Senior Project Manager - Transportation Planning

CDM Smith is seeking a Senior Project Manager - Transportation/Environmental Planner to join our multi-disciplinary and action-oriented transportation team in Hartford, CT. This position will support the transportation team at the intersection of transportation planning and environmental assessment.

The Senior Project Manager will provide a variety of professional transportation and environmental planning services that may include identifying and analyzing information to inform and create plans for the safe movement of people and products by all modes of transport. They will lead tasks and provide support and guidance for multimodal planning projects, alternatives analysis, statewide, regional, and local plans, and NEPA compliance for a variety of client projects. These projects may include equitable transportation development, surface transportation, long range mobility planning, multimodal access, community planning and safety planning.

Position Summary
As a Senior Project Manager, youll have the chance to focus on transportation and environmental planning projects in the greater CT region and beyond. The ideal candidate should possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to coordinate and manage multi-disciplinary teams on multiple assignments. The balance of transportation versus environmental planning focus for the position will be determined based on the candidates strengths and interest.

Anticipated position responsibilities include:
• Serving as senior project manager, deputy project manager, and major task lead and collaborate with professionals on a wide variety of planning and preliminary/concept design of complex multimodal urban transportation projects, including state, local, and regional long range transportation plans; corridor studies; safety analysis; pedestrian/bicycle plans; transit feasibility studies; etc.

• Serving as task lead or project manager for National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) projects, including CE, EA, and EIS projects.

• Prepare planning studies, technical reports, pre-NEPA feasibility, and/or NEPA documents.

• Overseeing and monitoring cross-functional teams in executing project work, including project budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and task completion.

• Managing multiple projects simultaneously and multi-disciplinary teams with various topics and complexity levels.

• Preparing and leading staff to develop technical memos, data visualizations, presentations, and other written materials summarizing findings and conclusions.

• Participating and coordinating project meetings, including presentation development and delivery.

• Coordinate with clients, resource/regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and technical staff in a confident and professional manner.

• Coordinate with project managers, task managers, project team technical leads, subconsultants, and other disciplines such as planning, engineering, sustainability, and traffic team members.

• Manage client relationships and lead business development activities, including proposal writing.

• Developing and fostering relationships with our regional and local clients, including proposal writing.

• Developing, maintaining, and updating project budgets and schedules.

• Mentoring and developing junior-level staff.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 10 years of related experience.
• PMP (PMI), CCM or DBIA certification is required (within 12 months of hire or promotion onto the Approved Project Manager list).
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and the essential functions of the position, which may vary depending on workload and project demands.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 years of transportation and/or environmental planning experience and preparation of planning documents, such as transportation system plans, NEPA documentation, active transportation plans, transit plans, freight plans, travel demand management, concept design plans, climate action plans, safety plans, and/or technology planning.
• A strong background with a state department of transportation, preferably with CTDOT, MassDOT, NHDOT, NYSDOT, NYCDDC, or NYCDOT.
• Bachelors degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
• AICP, PTP, PE, CEP, or approved certification in a related field.