Senior Project Manager

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis seeks an experienced Senior Traffic Project Manager to join our Intelligent Mobility Services team in Atlanta, GA. As a client-facing project manager in traffic engineering, your role would involve a range of responsibilities focused on improving mobility for all modes. You will have the opportunity to work alongside senior program managers, project managers, and engineers to lead the delivery for programs in Georgia and across the Southeast.

This role will sit within the larger Global Mobility Business Area. We partner with our clients across the globe to design thriving and connected cities and communities that enable opportunity for all and keep the world moving. Climate change, urbanization and digitization trends are requiring today’s mobility projects and systems to address an evolving set of demands from the world’s growing population. We design connected, sustainable solutions that integrate existing infrastructure with new technologies, and optimize the mobility of people and goods.

Role accountabilities:

Serve as Client-Facing Project Manager: You would act as the main point of contact for clients, overseeing traffic engineering projects. You would ensure effective communication and collaboration with clients throughout the project lifecycle.

Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management: You would be responsible for developing and managing the project scope, creating schedules, and establishing budgets. This includes defining project objectives, deliverables, and timelines, as well as monitoring project progress and resource allocation to ensure successful completion.

Status Updates and Reporting: You would provide regular written and verbal updates on project status to clients and internal senior management. This involves reporting on project milestones, risks, and issues, as well as discussing strategies to mitigate challenges.

Technical Presentations: You[TJ1]  would present technical results and recommendations to clients, utilizing your expertise in traffic engineering. This could include sharing findings from traffic studies, proposing improvements to safety and operations, or presenting design concepts for intersections or intelligent transportation systems.

Coordination with Subject Matter Experts: You would coordinate with various subject matter experts, such as surveyors, roadway designers, and environmental specialists, to ensure the successful delivery of client projects. This involves facilitating collaboration, providing guidance, and integrating their expertise into project plans.

Project Pursuit Strategies: You would work with client managers and operational leaders to develop strategies and plans for pursuing new projects. This includes identifying potential opportunities, analyzing market trends, and proposing innovative solutions to meet client needs.

Traffic Studies and Modeling: Drawing on your knowledge and experience, you would conduct and document traffic studies following nationally accepted modeling practices. This involves using various analytical tools and methodologies to evaluate traffic patterns, assess safety measures, and recommend improvements.

Technical Approaches and Reviews: You would assist engineers in developing technical approaches for traffic engineering projects and review technical results prepared by others. This includes providing guidance and ensuring adherence to quality standards and best practices.

Traffic Engineering Plan Preparation: You would lead the project team in preparing traffic engineering plans, which could involve signal designs, signing and marking designs, conceptual designs for intersections, or Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) designs. Your expertise would be essential in ensuring accurate and effective plans.

Training and Guidance: You would provide training and guidance to junior engineers, interns, and new project managers, sharing your technical proficiency and consultancy skills. This involves mentoring, offering technical support, and facilitating their professional development.

By effectively managing these responsibilities, you would contribute to the successful delivery of traffic engineering projects, promoting safety, and enhancing transportation operations.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:
•    15+ years of relevant work experience
•    Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
•    Ability to obtain Georgia PE within six months of hire.
•    Must possess a U.S. Driver’s License 
•    Experience managing projects following the GDOT PDP
•    Experience in one or more of the following areas: GDOT design standards, ITS design, traffic operations studies, intersection conceptual drafting, or safety studies.
•    Understanding of the use of traffic analysis tools including VISSIM, Sidra, Synchro/SimTraffic, and HCS
•    Understanding of the application of traffic operations principles including ITE, MUTCD, AASHTO, and state DOT requirements, policies, manuals and procedures

Preferred Qualifications:
•    Master’s Degree in Transportation Engineering
•    Experience/familiarity with Microstation and/or Bentley OpenRoads
•    Consulting experience managing large tasks and/or projects.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP,  401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.  We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $113,933-193,686. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

 
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