Senior Transportation Project Director

Ardurra is seeking a Senior Transportation Project Director to join our staff in Southern California.

Primary Duties:

The Senior Project Director will have operational responsibility for a portion of the business and plan, direct, and oversee transportation/transit projects within Ardurra’s California Transportation Practice.

You will be responsible for overall operations and profit and loss, business development, proposal development, project management, and oversight for various public agency projects.

This is an exceptional opportunity to be involved with mega infrastructure multimodal transportation projects for our key clients.

 Qualified applicants will be able to demonstrate an established career in the transportation, transit and rail industry and have a successful track record with the delivery of mega-multimodal transportation programs.

The objective of the position is to lead, pursue, develop, and execute major projects required to deliver client programs within established and agreed budgets and schedules.

 You will also provide technical expertise to ensure that projects are delivered on budget, on schedule, and the technical and quality standards meet all expectations.

In addition to your project responsibilities, you will provide technical solutions and advice, mentoring and development to other engineers.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:


* Lead development and execution of significant rail/transit projects including light rail, heavy rail subway, commuter rail, high-speed rail, and/or bus rapid transit surface, aerial or underground project pursuits and delivery (traditional and alternative)


* Establish relationships and interact with major clients such as LA Metro, RCTC, OCTA SANDAG, SBCTA, CHSRA, SCRRA, BNSF, UPRR, and Caltrans


* Staff and manage multidisciplinary transportation project teams.


* A desire to work with external contractors/consultants, Ardurra’s other divisions/regions and interact directly with major clients.


* Be a visible leader and trusted advisor to clients by promoting Ardurra’s values both internally and externally.

Skills include:


* Ability to monitor and evaluate the operations of projects.


* Thorough understanding and ability to analyze financial reports.


* Actively involved in monitoring the budget, schedule, and quality on projects


* Supervising staff and recruiting new staff when needed


* Successful experience in proposal writing to obtain work.


* Have strong and established relationships with local agencies.


* It is also favorable to have established relationships throughout the region.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:


* BA/BS + 15 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.


* California PE

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:


* Knowledge of local municipal and agencies standards and requirements.


* Ability to prepare/review technical reports, specifications, cost estimates and engineering s...