Transportation/Bridge Project Manager

Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transportation in the communities you live and work  

Shape the Future of Bridge Infrastructure with Us

The US West Region is looking for a Project Manager-Transportation/Bridges to join our GHD's fast-growing bridge engineering practice.  We are seeking an entrepreneurial and versatile candidate to help us take our practice to the next level in project delivery, sales, and engineering excellence for bridge projects in the US West Region.  Job duties will include management and design of some of our most exciting transportation projects, development of our sales and marketing materials and proposals, and integrating with multi-disciplinary and global teams across our company. This position can based in any of our California offices (Irvine, Long Beach, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fresno, Concord, Santa Rosa, Roseville, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, Redding, or Eureka), with opportunities for hybrid and flexible work arrangements.

Through a broad network of clients, GHD has exposure to exciting transportation projects through federal, state, regional, county, and municipal agencies and private sectors. This is a unique opportunity to join a large, well-established organization with a culture that promotes teamwork, integrity, and respect. You will work closely with our highly skilled multi-disciplinary teams throughout the organization and our clients to efficiently deliver projects and provide high value consultancy services.  

Our Hybrid Work Model   Be part of the dynamic culture Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in office, three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment.

Key responsibilities include:  

• Management & Design of exciting transportation projects
• Development of sales &marketing proposals and materials 
• Leadership of regional transportation growth strategy
• Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.
• Project Leadership & Delivery: Lead the planning, design, and delivery of bridge and transportation projects, ensuring delivery excellence, innovation, and client satisfaction.
• Business Development & Market Growth: Proactively identify, pursue, and secure new bridge and transportation opportunities with public and private sector clients. Lead the development of winning proposals, presentations, and interviews. Build and maintain a robust pipeline of work through strategic networking and market intelligence.
• Client Relationship Management: Serve as a trusted advisor to key clients, agencies, and stakeholders. Develop long term partnerships and ensure exceptional client service throughout the project lifecycle. 
• Team Management & Mentorship:  Lead, mentor, and inspire multidisciplinary project teams. Fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. Support staff development through coaching, training, and succession planning.
• Financial and Risk Management: Oversee project budgets, schedules, and resource allocation. Drive project profitability and manage financial performance, including forecasting, earned value tracking, and variance analysis. Proactively identify and mitigate project risks.
• Technical Excellence & Quality Assurance:  Provide senior technical oversight and ensure quality compliance with Caltrans, AASHTO, and local agency standards. Champion quality assurance and control throughout all project phases.
• Innovation & Best Practices: Lead the adoption of emerging technologies, digital delivery tools, and industry best practices to enhance project outcomes and client value.
• Change & Risk Management: Implement structured change management and risk mitigation strategies to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Strategic Leadership: Contribute to regional business planning, market analysis, and the development of long-term growth strategies for the transportation group.
• Improvement/Innovation: Identify shortcomings in existing business practices, then suggest and implement improvements while developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organization's change management program. Involves working with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Culture of Innovation: Drive a culture of innovation by creating multistakeholder solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration across business units, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons.
• Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
• Engineering Standards Specification: Analyze information, draft engineering standards and specifications, and evaluate the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to ensure work of the required quality is delivered and to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
• Knowledge Management: Develop processes, create best practices, set up case studies, and deliver internal knowledge-sharing sessions to capture and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices in a particular area of expertise and to support the practice.
• Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/application software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users' needs.
• Professional Supervision: Lead and oversee the provision of professional supervision to ensure that there is effective professional supervision that supports practitioners' professional development and embeds reflective practice.
• Health, Safety, and Environment: Monitor and review performance against health, safety, and environment (HSE) key performance indicators (KPIs) and patterns of behavior within the area of responsibility. Take action to improve performance and to resolve noncompliance with the organization's HSE policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering or related field. Master's degree in Structural Engineering 

Experience

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in bridge and transportation project management, with a strong background in planning, design and delivery of bridge projects
• PE in State of CA required  
• Demonstrated experience as a seller-doer, including positioning, proposing, winning, and delivering bridge projects in California.
• Proven experience managing projects for Caltrans, local agencies, and federally funded programs.
• Proficiency with project management software and tools (e.g. MS Project, Earned-Value Management).
• Strong knowledge of Caltrans and AASHTO standards, and expertise in PS&E package development.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills. 
• Experience with alternative delivery methods (e.g., Design-Build, CMGC) is highly desirable. 
• Construction phase and program management experience is desirable.
• Experience managing multi-office or multi-disciplinary teams is preferred.
• Experience working in a consulting environment and managing multiple concurrent projects is preferred.

As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or veteran status. 

Salary Range $124,000- $206,000

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