by our people, they underpin everything that we do. They create the memorable experiences we are known for and make RPS a great place to do great work.

‘Stronger Together’ is one of our five core behaviours and it is inherent in creating an inclusive workplace:
‘We are respectful, acknowledge diversity, and recognise the potential and contribution of everyone. We bring out the best in one another, always assuming best intent. People who learn and grow thrive in our business, sharing in our success.’

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