Project Manager - Highway

  • Professional Engineering Consultants
  • Wichita, Kansas
  • Full Time
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**Position Summary:**

The Project Manager (PM) is responsible for the management and delivery

of projects in accordance with each projects client contract and to the

expectations of PEC. This position is expected to manage the project

scope, schedule, and cost while also assessing and managing risks and

for client satisfaction. The Project Manager will coordinate and

communicate with all appropriate project stakeholders, ensuring

deliverables and milestones are on time and within budget.

**Duties and Responsibilities:**

- Competent to make all business decisions on projects from

opportunity identification through project completion with minimal

guidance or oversight.

- Anticipate and productively resolve discrepancies between client

expectations and contracted scope

- Manage project scope, cost, and schedule for the planning,

execution, and delivery of projects on-time and within budget

- Lead project teams throughout pre-contract phase. Collaborating with

internal and external team members to develop fee proposals and when

needed, establish project budgets. Thereafter preparing proposed

contracts and sub-consultant contracts as appropriate

- Responsible for assembling the project team with the approval of

each project team members supervisor

- Manage the flow of project work for all disciplines

- Manage the application of resources to the project

- Provide direction to project team for all project activities to keep

them on schedule

- Update project timeline and adjust scheduling and provide regular

project updates to the project team and others as appropriate

- Ensure Quality Control processes are followed, performed, and

documented

- Identify risk (client service risks, contract risks, technical

risks, staffing risks, etc.), appropriately communicates risk and

risk management strategies internally, and diplomatically and

effectively navigate risk management with clients and project teams

- Lead project teams through forecasting estimates to complete and

assessing work progress

- Communicate effectively with the project team, Market VP, and other

internal stakeholders as necessary to accomplish the project goals

and the expectations of PEC

- Effective and appropriate client communication and client management

- Adhere to all adopted business practices and quality procedures

- Represent themselves and PEC in a professional, strategic, and

courteous manner

- Project assignments and responsibilities may be added at the

companys discretion.

**Knowledge, skills and abilities:**

- Considerable knowledge and understanding of consulting design and

construction standards and practices

- Strong skills using project management tools and systems, including

but not limited to scheduling software, including Microsoft Project

- Proficient Microsoft Office and Bluebeam skills

- Familiar with CADD and REVIT software applications and processes

- Proven experience working in collaborative environments using

Microsoft Teams

- Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing with

internal and external project teams, the client and other

stakeholders

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team

- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to

motivate and guide others, build effective and cohesive

relationships

- Proven experience in planning, organizing, prioritizing,

coordinating, training, supporting, assigning and evaluating the

work of a project team\

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Professional Engineering Consultant is an Equal Opportunity Employer

and does not discriminate against any applicants for employment

based on their race, color, religi n, sex (including pregnancy,

sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age,

physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status,

uniformed service member status, or any other status protected by

law.
Job ID: 484879928
Originally Posted on: 7/11/2025

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