Job Description

Why join us?

We are hiring! AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Sr Project Director to join our Ocoee, FL office. AtkinsRéalis seeks a Senior Project Director to provide Program Management leadership for AtkinsRéalis' world class and premiere Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) Transportation Development General Engineering Consultant (GEC) team. If you're the best of the best, we invite you to join our team in Orlando, FL to support FTE's mission of pursuing innovation and best private-sector business practices, improving cost-effectiveness and timeliness in project delivery, increasing revenues, and improving quality of service to its customers.

Under general direction, supports management of complex projects and delivery systems related to the work program (a multi-billion- dollar five-year program) and the key projects within it, for AtkinsRéalis ' Florida's Turnpike GEC program. Brings an innovative mind-set as the person responsible for driving purpose-driven innovation that enables efficient, cost-effective solutions. Charged with working collaboratively with AtkinsRéalis ' field staff and home office to leverage AtkinsRéalis ' national and international best practices that drive value in meeting Florida's Turnpike Enterprise objectives. Projects typically involve high levels of regulatory agency involvement and/or very complex technical requirements.

About Us

AtkinsRéalis is one of the world's most respected design, engineering, and project management consultancies. AtkinsRéalis has been providing infrastructure planning, engineering, construction, environmental consulting, urban planning, architecture, and program management services to public and private clients across the United States for more than 50 years. AtkinsRéalis has the depth and breadth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time-critical infrastructure projects and the urgent transition to a low-carbon economy.

How will you contribute to the team?

• Provides leadership, direction, and technical guidance to group managers and project managers within assigned area of responsibility to ensure that quality management and technical services are provided and that operating performance targets are met.
• Reviews and assesses existing policies, practices and methods utilized to deliver the overall work program, and the full development life cycle of the projects within it, i.e. "from concept to concrete" efficiently, cost -effectively and within schedule.
• Leads and mentors project managers associated with sophisticated and unconventional projects.
• Works directly with Senior FDOT management to meet DOT objectives and can at times represent the department in internal and external meetings and conferences.
• Management assignments that typically involve large, multi-discipline assignments, including unconventional or complex projects made up of highly sophisticated and specialized technical components.
• Provide management and leadership of key FTE GEC program components including, but not limited to Transportation Development, Design, Right-of-Way, Program / Project Management, Systems Development, Planning, Financial / Bond Indenture support, Environmental Management and Toll Design and Facilities.
• Provide responsive and accurate program status, budget and schedule information to supervisor related to the FDOT/ FTE program.
• Work with the business unit, sales and Technical Professional Organization (TPO) to satisfy client and corporate objectives in a cost effective and efficient manner.
• Communicate project progress / status to senior management and alerts them of project production, quality control or financial performance problems. Monitors schedules, billings and reports; ensures appropriate charging of man hours.
• Carries out complex or novel assignments requiring diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments. Work requires the use of advanced techniques and the modification and extension of theories, precepts, and practices.
• Consistently exercises initiative and independent judgment. Supervision and guidance relate largely to overall objectives, critical issues, new concepts, and policy matters. Consults with supervisor concerning unusual problems and developments. Assess opportunities and constraints within program relative to strategic goals and initiatives. Decision process and actions must be oriented toward driving results.
• Supervises the work of senior professionals and support staff. Support team building, succession planning, recruiting and mentoring staff.
• Interfaces with senior technical professionals, technical managers, and administrative staff and managers as necessary.
• Represents the organization in conferences and negotiations with clients and/or regulatory agencies.

What will you contribute?

• A Civil Engineering degree is preferred and registered in the State of Florida as a Professional Engineer (or if registered in another state the ability to obtain registration in the State of Florida within six months).The ideal candidate will have 15 years of experience. Key consideration will be given to demonstrated experience and success in driving innovative solutions in a transportation environment.
• Bachelor's degree in field of practice. Graduate degree a plus.
• This level may be achieved by technical professionals with fifteen years of experience since B.S. or fourteen years since M.S., with at least two of these years in the High level Technical or Senior Program Manager position with highly complex project management responsibility.
• Ability to assess client goals and apply innovative solutions (both technical and non-technical) to drive cost-effective, efficient results.
• Knowledge of FDOT policies, procedures and standards is a plus.
• Excellent technical and interpersonal skills, public speaking and persuasive ability; strong financial management, team management, and leadership skills; ability to manage and coordinate efforts of various projects to produce budgeted profits and overall results.
• Specific expertise to the extent that the individual is regarded as a regional or potentially national expert in a specific discipline, contract delivery method, project, planning process, design method, or modeling technique. Personal computer proficiency is required.
• Program Manager position with highly complex project management responsibility.
• Key consideration will be given to demonstrated experience and success in driving innovative solutions in a transportation environment.

What we offer at AtkinsRéalis:

AtkinsRéalis realizes that health, mental and financial wellbeing, are all equally needed to achieve balance in life. We are pleased to offer a robust rewards package that help our employees have peace of mind in and outside of work.

Our benefit offerings address all of the areas that are part of living a healthy life. We recognize that what is important to people, continues to change. Some of our other benefits to ensure our employees feel supported, include continuing to offer health and dental coverage and a full list below. Our culture is one of providing support and training for our employees to thrive. We offer learning and development programs, training, career pathing opportunities, and a tuition reimbursement plan. At AtkinsRéalis, you will enjoy a robust rewards package which includes:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible work schedules
• Group Insurance
• PTO plus two Floating Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave (including maternity and paternity)
• Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• An inclusive culture of Employee Resources Groups centered around women, African-Americans, Hispanics, LGBTQ+, Neurodiversity and Emerging Professionals.
• A Foundation that is employee-funded with a 2-to-1 match from the company providing STEAM education for minorities from K-12 to college.

If this sounds like you and you would like to expand your career with us, apply today!

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.