What We're Looking For
At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.
This opportunity entails leading and delivering complex public transit initiatives within a program environment, including bus rapid transit (BRT), transit corridor improvements, and related capital initiatives. The role includes managing multidisciplinary teams across planning, preliminary engineering, environmental, and program delivery functions while coordinating closely with executive leadership, transit agencies, and public sector stakeholders to advance high-profile transportation initiatives. Responsibilities also include developing and implementing program management tools, governance frameworks, risk management processes, and performance reporting systems that support effective program delivery and decision-making.
The successful candidate will manage assigned projects throughout their full lifecycle, including development of scopes of work, technical approaches, and oversight of project execution to successfully accomplish HNTB’s 4 for 4 performance: delivery of quality work, on time, on budget and to the client’s satisfaction on every project. This position proactively manages the budget, schedule, technical requirements, contractual obligations, and client communications in support of the project’s objectives.
What You'll Do:
- Responsible for development of the project scope and fee quotation and assists in the preparation of technical proposals and contracts in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Contracting Approach (SCA).
- Serves as the primary client liaison and manages the project team to deliver the scope, schedule, and budgets to completion and to the client’s satisfaction. Leads client contract scoping and negotiations.
- Leads and prepares design documents, technical plans, and written reports on projects.
- Implements the firm’s project delivery plan using HNTB's Sophisticated Delivery Approach (SDA) on each project. Leads the development and the execution of the project management plan. Supervises and mentors team to overall project objectives.
- Responsible for/oversees project staffing, including, but not limited to; recruitment, hiring, development, retention, and succession of project staff; development of plan for project staff reporting; and support for performance and compensation reviews.
- Partners with Client Service Leaders and pursuit champions to assist with business development, building client relationships and pursuit efforts for mega and super mega projects in accordance with HNTB's Sophisticated Sales Approach (SSA). Works with the project team and marketing resources to prepare appropriate proposal and presentation materials. Leads proposal development and interview presentations for mini-mega, mega or super mega projects to the client as well as general presentations within the industry and community.
- May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
- Typically responsible for management of project team(s) for one or more mini-mega ($1M to <$5M) projects or mega ($5M to < $25M) projects, or may lead or serve in a key discipline lead role on a super mega (> $25M) project management team.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
What You'll Need:
- Bachelor's degree in Planning, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, Engineering, Geology, Biology, Environmental Science, Anthropology, Archaeology, or related field and 12 years relevant experience
- 4 years of successful management of projects
What You'll Bring:
- Experience implementing public transit and multimodal infrastructure.
- Experience working with local and state governments to achieve objectives.
- Demonstrated ability to build and guide high‑performing teams.
- Winning, contracting, and successfully delivering 4for4 (on-time, on-budget, quality, client satisfaction) on multi-disciplined or large/complex projects. Identifying and handling risk and change management independently.
- Leading large teams inside and outside of HNTB using sub-consultants.
- Using system tools to manage, monitor, and deliver complex projects.
What We Prefer:
- Master's degree in Business, Project Management, Planning, Public Administration, Urban Design or related field.
- American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP) certification
- 15 years relevant experience
- Established presence/location in the Nashville market and familiarity with local and regional stakeholders and initiatives.
Additional Information
Click here for benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards
Click here to learn more about Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Locations:
Nashville, TN (City Center)
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NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES:
HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Any staffing/employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume to this site does so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting staffing/employment agency, person or entity. Staffing/employment agencies who have fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.
